Introduced in 2011, Patek Philippe’s lady’s World Time is an elegant and functional timepiece demonstrating the growing popularity of complicated women’s wristwatches. The world time complication is one of the most useful today, and with its guilloché dial and diamond-set bezel, the reference 7130 is a contemporary piece well suited for the modern female traveller.

Following the design of the references 5230 and 5110 world time watches and using the same famed automatic 240 HU caliber, the reference 7130 combines the gentle curves and bold elegance of the classic Calatrava case with Louis Cottier’s ingenious world time invention, as well as a beautiful olive green guilloché center disc. An absolute classic, it boasts a 24-hour dial divided into daylight and nighttime hours, with the names of cities and islands in each time zone around the edge of the dial. A pusher on the top left side of the case advances the location disc, allowing the wearer to set a “home” time zone while simultaneously viewing the time in any of the other cities.

The reference 7130R-014 is still offered by Patek Philippe along with the blue guilloché white gold version, and the present pink gold example is preserved in excellent, hardly ever worn condition and complete with its accessories. It is a complicated watch that exudes a subtle charm and sophistication for the globetrotting connoisseur.