Vintage Watches Collection : Dating back to 1931 the world time complication was conceptualised through a pocket watch created by the master watchmaker Louis Cottier in 1931. This would be noticed by the major Genevan firms and adopted for their own product lines. Among these brands were Patek Philippe who became a major client of his entrusting Cottier with the creation of the reference 542 World Time; a particularly small wristwatch which displayed the names of the cities on a yellow gold bezel with the familiar rotating

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Dating back to 1931 the world time complication was conceptualised through a pocket watch created by the master watchmaker Louis Cottier in 1931. This would be noticed by the major Genevan firms and adopted for their own product lines. Among these brands were Patek Philippe who became a major client of his entrusting Cottier with the creation of the reference 542 World Time; a particularly small wristwatch which displayed the names of the cities on a yellow gold bezel with the familiar rotating