When it launched in 2012, Frederique Constant ’s Worldtimer Manufacture made waves in the watch world. A complication usually found in far pricier watches, it delivered in-house world time functionality with an “accessible luxury” price tag. Not content to rest on its laurels, FC unveiled a new and improved Worldtimer at Watches & Wonders this year with more compact dimensions, a more legible dial, a new manufacture FC-719 movement with a longer power reserve and three new variations on the theme, two of which retail for under EUR 5,000. More refined, more wearable and technically stronger, there’s a lot to like about the new Worldtimer. In tune with the latest trend towards more compact case sizes, the second-generation Worldtimer shrinks from 42mm to 40mm in diameter but increases slightly in height from 12.15mm to 12.53mm – a small trade-off for the new movement powering the watch.…