Time Travel, Titanium, and French Flair - SpaceOne Worldtime

In the ever-evolving galaxy of independent watchmaking, few launches manage to blend futurism, functionality, and sheer design bravado like SpaceOne’s latest creation: the WorldTimer. Founded just two years ago by indie watchmaker Théo Auffret and entrepreneur Guillaume Laidet, SpaceOne has already proven that space-age ambition and real-world wearability can coexist—beautifully. Following hits like the Jumping Hour and Tellurium, the WorldTimer marks Act III in their saga: a grounded, globe-trotting tool watch that still feels beamed in from orbit.

At first glance, this is not your father’s GMT. Forget hands. The WorldTimer is all discs—five of them, in fact—each rotating with precision inside a titanium cockpit. Hours, minutes, seconds, cities, and 24-hour zones whirl across a dial inspired as much by Peugeot concept cars as by space shuttle dashboards, thanks to returning design ace Olivier Gamiette. The result? A display that’s digital in feel but delightfully analog in soul.

But this isn’t just aesthetics for the sake of it. The engineering is quietly brilliant: a tri-position crown simplifies what is often a fiddly complication, making time-zone adjustments intuitive—even charming. It’s powered by the Swiss Soprod P024, but elevated with an in-house WorldTimer module, assembled in Paris, no less. Add Grade 5 titanium, dual sapphire domes, and a surprisingly wearable footprint, and you've got a sci-fi timepiece grounded in mechanical integrity.

This is watchmaking with a point of view—bold, accessible, and refreshingly unorthodox. At €2,700 (ex-VAT), the WorldTimer doesn’t just democratize horological adventure—it makes it look damn good. And with only 600 pieces up for grabs in the first batch, it won’t stay grounded for long.

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