Explorer II Hour Hand

[jamski]

I appreciate how my 16570 Explorer II has the ability to only change the hour hand when adjusting the time on the watch (i.e., the minute hand doesn't have to move an entire hour to change time zones or adjust for DST).

I was wondering what makes this possible and what other Rolexes have this feature.

Is it only the watches with a GMT hand that have this functionality?

[T. Ferguson]

Originally Posted by jamski

I appreciate how my 16570 Explorer II has the ability to only change the hour hand when adjusting the time on the watch (i.e., the minute hand doesn't have to move an entire hour to change time zones or adjust for DST).

I was wondering what makes this possible and what other Rolexes have this feature.

Is it only the watches with a GMT hand that have this functionality?

If you are referring to the independent jump 12 hour hand, the GMT Master II also has this. But in your last question you then asked if the EII is the only watch with a "GMT hand" (actually the 24 hour hand) that does this. To my knowledge neither watch does this. On both the Explorer II and the GMTII the minute hand moves when the 24 hour hand is set.

Both watches are essentially set the same. In position 3 the minute and 24 hour hands are set, then in position 2 the 12 hour hand and date are set.