60 November 2015 www.bahrainthismonth.com Time is Precious PATEK PHILIPPE jewellery&watches Responsible for manufacturing some of the most impressive and beautiful wristwatches in the world, this brand has a welldeserved reputation for excellence. Patek Philippehas launched a number of fascinating new models that will undoubtedly appeal to watch collectors and aficionados alike. Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524 The new Calatrava Pilot Travel Time features the patented Travel Time mechanism, vastly popular among frequent flyers because it can simultaneously display two different time zones. True to the style of genuine aviators’ timekeepers, it has broad local-time hands, large Arabic numerals and slender second hands with a luminescent coating that makes them superbly legible even in the dark. With screw-down pushers at eight and 10 o’clock, the local-time hour hand can be quickly and conveniently moved forwards or backwards in onehour increments. The second, skeletonised hour hand, shows the time at the owner’s permanent place of residence. The watch is powered by the self-winding calibre 324 S C FUS movement with the Spiromax balance spring. It is insensitive to the magnetic fields that are ubiquitous on board aeroplanes. Its blue-violet shimmer and the beautiful finissage of the entire movement can be admired through the sapphirecrystal case back. The brown leather strap with bright contrast topstitching and the white-gold clevis prong buckle add sporty masculine accents. So, apart from its technical capabilities, smart looks also make this watch an ideal travel companion. Patek Philippe Split-seconds Chronograph Ref. 5370 In the panoply of Patek Philippe complications, the Split-seconds Chronograph is true royalty. Launched at Baselworld 2015, an exquisite new example, reference 5370, continues a story that stretches back to 1923. It is a watch focused entirely on measuring the duration of transient events. It allows lap and intermediate times to be stopped without interrupting the ongoing measurement. Even after the 2009 launch of the first classic chronograph movement developed and crafted entirely in-house, it took only three years for the manufacture’s calibre engineers to outfit it with a split-seconds complication. 5370P
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