How to Use a Time-Elapsed Bezel

[Maximus]

I use my bezel almost daily. Elapsed time walking the dog, when I'm grilling it helps me to remember to flip the meat every five minutes as well as the overall cooking time, and I set the index to an upcoming appointment time (I use the hour hand in that case). You could even use it as a reminder to do something by purposely setting it off the 12 o'clock position - when your OCD kicks in and you go to fix it, you remember that you did it for a reason.

[TheIronDuke]

I think it must be made clear that the bezel on a diving watch was never intended to measure how long your dive is or your "bottom time" or anything like that. Dive time depends on how much breathable air is in the tank and that is measured using a pressure gauge. People breathe differently so some people drain a tank faster than others. The rotating bezel on a dive watch is intended to measure the elapsed time when making decompression stops during an ascent. When diving deep you are meant to pause at various intervals during the return to the surface for fixed amounts of time in order to prevent complications with expanding nitrogen in the blood. The bezel is meant to help ensure that each pause is long enough (it can be a little annoying to wait when you're done the dive and tempted to get out of the water asap and have a beer on the boat)

[charliecutter]

Good to mention that the bezel only rotates in one direction so that if it gets bumped and moved slightly after initial setting for a dive, it can’t move in a direction that makes you think you have more bottom time left than you really do which is a major safety feature for us divers.

[sempakbola]

I use it a lot. It really simple, you dont need stopwatch with fraction of decimal for everyday use. Love it

[lacedaimonian]

I use mine every day to mark when I left work for my lunch break, so I can quickly check how much lunch breakni have left.

[DeeTofa]

I used this method during my SAT exam. It worked perfectly 🙌

[waddyhirshy]

As a surf coach, I actually need the functionality of my dive watch and it’s bezel to track lesson times in the water! Very useful for me.

[jmartinez]

great for pomodoro-style time-keeping, no buzzing or ringing alarms, just a simple way to keep on track without developing Pavlovian triggers

[ianingham]

Thanks for explaining that Teddy.
I have often wondered what those strange numbers around the bezel were for 😊

[charliecutter]

And I call my Omega Seamaster (Which I dive with) the grill master because it’s great for timing meat on the grill.😊

[ayandey]

Even the production quality on your shorts is so gooood!! 😮❤

[seikochristopherward]

Its much easier than pulling out your phone, resist the urge to open apps, go to the clock app, and set the timer.

[jonneym]

Don’t forget to set the alarm on your phone to remind you to look at the time set on your lovely watch 😉

[currencyhussle]

Thanks for this video bro. I was overthinking how a bezel works and now it’s very simple and clear

[trexinvert]

No confusing or endless mode scrolling. Simple and direct. Ez figure out, if u just stop, look, twist and wait. Technology.

[PuggleTuggle]

Good also for tests that allow analog timepieces like the LSAT

[oliviavila]

thank you. finally, an explanation on how this bezel works

[stevelikins]

Finally i understand. Couldn’t wrap my brain around the use of those things. I happy now good work teddy 🔥

[MichaelSmith-gb]

Even though I love my Apple Watch, I do miss my analog watch. It had a tachometer bezel. You set the bezel to the minute hand, and look at the watch when you see the next mile marker. The minute hand points to the MPH markings on the bezel show you how fast you’re moving

[barrettwbenton]

I can scarcely swim, much less dive, but I get the allure of rotating timing bezels. The only watch I possess with a "proper" timing bezel, however, is a vintage Seiko 6139 chronograph. But, two of my other watches, both also Seikos (a 017 Alpinist, and, very recently, a 5 Sports GMT) can also be used this way, simply by placing the bezel's reference-point forward of the minute hand to your desired time. This actually comes in handy when I'm doing the Iron Chef thing and timing several things at once, and Google is already busy with at least one of them. (Since the 6139 also possesses a chronograph functions, it can handle two timed events at once.)