Introducing: Baltic Goes Worldwide With The New ‘Heures du Monde’

In a more vintage-sized 37mm by 11.3mm (9.3mm not counting the glass) 316L stainless steel case, offered with labradorite, tiger eye, or sodalite dials, and powered by a Soprod C125 GMT movement, the new Baltic Heures du Monde looks stunning. The case decoration is relatively reserved, featuring brushing and drilled lugs. But the world time bezel, with 24 major cities for each time zone, is made of ceramic and features Super-LumiNova BGW9, matching the lume printed on the dial and used on the polished sword hands.

Then, for the world time function, the 120-click bezel can be rotated to match the appropriate time zone. The 24-hour disc has a light or dark section (for day or night) matched to the central dial color. The Soprod C125 is essentially a “caller” GMT, so the GMT disc is the movable feature, not an independent hour hand. Generally, you would set your local time, then you can rotate the bezel to align your home time zone with the 6 o’clock arrow. Finally, pull the crown out to the correct position, and you can align the 24-hour disc to match the appropriate hour in that home time zone, allowing you to reference the time anywhere in the world (at least for full-hour offsets).