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Old 30 April 2017, 12:25 AM   #1
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Setting GMT II

Just picked up my GMT II yesterday and I'm confused about setting the GMT hand. If I set the green hand to GMT, which is 4 hours ahead of my local EDT, will the date indicator roll over according to the green hand (GMT) or my local time zone?

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Old 30 April 2017, 12:28 AM   #2
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This may help!
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Old 30 April 2017, 12:44 AM   #3
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Just picked up my GMT II yesterday and I'm confused about setting the GMT hand. If I set the green hand to GMT, which is 4 hours ahead of my local EDT, will the date indicator roll over according to the green hand (GMT) or my local time zone?

Thanks!
local.

Set the GMT hand first to the zone you want, then jump the hour hand to your local time and you're all set.

Congrats on picking up an awesome watch. As other will say on here, pics or it didn't happen lol. Welcome to the forum.
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Old 30 April 2017, 01:08 AM   #4
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local.

Set the GMT hand first to the zone you want, then jump the hour hand to your local time and you're all set.

Congrats on picking up an awesome watch. As other will say on here, pics or it didn't happen lol. Welcome to the forum.
Here it is! It just feels so much more solid than my old Sub.
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Old 30 April 2017, 06:22 AM   #5
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Here it is! It just feels so much more solid than my old Sub.
Looking good!
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Old 30 April 2017, 08:50 AM   #6
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Great video. Thank you.

So do most of you guys keep other hand set to GMT and then use the bezel for variations? Or do you set your GMT hand to a specific secondary time zone?
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Old 30 April 2017, 09:09 AM   #7
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Looks great. Congrats!
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Old 30 April 2017, 05:25 PM   #8
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I'm not great at setting mine lol.

However I stop mine when the second hand reaches 12, then set the GMT hand to UK GMT time, and the minute hand to the the next 5 minute marker of current time. I then use the quick set hour to move the hour hand to current hour time and date. Then when the actual time (from an iPhone app I have) matches my watch, I push the crown in starting it. This gets me perfect time sets.

Does this make any sense? Lol
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Old 30 April 2017, 05:36 PM   #9
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conrats. i set the 24hr hand to gmt and use the bezel for variations, its surprisingly easy to read and use.
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Old 30 April 2017, 06:01 PM   #10
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Great video. Thank you.

So do most of you guys keep other hand set to GMT and then use the bezel for variations? Or do you set your GMT hand to a specific secondary time zone?
I have absolutely ZERO need to know GMT time. Do you?

I keep the 24 hr hand to local time. When I travel I move the hour hand to the timezone in the state / country where I am.

There you go.
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Old 30 April 2017, 06:03 PM   #11
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Being in the UK I have the GMT hand to UK time and the normal time to UK time too.

However when I travel to the USA I set the watch time to local USA time and GMT hand will always tell me the time at home.
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Old 30 April 2017, 06:05 PM   #12
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I set the GMT hand to my home time. I set the hour hand to whatever is local time where I am at the moment.

This means that both hands show my home time when home. When I travel to other timezones the GMT hand shows my home time and the hour hand shows local time wherever I am.
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Old 30 April 2017, 06:21 PM   #13
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I have absolutely ZERO need to know GMT time. Do you?

I keep the 24 hr hand to local time. When I travel I move the hour hand to the timezone in the state / country where I am.

There you go.
Yep - I fly my own chopper and i need to know !!!!

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Old 1 May 2017, 02:13 AM   #14
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For me, the GMT (24 hour) hand is set on home time and 12 hour hand on local time. I admit I had to find a good video on setting the watch the first time.
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Old 1 May 2017, 02:17 AM   #15
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I do this as well.
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I set the GMT hand to my home time. I set the hour hand to whatever is local time where I am at the moment.

This means that both hands show my home time when home. When I travel to other timezones the GMT hand shows my home time and the hour hand shows local time wherever I am.
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I set the GMT hand to my home time. I set the hour hand to whatever is local time where I am at the moment.

This means that both hands show my home time when home. When I travel to other timezones the GMT hand shows my home time and the hour hand shows local time wherever I am.
I do this as well and turn the bezel to show GMT for no particular reason--out of respect for tradition, perhaps.
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Old 1 May 2017, 04:44 AM   #17
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I have absolutely ZERO need to know GMT time. Do you?

I keep the 24 hr hand to local time. When I travel I move the hour hand to the timezone in the state / country where I am.

There you go.
^This. I also like this approach as you an use as a compass in this configuration.Bonus complication!
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Old 1 May 2017, 07:37 AM   #18
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Yep - I fly my own chopper and i need to know !!!!

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So I take it you know what to do?
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I set the GMT hand to my home time. I set the hour hand to whatever is local time where I am at the moment.

This means that both hands show my home time when home. When I travel to other timezones the GMT hand shows my home time and the hour hand shows local time wherever I am.
Couldn't have put it better.
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I have absolutely ZERO need to know GMT time. Do you?
No, I don't need to know GMT.

But you can set the "GMT" hand to other time zones than GMT.
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Old 1 May 2017, 04:50 PM   #21
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Sorry but terrible video. Least of all the quality and it's sideways.


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Old 1 May 2017, 09:48 PM   #22
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I keep my GMT on GMT. I set the bezel To indicate various time zones as needed. I keep the hour hand set to the time zone I am currently in.
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Old 1 May 2017, 10:18 PM   #23
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When I am home, I set the GMT time to our overseas office and the hour hand to my time zone.

When I travel, I set GMT to home and hour to local.
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No, I don't need to know GMT.



But you can set the "GMT" hand to other time zones than GMT.


Of course you can.

I was just replying to a poster asking about setting that hand to GMT. It just makes most simple sense to keep it set to home time and adjust the hour hand when you travel.
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