Patek Philippe World Time ref 5130R Guilloché Dial in 18k Rose Gold with Box and Papers watches-for-sale outer box and inner box

outer box and inner box (both with some wear and tear)

- 36 mm 18kt white gold case

This was part of a broader strategy to boost sales in the American watch market

on the wrist

reference 3505

Patek Philippe World Time ref 5130R Guilloché Dial in 18k Rose Gold with Box and Papers watches-for-sale outer box and inner boxThe story of the Patek Philippe World Time complication begins with Louis Cottier, a Geneva watchmaker who invented the modern world time mechanism in the early 1930s. His system allowed the wearer to read the time in 24 time zones simultaneously, using a central hour and minute hand, a rotating 24 hour ring, and a city ring representing major world cities. Patek Philippe quickly recognized the brilliance of Cottiers invention and, in 1937, introduced