Once I corrected it to make sense (and moved the beam), I realized the mistake, but thought IвЂ™d call it out (rather than hiding it) because I may not be the only person to make this mistake. I was reading the GMT properly, but it didnвЂ™t align to where the cities were, which makes reading the world time trickier than it needs to be. In that, the watch feels like a highly polished (well, it is) watch thatвЂ™s a dressier piece equipped for world travel (or just keeping track of times in other places youвЂ™re communicating with).ДЄnd yes, I realized during the course of my review time (and after the photos were done, unfortunately) that I did not have things setup for the day/night and cities aligned properly. Of course, you can also just check the regular, local, time quite simply with the polished baton hands that float over the world map. Then, with the cities printed around the chapter ring of theВ Christopher Ward C1 Grand Malvern Worldtimer, you can do some quick math to see what time it is anywhere in the world. WhatвЂ™s nice about this is that the beam itself doesnвЂ™t move, so you always have one spot on the dial to check to see what the time is in the spot youвЂ™re concerned about. While it may not be how others do it, I ended up setting the hand to be GMT time, so I could easily see that. In the first crown position, rotating one direction moves the 24-hour ring, and then rotating it the other direction will jump the beam to the correct spot that youвЂ™re wanting to focus on. ItвЂ™s a clever implementation in terms of the visual design, and itвЂ™s easy enough to set. Well, on theВ Christopher Ward C1 Grand Malvern Worldtimer, that constitutes what weвЂ™d more commonly think of as a GMT hand. Then, thereвЂ™s the matter of the orange вЂњsearch lightвЂќ beam that comes out from the center вЂ“ whatвЂ™s that about? You see, the 24-hour scale with itвЂ™s day/night indicator is printed in counter-clockwise order, the opposite of what IвЂ™m used to seeing. This led to a little bit of a learning curve when it was time to actually set the watch. If you couldnвЂ™t tell from the world map on the dial and the cities printed around the outside, theВ Christopher Ward C1 Grand Malvern Worldtimer is a bit different from the regular GMT watches IвЂ™m normally handling. Well, today, weвЂ™ve got a review of a watch that is quite a bit different from the Tridents, theВ Christopher Ward C1 Grand Malvern Worldtimer. My earliest exposure to the brand came from the C60 Trident line, and IвЂ™ve tended to gravitate towards those. The watch on its own I thought was pretty ugly but it kept pulling me back and I absolutely love it.WeвЂ™ve covered quite a few watches from Christopher Ward over the years, and many of us here at WWR have become fans of the value proposition they represent, along with some readily identifiable styles. I also hated the idea of a certain town on the dial which shall remain anonymousвЂ¦just gave me an absolute fur ball and the fact that it didnвЂ™t seem to cater for day light saving. It didnвЂ™t suit my needs totally as I do need India and Iran time zones which it doesnвЂ™t have. The PP I went back and looked at for over 2 months. The dial looked great in the phots, the single crown an inspiration but I just didnвЂ™t get the emotional connection.

Its function and in SS the price point is good but I didnвЂ™t feel the clarity of the hands were much better for me as a user. The JLC I loved the photos but when I touched it in the flesh just felt under whelmed. It is also about 25% more expensive than the PP and larger in size at 42 mm.

The downside to that is that you need to squeeze all those names onto the dial and then things start getting a bit cluttered. The VC is the most comprehensive with 36 time zones. Breguet make beautiful watches and pieces of art., I discounted it because price and the fatness of the watch made it wear a bit heavy on my wrist. The replacements I considered were Hora Mundi, VC Traditionalle World Time, Patek 5130 and the new JLC Geophysic Universal. I loved my JLC Master Geographic but really struggled reading the hands against the dial colour and reluctantly sold it.

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