Two notes: The lugs are 22mm on the Seiko 5 and when I was calculating the time in Japan, I initially said said 8am (which was correct), I accidentally later set to 9am (incorrect). I should've read from where the GMT hand was pointed and not what was at 12 o'clock, great example for why you shouldn't try to read off of the bezel for primary timekeeping and stick to just using for calculations, unless you're in the resting position w/12 and 24 hrs aligned.
James Harrison, an inventor had his workshop in Greenwich, and after winning the prize for creating a chronometer that could keep time at sea, the prime meridian was fixed to to Greenwich, giving use GMT. This is chronicled in a great book titled Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time.
I’ve seen ten videos on this and yours was the only one that helped me finally understand instead of confusing me further 😂 thank you, you’re awesome teacher
Excellent video ! Though GMT wasn't set to Big Ben. Greenwich Nean Time (GMT) is the local time at the Greenwich Royal Observatory measured from 12 midnight. It is in London though so you're close and Big Ben is indeed very accurate.,😊 Thanks for the useful information !
Zulu time as you know is UTC and is used by various militaries (and the shipping industry) around the world and they use zulu always. Even if you are in Los Angeles say and it is 2am local, zulu is 1000hrs. This method means whoever you are talking to around the world there can never be any confusion with local time and daylight saving adjustments. Imagine arranging a USAF airdrop from a European airfield to Australian soldiers on the ground in the middle East - could get confusing, but not if everyone sticks to zulu time. Military time zones are defined in the ACP 121(I) standard, which is used by the armed forces for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and many other nations. The names are identical to the NATO phonetic alphabet. Going east from the prime meridian at Greenwich, letters "Alfa" to "Mike" (skipping "J") represent the 12 time zones with positive UTC offsets until reaching the international Date Line. Going west from Greenwich, letters "November" to "Yankee" represent zones with negative offsets. The letters are typically used in conjunction with military time. For example, 6:00 a.m. in zone UTC−5 is written "0600R" and spoken "zero six hundred Romeo" The letter "Z" ("Zulu") indicates Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Sir Sandford Fleming devised a system assigning the letters A-Y excluding J to 1-hour time zones, which may have been the inspiration for the system. The standard was first distributed by NATO as a note in 1950. The note states "This method is based on the systems in use in the Armed Forces of these countries and the United States". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_time_zones
With the new NH34 should you set your local time first. Then set the GMT hand? Thanks for the information. Really helpful 👍 I know you obviously don't want to change the time between 8:00pm to 2:00 am so you don't damage the movement during the date change.
Hello Sir! I have the same Seiko GMT. When adjusting the GMT hour hand, it acts in the same jumpy and jerky way as in your video. However, it used to run smoothly while adjusting. Could it be a broken part or is it fine? It's still under warranty. The watch is brand new
The choppiness is from the hour alignment, it has to have those steps when adjusting to correctly align based off of how many minutes you're passed the hour. The only time it's smoothly turning is when you have the crown all the way pulled out and you're setting the main time.
Yup Big Ben is the bell in the clock tower. Greenwich is where the marine chronometers originated which gave Britain the unique ability to accurately navigate their ships and build a huge empire.
You don't really need the numbered rehaut to track a third time one. You only need to remember that 2400 is at the 12 hour marker and every marker around the dial jumps 2 hours. The only ones that can't track 3 time zones are ones where the GMT is not adjustable like my 1675. On the friction bezel - 24 hour click bezels are common. What the friction bezel gets you is the ability to track a time zone with a 1/2 hour adjustment. Very common in Asia.
The map you have is wrong. It shows most of western europe, France, Spain, Germany, Italy etc being in UTC 0 or GMT 0 when in fact they are all UTC+1. Only Portugal in Western europe is the same as UTC 0 or GMT 0.
Military time lol. Or as the rest of the world calls it...time. Literally every country in the world form Europe to Asia post their bus or train time tables in 24 hour time. Its literally normal time.
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Two notes: The lugs are 22mm on the Seiko 5 and when I was calculating the time in Japan, I initially said said 8am (which was correct), I accidentally later set to 9am (incorrect). I should've read from where the GMT hand was pointed and not what was at 12 o'clock, great example for why you shouldn't try to read off of the bezel for primary timekeeping and stick to just using for calculations, unless you're in the resting position w/12 and 24 hrs aligned.
This tutorial needs more views. Well done marine and thank you for your service.
James Harrison, an inventor had his workshop in Greenwich, and after winning the prize for creating a chronometer that could keep time at sea, the prime meridian was fixed to to Greenwich, giving use GMT. This is chronicled in a great book titled Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time.
I’ve seen ten videos on this and yours was the only one that helped me finally understand instead of confusing me further 😂 thank you, you’re awesome teacher
Thank you for clarifying how to use a GMT watch. I have this exact watch and now I can use it maximally..
Excellent video!! I have been looking for a tutorial for a very long time. This is gold!
Thank youu,, I'm still learning how to use GMT watch, this is very helpful. Excellent tutorial video 🙂👏👏👏
Excellent video ! Though GMT wasn't set to Big Ben. Greenwich Nean Time (GMT) is the local time at the Greenwich Royal Observatory measured from 12 midnight. It is in London though so you're close and Big Ben is indeed very accurate.,😊 Thanks for the useful information !
Zulu time as you know is UTC and is used by various militaries (and the shipping industry) around the world and they use zulu always. Even if you are in Los Angeles say and it is 2am local, zulu is 1000hrs. This method means whoever you are talking to around the world there can never be any confusion with local time and daylight saving adjustments. Imagine arranging a USAF airdrop from a European airfield to Australian soldiers on the ground in the middle East - could get confusing, but not if everyone sticks to zulu time.
Military time zones are defined in the ACP 121(I) standard, which is used by the armed forces for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and many other nations. The names are identical to the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Going east from the prime meridian at Greenwich, letters "Alfa" to "Mike" (skipping "J") represent the 12 time zones with positive UTC offsets until reaching the international Date Line. Going west from Greenwich, letters "November" to "Yankee" represent zones with negative offsets.
The letters are typically used in conjunction with military time. For example, 6:00 a.m. in zone UTC−5 is written "0600R" and spoken "zero six hundred Romeo"
The letter "Z" ("Zulu") indicates Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Sir Sandford Fleming devised a system assigning the letters A-Y excluding J to 1-hour time zones, which may have been the inspiration for the system.
The standard was first distributed by NATO as a note in 1950. The note states "This method is based on the systems in use in the Armed Forces of these countries and the United States".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_time_zones
That was a fantastic explanation
Thanks so much for that, I know I can be a bit of a rambler. So, I'm glad it still came together for you 😂
@@AverageBros I got this watch just two days back n watched a lotta videos n only understood after watching your video. Thanks 😊
With the new NH34 should you set your local time first. Then set the GMT hand? Thanks for the information. Really helpful 👍 I know you obviously don't want to change the time between 8:00pm to 2:00 am so you don't damage the movement during the date change.
Correct, since you can only jump the 24hr hand, you want to set the local hour first, then jump the 24hr hand to the desired location after, thanks
My local time is UTC +5:30 and the time I want to track is using GMT watch is UTC -6:00 so how would I track ?
Hi.. How to change the minute hand for the second time zone.. Unable to understand.
Hello Sir! I have the same Seiko GMT. When adjusting the GMT hour hand, it acts in the same jumpy and jerky way as in your video. However, it used to run smoothly while adjusting. Could it be a broken part or is it fine? It's still under warranty. The watch is brand new
The choppiness is from the hour alignment, it has to have those steps when adjusting to correctly align based off of how many minutes you're passed the hour. The only time it's smoothly turning is when you have the crown all the way pulled out and you're setting the main time.
Thank you for your quick response. Good news!@@AverageBros
What to do if the time zone is +5:45
GMT refers to mean solar time at the Greenwich Observatory. Nothing to do with Big Ben, afaik
Yup Big Ben is the bell in the clock tower. Greenwich is where the marine chronometers originated which gave Britain the unique ability to accurately navigate their ships and build a huge empire.
You don't really need the numbered rehaut to track a third time one. You only need to remember that 2400 is at the 12 hour marker and every marker around the dial jumps 2 hours. The only ones that can't track 3 time zones are ones where the GMT is not adjustable like my 1675. On the friction bezel - 24 hour click bezels are common. What the friction bezel gets you is the ability to track a time zone with a 1/2 hour adjustment. Very common in Asia.
How to read the minute hand for second time zone.. Please help me to understand. I am first time using this GMT watch
I still don't get it gotta watch a few times. My brain works on logic trying to connect the dots
22mm lug width
TIL the Houses of Parliament are in Greenwich.
No. Parliament is in Westminster. Greenwich is approx 10km to the east.
The map you have is wrong. It shows most of western europe, France, Spain, Germany, Italy etc being in UTC 0 or GMT 0 when in fact they are all UTC+1. Only Portugal in Western europe is the same as UTC 0 or GMT 0.
Wow, this could have been a 5 min video.
Big ben… mate 😂
Military time lol. Or as the rest of the world calls it...time. Literally every country in the world form Europe to Asia post their bus or train time tables in 24 hour time. Its literally normal time.
I agree but analog displays default to the 12 hr scale
First 7 min you said nothing
You spent first half of the video talking nonsense.
Toonmuch blablabla
Big ben is the bell....not the clock