Hands-on Stainless Steel Patek Philippe World Time Ref.5230 Fake Timepiece

Hands-on Stainless Steel Patek Philippe World Time Ref.5230 Fake Timepiece

The best copy Patek Philippe World Time Ref.5230 watch, also referred to as Heure Universelle, has ranked among the manufacture’s most popular complicated wristwatches for nearly eighty years. Because some time zone designations have recently changed or were replaced with new ones, Baselworld is the ideal platform for Patek Philippe to present the new World Time watch Ref. 5230, which is replacing all previous models. The changes were a welcome opportunity to subtly rework the case, dial, and hand designs as well.This is why Patek Philippe is discontinuing the production of its legacy World Time watches and launching the new Ref. 5230 with the updated, globally valid city names.

It may seem simple to divide the planet into 24 time zones with 15 degrees of longitude each, but the political process behind it is convoluted. Some time zones have meanwhile been assigned different city names, for instance Dubai instead of Riyadh or Brisbane instead of Noumea. Formerly, Moscow was located in the UTC+4 zone, but the Russian capital has now shifted one hour closer to Western Europe, “relocating” to UTC+3. From time to time, such changes make it necessary to modify the place names on the city scales of World Time watches.

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WORLD TIME WATCH REF. 5230, WHITE GOLD. © PATEK PHILIPPE

For updated Patek Philippe Complication replica watch, this was also an ideal cue for reworking the appearance of the World Time watch, subtly retouching details to give it a truly contemporary and distinctive personality. The Calatrava case of the new Ref. 5230 in white or rose gold 5N features winglet-style lugs and a narrow, smoothly polished bezel. The Ref. 5230 now sports a pierced hour hand with a silhouette that evokes the famous “Southern Cross” constellation, and the minute hand features a lozenge-shaped contour. Both hands have a sharp center ridge between the carefully lapped, beveled flanks. Like the applied baton hour markers, they are crafted from 18K white or rose gold 5N to match the case.

The center of he new Ref. 5230 feature a filigreed woven pattern. The inspiration for this guilloched basket weave motif was taken from a precious pocket watch on display at the Patek Philippe Museum.

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WITH THE NEW PATEK PHILIPPE WORLD TIME WATCH REF. 5230, THE BEAUTIFUL CRAFTSMANSHIP CAN BE ADMIRED THROUGH THE SAPPHIRE-CRYSTAL CASE BACK. © PATEK PHILIPPE

Swiss fake Mechanical Patek Philippe World Time watches show all 24 world time zones at a glance. The local time is most prominently displayed for the time zone whose assigned city name is just above the small red arrow at 12 o’clock. In the other 23 zones, the times are directly readable on the 24-hour ring that rotates counterclockwise within the city disk. The minutes indicated by the minute hand are the same for all time zones.
We owe this ingenious functionality to an invention in the 1930s by Genevan watchmaker Louis Cottier. The mechanism was later refined and patented by Patek Philippe. When traveling into a different time zone, the pusher in the case at 10 o’clock is pressed as often as needed to align the respective city name with the red arrow at 12 o’clock. Each time the pusher is pressed, the hour hand will advance by one hour while the city disk and the 24-hour ring will move by one increment in the counterclockwise direction. During this process, the time-zone mechanism is uncoupled from the movement so that the accurate progression of the minute hand and the amplitude of the balance remain unaffected. Consequently, the time in all 24 zones is always displayed with the precision specified by the directives of the Patek Philippe Seal.

The precise rate of the watch and the user-friendliness of the World Time functions are guaranteed by the Patek Philippe manufacture caliber 240 HU – an ultra-thin (3.88 mm thick) self-winding mechanical movement. Thanks to a design patented in 1977, the size of the winding rotor was massively reduced, allowing it to be fully integrated into the level of the movement bridges. Even though it is so compact, the rotor can still generate ample winding power because it is crafted from solid 22K gold to increase its mass and torque.

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CALIBRE 240 HU. © PATEK PHILIPPE

In the course of the years, the movement was continually optimized and paired with a World Time mechanism. It is decidedly modern, as evidenced by its patented Spiromax® balance spring. It has a power reserve of at least 48 hours, and with a tolerance of -3 to +2 seconds per day, its rate accuracy exceeds all customary chronometer standards.

The new Ref. 5230 replaces all previous models of the manufacture’s World Time range and is available in two versions: as the Ref. 5230R in 18K rose gold and as the Ref. 5230G in 18K white gold. Both have the same dial with a white city disk, a 24-hour ring with day/night color segments and sun/moon symbols, as well as a black center with an elaborate, hand-guilloched basket weave pattern. The only differences are the applied hour markers and the hands, which are made of the same 18K gold as the case. Both versions are worn on a hand-stitched alligator strap with large square scales and a Calatrava fold-over clasp. The strap is shiny black with an 18K white-gold clasp for the white-gold model and shiny chocolate brown with an 18K rose-gold clasp for the rose-gold model.

The finissage of the watch fully complies with all requirements of the Patek Philippe Seal. The bridges are chamfered and decorated with Geneva striping. The gold mini-rotor has the same striping alongside an engraving of the Calatrava cross, the manufacture’s emblem. The plate is hand-decorated with perlage, and the golden brass wheels are countersunk and have chamfered spokes. These accents are complemented with the gold-filled movement engravings on the rhodiumed bridges and the sparkling highlights of 10 of the 35 ruby jewels.

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THE REFERENCE 5230, VIEWD FROM LEFT AND RIGHT. © PATEK PHILIPPE