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On some occasion it has surely happened to you that on a trip you do not know when the time has changed when you arrive in a new time zone, not to mention the relationship of the time change between the place of departure and the destination.
If you travel frequently it is important that you know what a time zone means and how a world time clock can help you keep a proper record of time.
When Louis Cottier designed the first of the world time pocket watches in 1931, traveling the planet was the privilege of one percent of the population. Cottier created a complication for a very exclusive market: when he passed away in 1966, only 455 movements had occurred. Unlike GMT clocks that show two spindles, their clocks showed time on 24 spindles, almost everyone on the planet.
Today, miniature rotating globes provide a true three-dimensional image of the Earth’s rotation to add fascinating images to printed names.
How does it work?
“World clocks with UCT / GMT or dual time function are the best choice for people moving across different time zones”
A world time clock displays the time in 24 time zones simultaneously. The hour and minute hand are coordinated with an outer ring with the names of 24 cities as reference for each time zone and an adjuster integrated into the clock system allows the division of cities ring to be moved one by one; the hour hand will automatically jump one hour ahead or behind to show the time in the reference city (local time). At the same time, a 24-hour inner ring rotates once a day, displaying the time of the other cities on the dial.
Below Timex offers some information to better understand your world time clock:
What is a time zone?
It is a region that uses a uniform standard time and tends to follow the measurement rules of the countries and their subdivisions because it is convenient for these places to keep the same time record for different social purposes. World clocks with UCT / GMT or dual time function are the best choice for people who move across different time zones.
What does UCT stand for?
Universal Coordinated Time (UCT) is the standard time common to all parts of the world. This function reflects the nominal hour of solar time with respect to Earth’s main meridian in a 24 or 12 hour format (AM and PM) used worldwide.
What does GMT mean?
It is the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the point “0” on the 24-hour scale of international spindles. From the meridian, the time record of other time zones is referred to with a plus 8 + 9 or a minus (-) GMT according to the number of hours of variation from one place to another. This feature was established so that travelers can quickly know what time it is worldwide, as long as they know the real time in their local area.
