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8 March 2012, 12:25 AM | #1 |
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Sky Dweller 24 Hour Indicator - Why?
Let me say I really like the aesthetics of the new watch, and I think the month designation and calendar-year date function are fantastic and over due.
But why, oh why, did they include such a prominent 24 hour indicator? I see no use for this, at all. I would have thought a simultaneous 2nd time zone display would have been much more appropriante for this portion of the watch. Thoughts? |
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None, none whatsoever !
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Haha, okay.
I was even thinking to myself, I do in fact work in an arena in which I can be working at all times of the day and night inside the OR, far away from any windows into the outside world. And yet, I am never at a loss to figure out if it's 1200 or 0000, 0300 or 1500, 1000 or 2200. This choice is baffling about the watch to me. |
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Correct it's a second time zone.
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Are you all sure? Rolex describes it as a "24 hour indicator" and says that a second time zone can be set by using the rapid setting of the hour hand. These 2 statements in Rolex's product description make me think the permanent display is NOT a second 'setable' time zone.
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The 24 ring displays home time. The hour hand displays local time.
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I still think it would make much more sense to have a second, user set time zone that can always be displayed, ala the GMT hand on the GMT. Oh well, "home time" it is. |
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As to why they chose this display is beyond my thinking. Other than to visually cause interest to the dial, maybe?
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