In a world without borders, time should be equally unbounded. SEA-GULL presents the Extraordinary Series World Time Day Night Display GMT Watch, a timepiece engineered for the global citizen. It distills the complex utility of tracking multiple time zones into an elegant, intuitive, and mechanically robust instrument for the wrist.
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First Release at SEA-GULL Official Store: https://en.seagullwatch.com/products/world-time-day-night-display-gmt-watch
Tracing: How The Seagull World Time Watch Was Born
The challenge of tracking time across the world’s longitudes is a tale that begins not in the jet age, but in the era of steam and telegraphs. In the 1930s, as international travel and communication accelerated, a gifted Swiss watchmaker named Louis Cottier devised an elegant solution. His ingenious mechanism, known as the "heures du monde," used a rotating 24-hour ring synchronized with a city disc to display the time across the globe simultaneously. This invention, first commissioned by prestigious houses like Vacheron Constantin and Patek Philippe, transformed the wristwatch into a personal instrument of global navigation.
World Time Watch History: The first worldtimer maker, the first world time pocket watch and the first world time mechanical watch from Patek Philippe.
Today, SEA-GULL honors this legacy of innovation with the Extraordinary Series World Time Day Night Display GMT Watch. We have engineered this classic complication not as a luxury, but as an accessible tool for the modern traveler. By integrating a fully in-house developed movement and streamlined manufacture, we deliver this horological milestone at a point of unprecedented accessibility: priced at approximately $800 USD, it stands as the most practical and affordable automatic world timer on the market.
Features: Engineered for a Connected World
The Extraordinary Series World Timer is equipped with a seamlessly integrated world time function, allowing the wearer to track the time in 24 global time zones simultaneously. The dial features a meticulously engraved city mark ring, with Beijing highlighted in red, and a contrasting 24-hour day/night display. This ensures instant legibility—whether coordinating across continents or traveling between them.
24 Time Zones City Mark Ring 24-hour Day/Night Display
At its heart beats the ST2148 automatic movement—Sea-Gull’s first in-house developed calibre to feature a world time function. Operating at 28,800 vph and offering a 40-hour power reserve, this movement ensures reliability and precision. A quick-adjustment system allows the local hour hand to be set backward independently via the crown, without interfering with the ongoing seconds or minutes—a feature appreciated by frequent flyers and international professionals.
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
Power Reserve: 40 hours
Jewels: 31
Aesthetics: Design Crafted with Purpose
Housed in a classic 41mm case crafted from 316L stainless steel, the watch features a finely engraved guilloché dial that captures and plays with the light from every angle. The sapphire crystal, paired with an elegant leather strap, reinforces the timepiece’s sophisticated yet versatile character. Water resistance to 5 ATM (50 meters) ensures durability for daily wear.
Availability: Exceptional Value, Uncompromising Quality
Perhaps most compelling is the watch’s positioning within the market. Priced at $809 USD at SEA-GULL Official Website en.seagullwatch.com, the Extraordinary Series World Timer makes high watchmaking complication accessible. It stands as a testament to Sea-Gull’s commitment to offering "complicated functions with reliable quality" at a truly competitive price point.
Seagull World Time Watch: A Timepiece for the Discerning
Whether for the international businessperson, the cultured traveller, or the collector who values intelligent design, the Extraordinary Series World Timer represents a thoughtful synthesis of utility and elegance.
The SEA-GULL Extraordinary Series World Timer (References: 819.12.1084, 819.32.1084, 819.52.1084) is now available through SEA-GULL official website at en.seagullwatch.com.
Tutorials: How to Read & Use Seagull World Time GMT Watch
Mastering your world time watch is a simple, logical process.
1)Reading the World:
Local Time: Read the time as you normally would from the central hour and minute hands.
Global Time: To check the time in any other zone, find the corresponding city on the outer ring. The 24-hour scale adjacent to that city shows the time there. The light segment (e.g., 6:00-18:00) indicates daytime, while the dark segment (18:00-6:00) indicates night.
2)Setting Your Local Time (Quick-Adjust):
After landing in a new time zone, gently pull the crown to the second position.
Rotate the crown inwards (towards the general 6-o’clock direction). The local hour hand will jump backward in one-hour increments until you reach the correct local time.
Push the crown back to the winding position. The precision of the movement continues uninterrupted.
3)Setting Your Home Time Reference:
For the world time function to be meaningful, you must first set your home reference. Pull the crown to the third position.
Rotate the crown to align the 24-hour hand with the correct day/night period for your home city on the bezel.
Once set, this reference remains until you need to change it, forming the stable base for all your global time calculations.
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