We have time zones set up across the globe to line up with the rotation of the Earth. Our time here in the Central Time Zone of the U. Think of the time zone in Greenwich, England as basically being set at zero. Our Central U. Time Zone is five hours behind GMT. For a quick reference on time zones, simply do an online search for your time zone.
We like using everytimezone. Really helpful in planning travel. All watches have the standard minute and hour hands for setting the current time, but a GMT watch has a 24 hour hand, or GMT hand. Pull the crown out to the 2nd position and turn to set the current time and date.
This is so we have a base reference for setting our two other times. And make sure your bezel is in its standard position, with the 24 hour triangle at noon. Triangle to triangle. Next, we need to set our home time using the GMT hand. Home time is where you would be starting your journey. Pull the crown out to the third position and turn until the GMT hand matches your home 24 hour time on the bezel or dial on some watches.
If our current home time is am, we turn the GMT hand until it reaches just past 10 on the bezel. Ten hundred ten hours in 24 hour time.
The first type has an independently adjustable GMT hand, meaning it can be set separately from the local time indicated with the hour hand and is not linked to the date function. The second type links the GMT hand to the minute hand while the normal hour hand is independently adjustable and is linked to the date. The second kind is considered more of a classic GMT watch and is slightly easier for use while traveling, since flipping the hour hand forward or back without messing with the minute hand is quick and easy as your plane touches down in London or Buenos Aires.
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They typically comprise a hour track located along the bezel or outside of the dial, which can be fixed or rotating.
In both cases, the time zones are referred to as current time where the wearer is and home time where the wearer is based. Both complications hark back to the s and 50s, when the need for such models was brought about by the rise in commercial air travel. As flying distances increased, and more flights traversed several time zones, pilots required a timepiece that could track GMT along with local time.
Launched in , the Rolex GMT-Master featured a long hour hand that made one revolution around the dial every 24 hours and pointed to a bezel marked with 24 hour increments, as well as a short hour hand which could be independently set on a hour scale to follow local time. Follow HSS. Understanding the GMT function and using the GMT hand and bezel to tell time A GMT watch is one of the most useful tool watches for frequent travelers and those who do business across different time zones.
To tell time in a different time zone, you will simply rotate the bezel. Thanks for reading. Chime In.
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