Pushers for time zones, and I want them on everything
By Rafael Ortiz, Mexico City ยท
Picture the minutes after touchdown, the captain taxiing, you with one free hand. That is when the 5164A makes sense. The two pushers on the left of the case are the best idea in travel watches. Press the top one, the local hour hand jumps forward one hour. Press the bottom one, it jumps back. No crown pulling, no stopping, no fuss.
Home time is shown by a second, skeletonized hour hand, with a small day/night indicator, plus a date. It's all very clean on the black embossed dial.
The case is 40.8 mm by just 10.2 mm, on a rubber strap, 120 meters. It's comfortable. The 324 S C FUS movement has 45 hours of reserve and you see it through the open back.
The catch is the price, 45,000 to 47,000 dollars at list, which is already a lot, and Aquanauts are not easy to buy at list. You pay for the name and for some of the cleverest pushers in watchmaking. I'd love one. I'd never buy one.