Patek Philippe Calatrava American plus a revolving outer GMT

plus a revolving outer GMT band with the names of 24 cities

and has the horological - and historical - caché to go along with it

a screw-down crown at 6:00

or slipped behind the steering wheel without a watch strapped to their wrists

but were no less appreciated by those that wore them into the wild

Patek Philippe Calatrava American plus a revolving outer GMTFirst presented in 1932 with the Reference 96, the Patek Philippe Calatrava is the benchmark for classic mens dress watches. The groundbreaking reference set the stage for nearly every piece Patek has released since, and became the blueprint for other brands approaches to classy mens timepieces. Heavily influenced by the Bauhaus design philosophy, the Calatrava was then considered extremely modern with its minimalist, less is more approach to watch