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TIPLE TIME ZONES AND GMTS AROUND THE WORLD IN 24 HOURS Until the end of the 19th centenary, every region had its own local time based [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], more or less, on its longitude. With an upsurge in long-distance voyage, and primarily the institution of the railroad, people began to feel the need for a unified time system. At the International Meridian Conference in 1884, it was determined to separate the planet into 24 time zones, taking Greenwich (at zero longitude) for the point of reference. The premier dual-time-zone watches were equipped with fairly coordinated movements, displaying the time on two detach dials. Later, watchmakers perfected the appliance, using merely a unattached activity, with a disengagement machinery for the additional hour hand. Today, watchmakers rival every other to develop the most native systems for watches with two, three, 4 and even extra time-zone indications. THE HANDS OF TIME The simplest system because simultaneously displaying 2 period zones is apt multiplication one extra hour hand in the hub of the turntable, taking concern namely it namely distinguished from the main hour hand by fashion alternatively color. This is the solution chosen by Panerai as its Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT, which too links a day/night indicator to the second hour hand, helping the wearer lest crying human at inopportune times alternatively waking them up in the middle of the night. To resolve the am/pm dilemma, other brands rather to contain a 24- hour exhibit for the second time area. The prestigious see with a 24-hour display is the Rolex Perpetual GMT-Master, unlocked in 1955. hand is camouflaged under a dial composed of 12 titanium "curtains" that the wearer can open by anyone time at sliding a lock at 9:00. The double-hour-hand system is open to a scope of technical and artistic variations. Pierre Kunz gave its Second Time Zone prototype a central retrograde hand for the second time zone. On de GRISOGONO's Fuso Quadrato, the added The second time-zone hand occasionally leaves the centre of the dial, capturing an off-center rank in a small assistant display. This is the circumstance with Piaget's new Polo FortyFive Chronograph [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which positions a 24-hour display at 9:00. Regulator dials inspired Les Longitudes by Jaquet Droz. It traits a subdial with Roman numerals at 3:00 for the 12-hour home time, a subdial with Arabic numerals at 9:00 for the 24-hour second time zone, and a chief minute hand. In maximum analog systems, the supplementary hour hand is forever visible, even when the wearer does not absence it. Patek Philippe has found an ingenious and elegant path of obtaining around this ashore its Calatrava Travel Time―when the dual-time-zone system is no in use, both hour hands migrate in faultless synchronization, an atop the other. Montblanc's current Grand Chronographe Régulateur also features this skill, but in a subdial at 12:00. SYSTEMS WITH ROTATING BEZELS Instead of a skylight, certain watches feature a rotating bezel that allows the wearer to select the name of one of the 24 reference cities. The A.Lange & S?hne Lange 1 Time Zone has two auxiliary dials equipped with hour/minute hands and day/night indicators. The permanent "home time" is usually displayed on the larger dials.
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