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Displaying the time across multiple time zones is a classic and useful complication that continues to captivate a wide audience. That’s because world time watches are, first and foremost, a practical tool for globetrotters who travel often and need to reset their watch to a new time zone upon arrival. At the same time, they prove useful for businesspeople and ordinary folks alike when communicating with friends or colleagues abroad and needing to know the local time in different zones.
World time watches—or Worldtimers— typically feature two concentric rings on the outer part of the dial: the first shows major cities around the globe, corresponding to specific time zones, and the second displays the 24-hour scale. This layout allows the wearer to instantly see what time it is anywhere in the world, since each city on the outer ring aligns with a corresponding hour on the 24-hour scale. Today’s market offers some remarkable examples of world time watches. Here, we look at eight of them, each outstanding in its own way. All were released during 2025, and—as always—they’re presented in alphabetical order.
Launched in February, this model stands out for its classic elegance. Its 40.5 mm case is made of polished stainless steel and houses an automatic manufacture movement, the FC-718, with a 38-hour power reserve.
On the dark blue sunray-finished dial, along with the three central hands for hours, minutes, and seconds, there is a 24-hour disc with day/night indication and an outer ring with 24 global cities. It’s a limited edition of 718 pieces, available exclusively through Watch Angels.
Price: €4,490
Beyond its obvious elegance, this Hermès watch portrays travel time with poetic flair. It’s like a miniature work of art, with the local time dial rotating above a horse-inspired embossed map, drawn from Jérôme Colliard’s Planisphère d’un Monde Équestre.
In fact, the home time is shown through a window at 12 o’clock, while a red pointer on the rotating dial indicates the local time in one of the 24 cities listed on the blue peripheral ring. The 41 mm case is in white gold, powered by the in-house automatic calibre Hermès H1837 with 122 components.
Price: €37,000
This year’s Reverso comes with two major complications: a large date on the front and a world time display on the reverse. A 24-hour disc rotates to simultaneously indicate the time in 24 zones—global cities.
At the center is a hand-crafted world map using traditional lacquer and laser engraving techniques. It’s a striking timepiece from every angle. At Watches & Wonders 2025, alongside the steel version shown here, Jaeger-LeCoultre also unveiled a limited edition of 150 pieces in 18K pink gold.
Price: €23,600
The Louis Vuitton Tambour Spin Time Air Antipode breaks the mold. That’s because it introduces a bold and highly innovative world time complication. Instead of the usual city rings on the dial’s periphery, it features 12 rotating cubes to indicate the hours. These cubes appear to float in mid-air—hence the “Air” in the name.
In the Antipode, world time for 24 zones is combined with a day/night indicator and a world map at the center of the dial. The 42.5 mm case reflects Louis Vuitton’s technical mastery and avant-garde vision, offering a bold reinterpretation of global timekeeping.
Price: upon request
I call it unexpected because it was one of the most pleasant surprises at this year’s Watches & Wonders. Even better? Nomos Glashütte launched two standard models in its core collection plus a vibrant series of six limited editions in color themes named Volcano, Jungle, Canyon, Glacier, Magma, and Dune—175 numbered pieces of each.
All models, limited and not, are in stainless steel, 40 mm in diameter, and come with integrated steel bracelets. The 24 cities appear on the outer dial ring, while the second 24-hour time zone is shown on a sub-dial at 3. Its color split indicates day/night, and the zones are adjusted via a pusher at 2.
Price: €3,940 (for all models)
It’s extremely rare to find a world time watch with diving specs—and yet, that’s exactly what the new Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer is. Omega equipped two models, based on the Planet Ocean Deep Black, with a world time movement. They measure 45.5 mm and have black ceramic [ZrO2] cases. The raised black ceramic bezel also features a diving scale in the same material.
The most eye-catching element is the striking world time display: at the center of the dial, the globe is depicted as seen from above the North Pole, with the continents and colors laser-engraved onto a Grade 5 titanium surface. Surrounding the embossed map is a 24-hour scale, divided into two sections representing day and night.
Price: €16,800
This particular model was first released in 2022 in a 37 mm stainless steel version. And now, three years later, it returns dressed in gold—or to be more precise, clad in gold PVD. This time, however, it’s also more historically accurate in relation to the original 1962 model. That’s precisely why it’s being issued as a limited edition of 1,962 pieces. The case is now slightly larger, measuring 39 mm, and through its transparent caseback one can admire the hand-wound mechanical R862 movement, offering an impressive 80-hour power reserve.
Its capabilities are clearly showcased on the dial of the Captain Cook Over-Pole, with the 24-hour scale discreetly positioned around its outer edge. The real work, however, is done by the rotating bezel with an inlaid black ceramic ring, laser-engraved with the names of cities representing the Earth’s major time zones. By aligning any city with the correct hour, you can instantly read the time anywhere in the world. Ingenious.
Price: €3,200
I saved for last a truly distinctive, unconventional, and futuristic timepiece, designed by the exceptionally talented automotive—and occasionally watch—designer Olivier Gamiette. Following the success of the Jumping Hour in 2023 and the Tellurium in 2024, it was time for a watch tailor-made for incurable wanderers. As you’ll see, it bears no resemblance whatsoever to the timepieces featured above. The SpaceOne WorldTimer takes a radically different approach from traditional watchmaking, replacing conventional hands with a system of rotating discs.
Its architecture centers on four key elements: a minutes disc at 3, a central seconds disc, a 12-hour disc at 6, and two coaxial discs at 9 displaying 24-hour time for corresponding global cities. And the best part? Everything is set via the crown. Available in black, blue, and titanium. The all-black version is already sold out.
Price: €3,348
