No complication, quite the opposite: a simplification

A WorldTimer is one of those complications that you ‘really need’.
If I send my former fellow student in Tokyo a WhatsApp message now, can I expect a reply, or is he asleep?
If I send an email to my two Fifth Wrist colleagues in Sydney and Boston, when can I expect a reply at the earliest?

How about a world watch that cannot display summer time or half hours; one that does not even allow you to read the time accurately – but instead gives you an analogue, approximate idea (breakfast or bedtime? Lunch break or at the bar?) of the most important (however you define them for yourself) zones?

Clarity instead of apparent accuracy, analogue instead of semi-digital display

The watch consists of two parts:
> First, the black and white 24-hour ring, which together with the long hand forms a 24-hour single-hand watch (which is already nerdy, but it gets even more special …)
> Secondly, there is the grey city ring, which, together with the four-axis hand and its symbols (sun, moon, sunrise and moonrise), shows where it is noon, midnight, early morning (6 a.m.) or evening (6 p.m.);
or even more simply, where it is morning, afternoon, evening or night.

Of course, this does not take into account daylight saving time, equation of time/true noon, etc.
But it is a rough estimate.

Yes, this isn’t the timepiece that tells you it’s 1:43 p.m. in Kathmandu.
But with its clear analogue display, it shows you that you can still call your colleagues in Hong Kong before dinner, but not your better half in New York, as he/she is asleep (hopefully😁).

Speaking of ‘better half’: the font used for the city abbreviations is based on my wife’s architect’s handwriting, by the way …

If you would like to find out more, you can check out a more detailed report at our friends’ site, => threeqarterplate.com.

Pros
– rough but sufficiently accurate display of the times on earth at a glance
– a 24h/1hand time display slows you down
– a very individual watch by Marc & Darnò

Cons
– not the right watch if you want to be at the tube station at 6:34:30h
– no lume
– no seconds hand (so you have to check with your ear to see if it’s working) 

Quality
90

Style
90

Value
80

Wearability
90

The watch is a commissioned piece, a one-off (at least so far), which Marco Guarino built for me.
Marco Guarino is a watchmaker from Asti in Piedmont who specialises in stunning astronomical complications and puts a lot of real craftsmanship into his watches.
Hear him in the interview with Fifth Wrist Radio here: