How To Read A GMT Watch

In today's video, I'm explaining how to use the bezel on a GMT watch to tell time in two different time zones.

A GMT watch is one of the best watches to have if you are a frequent traveler - both domestically and internationally - or if your work requires you to constantly be thinking in two time zones at once. Telling time with a GMT watch is really simple - all you need to do is use the bezel and GMT hand.

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[JGMelaka]

to be honest i just looked through a dozen similar videos to learn how to use GMT function, and yours was the easiest to understand. Thanks!

[In_Can]

I just watched many videos to learn how to read gmt, ranging from 5min to 10min and yours is the best tutorial yet it is the shortest. Thanks brother.

[hotchalupa]

For those thinking you can just use the regular hand... The GMT hand does 1 rotation every 24 hours, as opposed to every 12, as the regular hand does. The bezel is meant to be used with the GMT hand.

[justinlowe]

This was so much easier to understand than other videos! Thank you

[goCanucks]

This the best and simplest explanation I have ever encountered. Thanks.

[watchrob]

That's the best GMT demo I have seen. And good on you for owning one of the coolest Rolex watches ever made! Quiet jealous :)

[xmperformace]

Far the most easy to understad, GMT explanation, online ever.
Thanx.

[bzchou]

The simplest explanation I have ever seen! Nice job!

[brettwilliams]

Totally. I get it from a pilots perspective from when the GMT was first released.
Great video mate.

[pim]

So you have to know how much hours the other country is further or earlier in time...so if you add or substract that amount of hours to the real time on the watch you have the same

[SirCapsALotTheIV]

Thanks, very simple to understand. Planning to hopefully buy myself a GMT Mii once I acquire 1500 hours in the air. For now gonna get myself a Seiko GMT to start off my collection

[xoticGmr]

You can do this with every rotable bezel, just turn the top indicator the hours plus or minus depending what timezone you want and then you read your standard hour from your new "12 hour marker". I use this on my watch, which hasnt a gmt bezel, regularly to know when sporting events start.

[duckbizniz]

Appreciate you explaining how to use a GMT watch. I have a watch with a 24 hours rotating dial but I did not have a 24 hour hand on the dial. The 24 hours hand is on a sub-dial. I guess my watch is not a GMT watch, but it looks nice.

[frank.]

Looked at others but ended up confused but thanks to you I now know what to do .Many thanks great explanation.

[thomasaustin]

Very good & useful video. Thanks! I'm a Rolex guy myself and now considering adding a GMT Master II to my collection after seeing the new "Pepsi" model which was unveiled at Basel World 2018. Your video makes understanding how the GMT bezel works perfectly clear.

[MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

If you're going to look it up online how many hours ahead or behind a given city is from you then it's better to check the time there already

[hitesh-patil]

Thank you for a no nonsense video. Crystal clear.

[BlueLineSpeed]

Unfortunately this is incorrect. The watch was designed in collaboration with Pan American World Airways to allow their pilots to reference GMT at a glance. It would be fruitless to always have to adjust your bezel or have the GMT hand reading the same as the local... To correctly set GMT under the 4th GMT reference hand, unscrew the crown and pull it out to the full 3rd position. Move the 4th (GMT) and minute hands sufficiently to set the “GMT” and minutes correctly. Then reset the crown to the second position and set the regular hour hand to the local hour and date.

You are now accurately displaying GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for instant aviation or maritime reference. Should you wish to display an additional 3rd time zone you can rotate the bezel as shown in this video.

Most owners of a GMT referenced watch who do not have the daily need for “GMT” will set the 4th GMT hand to their home time zone for familiarity and comfort. This can be done in the same way as above by using the 3rd crown position to set the 4th and minute hands.

The only single adjustment required on subsequent trips is to independently move the local hour hand and date to the destination time zone using the second crown position.

There should be little to no need to adjust the bezel unless a third time zone reference is required.

[superboy]

Your video was the simplified, and I learned something new.

[Paul.in.Ireland]

Brilliant! I own a few GMT watches but never knew how to use them until now, you are a star sir!