Patek Philippe
World Time
Why It Matters
Patek Philippe's World Time watches combine a city scale with a 24-hour indication, allowing several time zones to be read from one dial. The ref. 1415, introduced in 1939, used an outer city bezel; later references developed different ways to arrange and adjust the display. This is a family of watches rather than one fixed reference. Case form, movement and dial treatment need to be identified for each example.
Object Details
- Brand
- Patek Philippe
- Family
- World Time
- Model
- World Time (Louis Cottier era)
- Reference
- World Time (vintage Cottier; rep. ref. 2523)
- Production
- 1939–1950s (Louis Cottier era)
- Case
- Rep. 2523 = 35.5mm; 1415 = 31mm
- Material
- Gold
- Movement
- Manual-wind; Cottier world-time mechanism
- Dial
- Central hours/minutes; rotating 24-hour and city rings; some cloisonne enamel
- Complication
- World time (24 time zones)
Sale history
$10,241,863
Sold for CHF 7,961,000, shown in USD at the Federal Reserve rate of May 8, 2026
Yellow gold two-crown world time
May 2026
Includes buyer’s premium
Phillips, Geneva (Hôtel Président Wilson)$2,650,232
Sold for EUR 2,689,226, shown in USD at the Federal Reserve rate of October 21, 2022
Ref. 2523/1 retailed by Tiffany & Co., double-signed dial
October 2022
Includes buyer’s premium
Monaco Legend Auctions, Monaco$7,823,288
Sold for CHF 7,048,000, shown in USD at the Federal Reserve rate of May 7, 2021
Yellow gold with cloisonné enamel Eurasia dial
May 2021
Includes buyer’s premium
Phillips, Geneva$5,554,195
Sold for CHF 4,991,000, shown in USD at the Federal Reserve rate of November 6, 2020
Pink gold with guilloché dial
November 2020
Includes buyer’s premium
Phillips, Geneva$8,968,968
Sold for HKD 70,175,000, shown in USD at the Federal Reserve rate of November 22, 2019
Retailed by Gobbi Milano, blue enamel dial
November 2019
Includes buyer’s premium
Christie's, Hong Kong$2,719,325
Sold for CHF 2,675,000, shown in USD at the Federal Reserve rate of November 15, 2010
Retailed by Gobbi Milano, blue enamel dial
November 2010
Reported result; premium not confirmed
Christie's, Geneva$3,959,408
Sold for CHF 6,603,500, shown in USD at the Federal Reserve rate of April 12, 2002
Ref. 1415 HU in platinum, No. 929693
April 2002
Reported result; premium not confirmed
Antiquorum, Hotel Richemond, GenevaAdd To Exhibit
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