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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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30 April 2017, 12:28 AM | #2 |
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This may help!
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30 April 2017, 12:44 AM | #3 | |
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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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30 April 2017, 01:08 AM | #4 |
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Here it is! It just feels so much more solid than my old Sub.
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30 April 2017, 06:22 AM | #5 |
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30 April 2017, 08:50 AM | #6 | |
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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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30 April 2017, 09:09 AM | #7 |
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Looks great. Congrats!
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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 |
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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30 April 2017, 06:01 PM | #10 | |
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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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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. |
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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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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I do this as well.
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^This. I also like this approach as you an use as a compass in this configuration.Bonus complication!
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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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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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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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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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