Patek Philippe World Time ref 5130R Guilloché Dial in 18k Rose Gold with Box and Papers magazine The silver soleil-finish pie-pan dial

The silver soleil-finish pie-pan dial is in outstanding with black enamel-topped applied hour markers and nice creamy patina on the lume dots

THE THE TROPICAL 1968 MEXICO OLYMPICS SPEEDY

but in mint condition like this

The watch is paired with a Bulang & Sons single-pass strap

one of the longest-running and most beloved GMT-Master references ever produced

Patek Philippe World Time ref 5130R Guilloché Dial in 18k Rose Gold with Box and Papers magazine The silver soleil-finish pie-pan dialThe 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