I'd also consider the JLC Reverso Duoface as a GMT as you can have each face showing a different time zone and the travel time has a jumping hour mechanism
Your timing is great. I just got the new Seiko 5 SSK001 GMT. I was also confused about caller/office vs. true/traveler. Thanks for the informative video as always. Absolutely love your content, Teddy. Let me know when you're in LA and I'll buy you a fat burrito.
There are some really cool GMT watches out there, but personally I don´t travel that much and I don't have the need to track an second time zone so these are the type of watches that I wouldn't buy, but I enjoy so much to see them
Great video, very comprehensive as usual! For the last “budget” option I was thinking about the rado captain cook over-pole as well with its world time bezel.
I’m glad I’m not the only weirdo that appreciates all these tiny details about watches, I’m not gonna lie the Tudor Pepsi was looking like the choice but the ball Pepsi with the blue dial is special. Nice one my guy 💪🏾
I use my dive watch as gmt. At first it may take a little bit of brain effort, but later it’s super easy. Sometime when I travel I just place the 12h marker on the dive bezel at the hour difference of my home town and I set the watch hands at the local time. For example, traveling from Valencia to London. 1h time difference. I rotate the dive bezel so it’s 12h marker stays at 11 oclock. So when it’s 11:00 in London, I know it’s 12:00 in Valencia. When it’s 9:00 in London, the hour hand points at (50) marker on the bezel, which corresponds to 10h. For a trip to a city that’s only 1h time difference this may sound stupid. But you don’t know how many times by mistake I end up adding an hour, instead of substracting. When I need to know the time and time difference quickly without looking at my phone, I do this. After all I have a rotating bezel, I’m not going to dive or anything, so why not use it?
I had a need for an office GMT. In a pinch, what I did, was to use the bezel on my Seiko Skx007. I needed to track Phoenix time and Madrid time. I just positioned the 12:00 mark at the 3:00 position and read the time that way. It works! 😅
Thanks for your advise, I use my Turtles and rotate the Triangle mark at 11:00, then can read the time at Japan UTC +9 hour when I am live in Hong Kong UTC +8 by the hour hand.
I dodn’t know quite a few things mentioned, but the most surprising is that you’re usually unable to quickset date on true GMTs. Had no idea and honestly I think I prefer the simpler movement. I swap watches too often and I’ve got to set my date all the time, true gamechanger
i love the last one (12hr rotating bezel) because i can confirm the future relationship of local and home time zone. it helps me to decide when to set meeting in the future.
My favorite world time watch is the Seiko Prospex Solar SSG015 - World Time Radio-Sync Solar Chronograph. No need to manually set the time because of the radio sync. It’s a bit clunky because of all the complications but is by far the coolest piece in my collection and definitely a conversation piece.
Absolutely fantastic video Teddy. Great explanation, there were some complications I had no clue about before your explanation. It seems the new Seiko GMT movement is an "Office" GMT but despite more work to set it up I'm sure it's fine for traveling. I do admit though I tend to throw on my G-Shock Mudmaster GG-1000 Ana-Digi or for a smaller fit my Casio Royale AE-1200 where home time and destination time are right in front of me without thinking about it! $30 and every time zone, that's even indicated on the little digital map! 😁
I want to plug the Montblanc Geosphere, which I usually wear when flying. It is a true GMT, allowing for isolated adjustment of the hour hand. The rotating globes, one each for the northern and southern hemispheres, show you who should be awake and who should be asleep, and a 12 hour subdial shows home time (or that is the way that I use it). I would never sell it.
Liked this one - thanks. I know you mainly focus on autos, but Citizen and GShock worldtimers do some neat things with multiple time zones - especially the ana/digi models. I've got this GShock Gulfmaster (which is a beast but I love it) - you set up your times (one for the analog handset, one for the lcd) and when you travel and want to swap you just press a button and the hands move by themselves. Which is very cool if you're a big child like me. Take care.
I love my Citizen Satellite Wave with F150 movement. When getting off the plane, I just tell it to listen for the GPS signal and it knows exactly where I am. It does NOT track my home time, but super easy to reset to the new local time, extremely precisely. I also have a Russian Vostok with a 24 hour hand and a rotating bezel that is pretty handy. You can't independently reset the fourth hand, nor the hour hand, but graphically it is very simple. It's so simple it doesn't even have a date quick set. Another one I have that is handy for travelling is another Citizen and a very common one at that, the Nighthawk. And a little surprise for quickly resetting the hour is my Timex (don't know the precise model). It is one they made recently with wire lugs and looks a lot like WWI trench watches. It came on a very soft "bund" strap made in the USA. Cool little watch that can quickly change the hour hand only. Lots of fun options out there!
Hi Teddy! Finally, an explanation of the GMT watch variations that makes sense, and so much detail packed into a short video, very much appreciated. I bought a Tissot Chemin des Tourelles Powermatic 80 GMT-24h watch a few years ago and until now, I never knew whether it was classed as a 'real' GMT watch or not. It has a 24hr scale on the dial face on the outer edge for one time zone, and once the hands have all been set, the smaller hour hand can be rotated independently back or forward without interrupting the other hands. I gather from the video, this makes it a true GMT, correct? I liked the fact that it was an automatic as apart from 3 Quartz watches I have in my small collection, the rest are either automatic or manual, oh and one solar powered quartz which I like because the battery is unlikely to need replacing in what's left of my lifetime, the other Quartz watches are a pain getting batteries replaced (TAG Heuer, Rado and LV). Cheers!
Great video. Using the GMT hand to actively monitor a different time is its primary function, but there is a secondary passive function that is especially useful for people who don't travel often and don't wear their watch every day. The rule of thumb for date watches is to never set the date when the watch is between 9pm and 3am to avoid potential damage to the date/calendar wheels that are interlocked during that time. People don't think about this often, which is why they break the teeth of the wheels and can no longer set the date. A 24-hour bezel at default position and GMT hand tracking home time lets you discern between AM/PM, so if your GMT hand is between 21 and 3, then you know it's around midnight; you need to change the time first to move the GMT hand out of that window before you safely set the date. As far as office vs. true GMT goes, the former is much more practical for most people despite being the "poor man's GMT." Obviously this depends on individual lifestyle, but think about how many times you go without wearing your watch for many days or weeks (or you have many watches in rotation, so you can easily go over a week without wearing the same watch twice) versus how many times you travel to a completely different time zone. One can also apply to a 24-hour bezel what Teddy said at the end about using the rotating bezel to track GMT time. When you go to a different time, simply align the bezel with the GMT hand. For example, if it's 10am in New York and you travel to the UK, it's 3pm. Make the GMT hand point to 15 by rotating the bezel and use the bezel/GMT/minute hand to tell time while abroad. When you return home, reset the bezel. This lets you bypass setting the hands altogether. The only problem is that you need to convert the 24-hour time to 12-hour in your head (i.e. 17=5pm). Not ideal, but not bad. For military personnel, it's a non-issue since they operate on a 24-hour clock.
The first time I was on a connecting flight through SLC I realized what a pain it is to have a caller GMT. Next I did my researched and figure out the whole caller/traveler thing. My next watch was a Glycine Airman Purist which actually has a caller GMT movement (2893-2) but it has no 12 hour hand, it is a 24 hour watch which I grew to love. Now I have a Panerai 233 which is a traveller with a 12 hour "GMT" hand but a matching 24hr sub dial for AM/PM. This allows me to cover up the GMT hand w/ the hour hand when I want to clean up an already tidy face. It is a fun discussion on what could be called a "TRUE" GMT. If you're sitting at home it's no big deal to spin a traveller GMT around to suit your needs but when you have I tight connection and all you have to do is pop the crown and rotate the local 12 hour hand up or back an hour or two it truly makes sense.
Terrific explanation. I have to say, though, after a career of international travel and overseas calls, I always figured that if I could remember a foreign city's GMT offsets that I could also do the simple math in my head. I LOVE watches; but, always thought this was not a complication I needed or would pay a premium for; though, I think I'm in the minority! I also wonder about moon phase usage, LOL As usual, a great video by Teddy.
Great video. One 2nd time zone feature can be found in chronographs with the chrono minute and hour counters co-axially mounted together. But the chrono must come with a 60 minute counter.
I have a few GMT watches and like them all. Some are easier to set the GMT hand than others. My favorite is the Seiko Landmaster Spring Drive. That watch for the money has a great but underrated movement.
Very thorough explanation! For me living in the US, and only really caring about other time zones in the US, the simple 12-hour rotating bezel is my best option. I just wish there were more watches out there to offer a 12-hour bezel.
I have a Bond Seamaster 300m GMT that I picked up for a measely $700. I don't use the complication but it sure adds a nice splash of color and character to the dial. Love it.
One of my watches is a Casio 3299 World Time. From a list of forty nine cities around the world, I can store five different cites, all of which can be selected by pressing one button. At the moment I have my home time London, plus Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Tel Aviv. Add five alarms, a countdown timer and a stopwatch, all for twenty five British Pounds. I purchased the watch after Hodinkee’s Jack Forster gave it a glowing review about three years ago. One other thing in the Casio’s favour; you are not likely to be mugged wearing it in a dodgy area of some foreign city, or even my city London, which is notorious for watch crime at the moment.
I have an Ulysse Nardin Dual Time base on UN-334 in-house caliber with pushers, which is also a very interesting and convenient way of having two time zones. New Grand Seiko GMT is quite cool too
The names of these different types of multi-time-zone watches makes them sound a lot more different than they functionally are. It feels like a difference between A car whose back door can only be unlocked using the buttons on the front two doors vs one Who’s back doors can be unlocked independently. They’re all dual time lol
3:09 I think people massively understate how much of an influence Pan Am had on modern aviation as we know it. Fun fact, not only did they popularise the use of GMT watches for pilots, but they were also the first ones to utilise the iconic naval officer dress style uniform for pilots, with all the other airlines following suit.
Great video, but you should have mentioned the best dual time solution created to date - an extra two hand dial that can be set independently. I love my GMT watches, but I am forced to admit that my inexpensive Zeppelin has the shortest "time to perception" compared with my office and traveller GMT watches.
Thank you to clarify the operating mode of the GMT Watches . I will try to find details in book (in French) . Enjoying your videos, i think that there is now more watches with this GMT fonction. I will try to forget the OMEGA WORLD TIMER (wonderful) you have already shown us that we can find GMT watches for affordable price.
Another comum misconception is saying that a rotating bezels allows you to track 3 times simultaneously. It does not. You can still only track two because by moving the bezel you change the time you were tracking previously. It is only possible to track 3 times simultaneously if you have a 24 hour scale on a rotating bezel and a 24 hour scale on the dial. But if we’re not talking about simultaneous tracking, then with the bezel you can track 24 time zones.
Not a watchnerd, but I'm an aircraft mechanic, and whenever we write in the aircraft log, and in our workorders, the time has to be in GMT. So I've worn GMT watches for 22 years. Currently I wear a Suunto digital watch, ( I know, I know the horror) where the GMT time is shown in small numbers under the maintime, and I wear a Seiko 5 with an orange dial, when the Suunto is charging.
To use an office gmt as a traveler's gmt, just reverse the indications, i.e. use the gmt hand as local time and the local one as gmt. I mean when you arrive you just adjust the gmt hand and that's what you will use as local time. This way you don't stop the second hand.
Thank you for the informative video. As much as I would love to have a true GMT watch, I don’t see it happening. I don’t travel a lot and buying a true GMT because it’s cool, seems like a bad decision.
Hi Teddy Baldassare love your videos about the watch industry, have a question for you about this “gmt complication” even if it’s a true one or an office automatic mechanism, do you have to be safe about the “safe zone” concerning the date function? Everyone in UA-cam channel’s speaks about changing the second hour hand or the main one but no one ( from what I’ve seen) talks about this issue imagine you are at 10 o’clock and your second time zone is at 3 o’clock and you need to change the hours hands ? What are the best thing to do? Change only the 2 hour hand at 3 o’clock our reset the watch ? Imagine if you need to change the first hour backwards? And them change your second hand to midnight? What should you do ? Choose the hand that changes the date ? Or go and mark your time zone in the second hand ( I’m a bit confused about this issue that nobody talks about!) can you please tell all of us ? All the best and by the way love your video in the Tissot Factory! Next time you need to visit the Longines factory it’s same group and now they’re throw out to the market very cool watches! All the best for your channel and company Teddy Baldassare!👏
Meanwhile, me wearing my Casio A500WA: “yes, that’s all well and good, but can you quick jump between 4 time zones including, if you want, UTC?” Kidding, the GMT-Master II “Pepsi” on a jubilee bracelet is my all time grail watch, I can never get tired of watching footage of it.
Thanks for the great video Teddy! I got interested in the last watch of the video. Which brand and model is it? I mean the black dial field/diver style watch with the 12-hour bezel and no GMT hand. Anyone?
Really appreciate all of the effort you put in these videos! However I think you should at least mention the seiko or citizen options that have multiple timezones and GPS sync to keep them updated automatically
Very well made video! Now I want a GMT watch just for the cool factor. Had never understand the aftermarket half colored bezel with 12h scale. Now I know they just don'r know what they are doing. haha Subscribed!
Thanks for creating these educational videos. For me, knowledge is an important part of being a watch enthusiast.
Appreciate this, Ralph. I second your thoughts here.
This was by far the best explanation of how GMTs and the different movements work! I just purchased the Seiko 5 SSK003 "Batman" GMT and love it!
I'd also consider the JLC Reverso Duoface as a GMT as you can have each face showing a different time zone and the travel time has a jumping hour mechanism
I have to agree completely. Flip the case and flip the location. Simples. Day and night indication is as clear as day... or night.
I’ve a collar GMT, love it. The few times I’ve traveled far, with multiple stops, I side step all zone issues by picking up my digital Casio 800H.
Your timing is great. I just got the new Seiko 5 SSK001 GMT.
I was also confused about caller/office vs. true/traveler. Thanks for the informative video as always.
Absolutely love your content, Teddy. Let me know when you're in LA and I'll buy you a fat burrito.
I will never say no to a burrito. Enjoy the new watch!
Seiko 5 GMT is next on my list! I didn’t know they were already out for purchase.. where did you grab yours?
@@financeinfluencer2158 I have a Seiko AD near me actually. If you're in SoCal I can get you my discount.
I'm looking to get that watch too, how does it wear on your wrist?
@@aeis3007 Super comfortable. Couldn't recommend enough.
Amazing video. The GMT is my favorite complication. I have a GMT Master II Pepsi and a Mido Ocean Star GMT. The Mido also has a true GMT movement.
Hugo, I am drawn to the mido ocean star gmt but concerned it might wear large for my 7.25" wrist. Your thoughts?
@@toddsmith8608 Todd, I like to wear big watches. My wrist is 7.5, so I think you can pull it off. I don't think it wears too big.
@@hugohernandez3651 thanks for responding.
Great video. For those on a tight budget, I recommend the Casio Royale (AE-1200) - a world time watch for under $30.
There are some really cool GMT watches out there, but personally I don´t travel that much and I don't have the need to track an second time zone so these are the type of watches that I wouldn't buy, but I enjoy so much to see them
Great video, very comprehensive as usual! For the last “budget” option I was thinking about the rado captain cook over-pole as well with its world time bezel.
I’m glad I’m not the only weirdo that appreciates all these tiny details about watches, I’m not gonna lie the Tudor Pepsi was looking like the choice but the ball Pepsi with the blue dial is special. Nice one my guy 💪🏾
I recently got the Oris Aquis GMT Date, 24hour time scale on the face AND a rotating bezel. Simultaneously tracks 3 timezones. 👍
Great video. I love GMTs. Some hobbyists are dive watch guys; others are dress watch guys. I am and will forever be a GMT guy.
Teddy, you keep going from strength to strength with how informative your videos are. Favorite watch content creator EVER.
I use my dive watch as gmt. At first it may take a little bit of brain effort, but later it’s super easy. Sometime when I travel I just place the 12h marker on the dive bezel at the hour difference of my home town and I set the watch hands at the local time. For example, traveling from Valencia to London. 1h time difference. I rotate the dive bezel so it’s 12h marker stays at 11 oclock. So when it’s 11:00 in London, I know it’s 12:00 in Valencia. When it’s 9:00 in London, the hour hand points at (50) marker on the bezel, which corresponds to 10h. For a trip to a city that’s only 1h time difference this may sound stupid. But you don’t know how many times by mistake I end up adding an hour, instead of substracting. When I need to know the time and time difference quickly without looking at my phone, I do this. After all I have a rotating bezel, I’m not going to dive or anything, so why not use it?
Thank you for this comment.... actually helped me a lot in understanding how to use a rotating bezel to track a different time zone!!
Your explanations are always the best. Great video, as usual.
I had a need for an office GMT. In a pinch, what I did, was to use the bezel on my Seiko Skx007. I needed to track Phoenix time and Madrid time. I just positioned the 12:00 mark at the 3:00 position and read the time that way. It works! 😅
Thanks for your advise, I use my Turtles and rotate the Triangle mark at 11:00, then can read the time at Japan UTC +9 hour when I am live in Hong Kong UTC +8 by the hour hand.
I dodn’t know quite a few things mentioned, but the most surprising is that you’re usually unable to quickset date on true GMTs. Had no idea and honestly I think I prefer the simpler movement. I swap watches too often and I’ve got to set my date all the time, true gamechanger
Thanks for the explanation of the True vs caller GMT. Never really understood it.
i love the last one (12hr rotating bezel) because i can confirm the future relationship of local and home time zone. it helps me to decide when to set meeting in the future.
My favorite world time watch is the Seiko Prospex Solar SSG015 - World Time Radio-Sync Solar Chronograph. No need to manually set the time because of the radio sync. It’s a bit clunky because of all the complications but is by far the coolest piece in my collection and definitely a conversation piece.
Absolutely fantastic video Teddy. Great explanation, there were some complications I had no clue about before your explanation. It seems the new Seiko GMT movement is an "Office" GMT but despite more work to set it up I'm sure it's fine for traveling. I do admit though I tend to throw on my G-Shock Mudmaster GG-1000 Ana-Digi or for a smaller fit my Casio Royale AE-1200 where home time and destination time are right in front of me without thinking about it! $30 and every time zone, that's even indicated on the little digital map! 😁
I want to plug the Montblanc Geosphere, which I usually wear when flying. It is a true GMT, allowing for isolated adjustment of the hour hand. The rotating globes, one each for the northern and southern hemispheres, show you who should be awake and who should be asleep, and a 12 hour subdial shows home time (or that is the way that I use it). I would never sell it.
Liked this one - thanks. I know you mainly focus on autos, but Citizen and GShock worldtimers do some neat things with multiple time zones - especially the ana/digi models. I've got this GShock Gulfmaster (which is a beast but I love it) - you set up your times (one for the analog handset, one for the lcd) and when you travel and want to swap you just press a button and the hands move by themselves. Which is very cool if you're a big child like me.
Take care.
I love my Citizen Satellite Wave with F150 movement. When getting off the plane, I just tell it to listen for the GPS signal and it knows exactly where I am. It does NOT track my home time, but super easy to reset to the new local time, extremely precisely. I also have a Russian Vostok with a 24 hour hand and a rotating bezel that is pretty handy. You can't independently reset the fourth hand, nor the hour hand, but graphically it is very simple. It's so simple it doesn't even have a date quick set. Another one I have that is handy for travelling is another Citizen and a very common one at that, the Nighthawk. And a little surprise for quickly resetting the hour is my Timex (don't know the precise model). It is one they made recently with wire lugs and looks a lot like WWI trench watches. It came on a very soft "bund" strap made in the USA. Cool little watch that can quickly change the hour hand only. Lots of fun options out there!
I got into watch collection because of this channel! I love this channel and the detailed reviews!! Awesome job!!!!
Really helped with understanding what a GMT-watch is, didn't think I would need one but now my collection feel the lack of it.
Hi Teddy! Finally, an explanation of the GMT watch variations that makes sense, and so much detail packed into a short video, very much appreciated. I bought a Tissot Chemin des Tourelles Powermatic 80 GMT-24h watch a few years ago and until now, I never knew whether it was classed as a 'real' GMT watch or not. It has a 24hr scale on the dial face on the outer edge for one time zone, and once the hands have all been set, the smaller hour hand can be rotated independently back or forward without interrupting the other hands. I gather from the video, this makes it a true GMT, correct? I liked the fact that it was an automatic as apart from 3 Quartz watches I have in my small collection, the rest are either automatic or manual, oh and one solar powered quartz which I like because the battery is unlikely to need replacing in what's left of my lifetime, the other Quartz watches are a pain getting batteries replaced (TAG Heuer, Rado and LV). Cheers!
Love these educational videos. Thanks, Teddy…!
Great video and content as always Teddy. You just answered a lot of questions I had about GMTs.
Professor Baldassarre, Dean of the Faculty of Horology, thanks very much from this new student. Cheers!
I love my Tudor BB GMT since I bought it one year and five months ago. I love it. Thanks for another excellent video Teddy.
Great video. Using the GMT hand to actively monitor a different time is its primary function, but there is a secondary passive function that is especially useful for people who don't travel often and don't wear their watch every day. The rule of thumb for date watches is to never set the date when the watch is between 9pm and 3am to avoid potential damage to the date/calendar wheels that are interlocked during that time. People don't think about this often, which is why they break the teeth of the wheels and can no longer set the date. A 24-hour bezel at default position and GMT hand tracking home time lets you discern between AM/PM, so if your GMT hand is between 21 and 3, then you know it's around midnight; you need to change the time first to move the GMT hand out of that window before you safely set the date.
As far as office vs. true GMT goes, the former is much more practical for most people despite being the "poor man's GMT." Obviously this depends on individual lifestyle, but think about how many times you go without wearing your watch for many days or weeks (or you have many watches in rotation, so you can easily go over a week without wearing the same watch twice) versus how many times you travel to a completely different time zone. One can also apply to a 24-hour bezel what Teddy said at the end about using the rotating bezel to track GMT time. When you go to a different time, simply align the bezel with the GMT hand. For example, if it's 10am in New York and you travel to the UK, it's 3pm. Make the GMT hand point to 15 by rotating the bezel and use the bezel/GMT/minute hand to tell time while abroad. When you return home, reset the bezel. This lets you bypass setting the hands altogether. The only problem is that you need to convert the 24-hour time to 12-hour in your head (i.e. 17=5pm). Not ideal, but not bad. For military personnel, it's a non-issue since they operate on a 24-hour clock.
@Teddy Tinky telegram over there. Your scam is exposed. Teddy's team knows about you, already reported.
Best GMT video out there to explain all of the various types. Thank you Teddy!
The first time I was on a connecting flight through SLC I realized what a pain it is to have a caller GMT. Next I did my researched and figure out the whole caller/traveler thing. My next watch was a Glycine Airman Purist which actually has a caller GMT movement (2893-2) but it has no 12 hour hand, it is a 24 hour watch which I grew to love. Now I have a Panerai 233 which is a traveller with a 12 hour "GMT" hand but a matching 24hr sub dial for AM/PM. This allows me to cover up the GMT hand w/ the hour hand when I want to clean up an already tidy face.
It is a fun discussion on what could be called a "TRUE" GMT. If you're sitting at home it's no big deal to spin a traveller GMT around to suit your needs but when you have I tight connection and all you have to do is pop the crown and rotate the local 12 hour hand up or back an hour or two it truly makes sense.
Teddy, this is the best video I’ve yet seen discussing GMT watch types and functionality. Nice work. 😎🌎🌍🌏⌚️
I heard you talking about GMT watches in other videos and had no idea what it meant. Thanks so much for this.
Thanks very much for explaining the GMT and other the other types as well!!!! You are very much appreciated!!!!
More one perfect vídeo. Congratulations from Brazil!
What a awesome video that cover pretty much all there's to learn about GMT watch; great work Teddy, keep the good efforts !
Man, the GMT has to be one of my favourite and more useful complications!
Key word “complications”…(I still don’t get it). I’ll just add and subtract in my head 😁
GMT complication is fascinating and very usefull. However I find the most usefull and clear is the second ring time zone
Teddy my favourite ringmaster
Listen. I learn from Teddy Baldassarre. This content is so great, I watched it twice.
Thanks for watching, Darius!
I am so into that Zodiac - the white and green pops so nicely
GMT is my favorite complication. Great video!
Terrific explanation. I have to say, though, after a career of international travel and overseas calls, I always figured that if I could remember a foreign city's GMT offsets that I could also do the simple math in my head. I LOVE watches; but, always thought this was not a complication I needed or would pay a premium for; though, I think I'm in the minority! I also wonder about moon phase usage, LOL As usual, a great video by Teddy.
Great timing after Seiko released the GMT Seiko 5
Great video Teddy, really enjoyed this one and am in the market for a GMT...HELPFUL!
Great video. One 2nd time zone feature can be found in chronographs with the chrono minute and hour counters co-axially mounted together. But the chrono must come with a 60 minute counter.
I have a few GMT watches and like them all. Some are easier to set the GMT hand than others.
My favorite is the Seiko Landmaster Spring Drive. That watch for the money has a great but underrated movement.
terrific overview Teddy
Terrific video Teddy! There is another permutation on the WT watch in the Montblanc Geosphere. A beautiful way to represent time.
Simply spoken, well addressed.
Great Video! Thank you. Also thanks for showing the difference in setting a caller vs. traveler GMT.
I like GMT watches. Genuinely useful while traveling 🤠
I really missed these strictly instructive videos from teddy... Amazing watch-commentary pair up and on point as always! Thank you so much 🫶
Very thorough explanation! For me living in the US, and only really caring about other time zones in the US, the simple 12-hour rotating bezel is my best option. I just wish there were more watches out there to offer a 12-hour bezel.
There are many aftermarket bezel inserts available for Seiko and Orient dice watches that have 12 hour markings (often labeled as "dual time")
Seiko SUN023. true GMT kinetic tuna. Thanks for another great vid
Exactly what I needed to learn! Thank you again, Teddy!
In love with my black and white Planet Ocean gmt
Excellent video! Zodiac has nailed the summer watch look, that's for sure.
I have a Bond Seamaster 300m GMT that I picked up for a measely $700. I don't use the complication but it sure adds a nice splash of color and character to the dial. Love it.
A Seamaster 300 gmt for $700? Uh... I hate to break it to you but..
@@diabolicdeus yeah I know its a $3500 watch but its real. I got lucky.
@@EmJay2022 Damn. That's a great deal for a great watch.
Excellent video with clear explanations.
Nice job on the GMT Teddy!
All the vids are great. Thanks for all this content
One of my watches is a Casio 3299 World Time. From a list of forty nine cities around the world, I can store five different cites, all of which can be selected by pressing one button. At the moment I have my home time London, plus Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Tel Aviv. Add five alarms, a countdown timer and a stopwatch, all for twenty five British Pounds. I purchased the watch after Hodinkee’s Jack Forster gave it a glowing review about three years ago. One other thing in the Casio’s favour; you are not likely to be mugged wearing it in a dodgy area of some foreign city, or even my city London, which is notorious for watch crime at the moment.
Your last point is perhaps the least talked about yet most important to consider as a true traveller.
GREAT explanation. Finally cleared things up for me. Thanks Teddy! 🙌🏾 ⚡️
I have an Ulysse Nardin Dual Time base on UN-334 in-house caliber with pushers, which is also a very interesting and convenient way of having two time zones. New Grand Seiko GMT is quite cool too
Just got a Mido Multifort GMT Wordltimer, I love it!!
The names of these different types of multi-time-zone watches makes them sound a lot more different than they functionally are. It feels like a difference between A car whose back door can only be unlocked using the buttons on the front two doors vs one Who’s back doors can be unlocked independently. They’re all dual time lol
3:09 I think people massively understate how much of an influence Pan Am had on modern aviation as we know it.
Fun fact, not only did they popularise the use of GMT watches for pilots, but they were also the first ones to utilise the iconic naval officer dress style uniform for pilots, with all the other airlines following suit.
You should do this kind of video for all different watch types! I'd love a video on the history of dive watches
Gmt fan, I bought a couple gmt's this year.
Great video, but you should have mentioned the best dual time solution created to date - an extra two hand dial that can be set independently. I love my GMT watches, but I am forced to admit that my inexpensive Zeppelin has the shortest "time to perception" compared with my office and traveller GMT watches.
Thank you to clarify the operating mode of the GMT Watches . I will try to find details in book (in French) . Enjoying your videos, i think that there is now more watches with this GMT fonction. I will try to forget the OMEGA WORLD TIMER (wonderful) you have already shown us that we can find GMT watches for affordable price.
Great video!
Love the piano Teddy, a great touch☺️
Another comum misconception is saying that a rotating bezels allows you to track 3 times simultaneously. It does not. You can still only track two because by moving the bezel you change the time you were tracking previously. It is only possible to track 3 times simultaneously if you have a 24 hour scale on a rotating bezel and a 24 hour scale on the dial. But if we’re not talking about simultaneous tracking, then with the bezel you can track 24 time zones.
Not a watchnerd, but I'm an aircraft mechanic, and whenever we write in the aircraft log, and in our workorders, the time has to be in GMT. So I've worn GMT watches for 22 years. Currently I wear a Suunto digital watch, ( I know, I know the horror) where the GMT time is shown in small numbers under the maintime, and I wear a Seiko 5 with an orange dial, when the Suunto is charging.
Packed with information. I like this type of video
Thanks Teddy!!
Any chance you can do a video on d.dornblüth & sohn?
To use an office gmt as a traveler's gmt, just reverse the indications, i.e. use the gmt hand as local time and the local one as gmt. I mean when you arrive you just adjust the gmt hand and that's what you will use as local time. This way you don't stop the second hand.
Thank you for the informative video. As much as I would love to have a true GMT watch, I don’t see it happening. I don’t travel a lot and buying a true GMT because it’s cool, seems like a bad decision.
Hi Teddy Baldassare love your videos about the watch industry, have a question for you about this “gmt complication” even if it’s a true one or an office automatic mechanism, do you have to be safe about the “safe zone” concerning the date function? Everyone in UA-cam channel’s speaks about changing the second hour hand or the main one but no one ( from what I’ve seen) talks about this issue imagine you are at 10 o’clock and your second time zone is at 3 o’clock and you need to change the hours hands ? What are the best thing to do? Change only the 2 hour hand at 3 o’clock our reset the watch ? Imagine if you need to change the first hour backwards? And them change your second hand to midnight? What should you do ? Choose the hand that changes the date ? Or go and mark your time zone in the second hand ( I’m a bit confused about this issue that nobody talks about!) can you please tell all of us ? All the best and by the way love your video in the Tissot Factory! Next time you need to visit the Longines factory it’s same group and now they’re throw out to the market very cool watches! All the best for your channel and company Teddy Baldassare!👏
I Currently own 3 gmts: Rolex Explorer 2 16570, Glycine Airman and Steinheart Ocean one GMT coke 42mm
Bravo, another amazing video... THANK YOU
Just found out my Tudor “root beer” should be arrive at my AD soon! Really excited about that one.
Ya, definitely helped. I learnt a lot. Thanks!
Thanks Teddy! I love & learn more about my Luminox Commando... Great Vidya 😁😁😁 GMT is cooler the same I thought 👍🏼
Teddy, great job with this deep dive into GMT topic 👍
Great video, thank you! Good explanation
Meanwhile, me wearing my Casio A500WA: “yes, that’s all well and good, but can you quick jump between 4 time zones including, if you want, UTC?” Kidding, the GMT-Master II “Pepsi” on a jubilee bracelet is my all time grail watch, I can never get tired of watching footage of it.
Really appreciate this education
Thanks for the great video Teddy! I got interested in the last watch of the video. Which brand and model is it? I mean the black dial field/diver style watch with the 12-hour bezel and no GMT hand. Anyone?
Great video as usual!!!
Once again teddy thank you for the history lesson I make sure I all ways like your vids very knowledgeable
Really appreciate all of the effort you put in these videos! However I think you should at least mention the seiko or citizen options that have multiple timezones and GPS sync to keep them updated automatically
I went from New York to Paris with a Citizen. No issues whatsoever and only had to adjust the crown a few turns. Done!
Very informative. Thank you.
Very well made video! Now I want a GMT watch just for the cool factor.
Had never understand the aftermarket half colored bezel with 12h scale. Now I know they just don'r know what they are doing. haha
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