Travelgraph Universalis
Universalis is the latest version of our automatic world-timer timepiece, the Travelgraph.
Universalis gets its name from the Universalis Cosmographia, the first map to have the name "America" on it, in reference to the then New-World. As we are an American watch brand based in the D.C. Area, we found this name fitting.
The dial is comprised of many different elements, but the most striking of which is the world-map. This is not simply a watch with a map on the dial. While the main dial is a denim-blue color, the land-mass on the world is split between yellow and black. This bi-color disk is set below the dial and rotates with the world-time function, with yellow representating daytime and black representing night.
As such, the "map" serves as a global day-night function, showing in which parts of the world it is day and in which parts it is night.
Travelgraph is an automatic world-timer watch built in the Washington, D.C. area. It is the fourth release from Lesablier, preceded by the well-acclaimed Chronosport.
For those new to world-timer timepieces, telling the time is very simple. The local time (and minutes) are shown by the hands. To read the time in any city, simply refer to the rotating 24-hour disk beneath the city name. The beauty of a world timer complication is that the wearer can effortlessly read the time in 24 time zones accross the world.
Furthermore, the LS-04 Travelgraph has independent hour setting, making the watch incredibly easy to set and makes it such that it won't require constant readjustment .
Travelgraph is not defined just by its complication. It features our most intricately finished case yet, with a variety of brushed and polished finishes throughout the case and bracelet.
LS-04 Travelgraph will be built*, quality-controlled, pressure-tested and regulated in the greater Washington, D.C. area.
*Parts, such as the Miyota movement, are sourced from overseas. Final assembly will happen in the D.C. Area
• World Timer Complication: LS-04 Travelgraph is able to track 24 different time zones effortlessly. Global time is read from a rotating 24-hour disk pointing at 24 different time zones marked on a fixed internal chapter ring. To read the time in any city, simply find it on the chapter ring and refer to the number on the disk next to it.
• Jumping independent local hour set: Local time can be set by independently adjusting the hour hand, allowing the wearer to change the time with nothing more than a flick of the crown. This is called the "Flyer" GMT function.
• Daylight Savings Correction: LS-04 Travelgraph features a correction scale for Daylight Savings. Time zones that participate in daylight savings are marked with a line next to them.
• Global Day-Night Function: Universalis features a dynamic dial that changes throughout the day. The world is represented as a bi-color day-night indicator, with the portions in black representing night time, and the portions in yellow representing day time. This provides the wearer with a graphic representation of where in the world it is day and where it is nighttime.
