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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 Год назад

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!

@hespokestyle Год назад

Great to hear!

@gaya7532 Год назад

Me too! Thank you!

@sunny27jan 2 месяца назад

Bro how do you calculate minutes since the 2nd time which I want to calculate is 10 hours 30 minutes before my local time. Which means I can glance at my watch tell you the hour but for minutes I have to calculate.

@TheBrutalDeluxe Месяц назад

@@sunny27jan You can't.

@In_Can Год назад

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 4 года назад

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.

@hespokestyle 4 года назад

Indeed.

@justinlowe337 2 года назад

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

@CapCoD61 Год назад

I agree!!!

@mark964 Год назад

Really helpful, other videos so confusing ; I don't own a Rolex GMt Master, wish I did but thanks again for the help

@bzchou4669 5 месяцев назад

The simplest explanation I have ever seen! Nice job!

@goCanucks 4 года назад

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

@hespokestyle 4 года назад

You're very welcome!

@x3mperformace 5 лет назад

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

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

Happy to deliver. Thanks.

@ramongonzalez3073 4 года назад

Good video

@watchrob77 6 лет назад

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 :)

@hespokestyle 6 лет назад

Thanks so much for the comment!

@rahk97 4 года назад

Which 1675 is this, why does it look so awesome?? Old faded bezel? Black or dark grey dial? I want to touch it lol.

@lindamjohnson8692 3 года назад

@@rahk97 LOL you made me laugh

@brettwilliams657 5 лет назад

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

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

Thanks so much. Glad that was helpful.

@SirCapsALotTheIV 7 месяцев назад

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

@pim1234 5 лет назад

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 ?????

@melvincan7761 5 лет назад

Its just the rotating thing. You know, fancy.

@phmwu7368 5 лет назад

GMT hand can also be used with the white hour markers...

@7khon731 5 лет назад

Yeah I agree, idk why people get GMT watches because it's kinda useless considering that fact. GMT's look really cool but in order to set the GMT hand you have to know how many hours the difference is between the two time zones so why not just do simple math

@Skantezz 4 года назад

@@7khon731 Ok so with a GMT watch you have to look it up once, set your watch, and then not remember it for however long you need it on the watch. Much less of a hassle than remembering the time difference and constantly calculating it in your head instead of just looking at your wrist. This may not be very useful when it's LA to NY and only 3 hours but if you are in Hongkong and you live in NY it is annoying to constantly have to calculate those 13 hours every time you look at your watch, especially if you are tired or drunk.

@roundingcorners 4 года назад

@@Skantezz thats also if you've confirmed the bezel hasnt moved at all from the last time you set it.

@duckbizniz663 3 месяца назад

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.8232 7 месяцев назад

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

@hitesh-patil 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for a no nonsense video. Crystal clear.

@3xoticG4m3r 3 года назад

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.

@bigboy6704 Год назад

shouldn't those be divided into 12 not 24?

@superboy305 3 года назад

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

@Mansohuuj 3 года назад

You helped me understand (unlike others). Appreciating your video in 2021!

@thomasaustin5161 6 лет назад

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.

@rajevrocks1 Год назад

is there a way to set the time zone when the difference in time zone is for example 4 and a half hours instead of 4 or 5 hours?

@sparkonthehorizon Год назад

Simple and clear explanation. thank you, sir!

@hespokestyle Год назад

You’re welcome

@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess 2 года назад

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

@bbs32 3 года назад

Finally I know how to use a GMT watch. thanks.

@Gelato__33 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the simple and clear explanation! I've recently gotten into watch collecting and so far I have accrued a few Casio's, a Seiko 5KX and a couple cheap quartz watches given to me by family members. I am considering a GMT but there seems to be SO many options out there. What would you recommend as a good starter?

@audemarspiguet4237 3 года назад

That is such a beautiful example of a vintage GMT

@Paul.in.Ireland 5 лет назад

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

@jacc88888 6 лет назад

Very well explained and easy to understand- thanks!

@kimsosson4739 3 года назад

Pretty short but on point. Finally got it. Thank you.

@BlueLineSpeed 4 года назад

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.

@paulthorpe766 4 года назад

This is the only correct comment here

@perpetualcheck9634 4 года назад

The watch used in the demonstration is a vintage GMT master. It does not have an independent hour hand. That innovation came later with the GMT master II. The bezel can be set to any second time zone, including GMT, so it was still very practical for pilots, even before the independent hour hand.

@jeetdeshmukh 7 месяцев назад

Very nice and to the point video

@colinlarson9656 4 года назад

Great video, liked and subbed. Now that I know how to use a GMT, I suppose it's time for me to purchase one. Cheers

@robtk3 3 месяца назад

I don't own a GMT watch. But, after watching this video, I'm convinced that I don't actually need one.

@TheBrutalDeluxe Месяц назад

It's easier to use a GMT as a compass rather than a non-GMT. You never know when that might come in handy. Currently (June 2024) there have been 2 people lost in California and Tenerife respectively.

@NewingtonBoy 6 лет назад

Very informative!

@oceanwatchesclaudejolly1742 4 года назад

Thank so much for your explanation I have a squale gmt. Great watch more affordable than Rolex

@nythscape1984 2 года назад

Makes complete sense now. Thanks!

@0525ohhwell 4 года назад

I thought you were supposed to set the GMT hand to GMT time and then use the bezel to localize. Like that's why it is called a GMT hand... So if your time zone target is GMT - 7 etc it is real easy to set.

@Clambelly 3 года назад

I thought the same thing. Set the GMT hand to the new time zone, or leave the GMT in the time zone you traveled from and reset the hour hand to local time. Then you can use the 24 hour bezel to track a 3rd time zone.

@myscrnnm 2 года назад

That's how you set it on a modern GMT watch (eg. Rolex GMT-Master II). But on the older models, the hour and GMT hands are permanently linked, so it can only display the 24-hour version of whatever your regular time is set to, as seen in this video.

@sunny27jan 2 месяца назад

What is my local time and the 2nd time zone minutes has difference of half an hour. How you are gonna calculate that??

@sunny27jan 2 месяца назад

@bigcartoonyIIV 5 месяцев назад

So the GMT clock is on the +12 to american time? Almost like military?

@user-bl1zt9xg7f 10 месяцев назад

So i need to know how many hours ahead or behind the other place is and then watch will tell me what i Already know? If you already know milan is 6 hrs ahead and you need to input that? I'm sorry i don't understand

@seattlegolfer 5 лет назад

Thank you. I never knew what that hand's purpose was. After watching your video I'm now an authority on this subject matter.

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

Yes! Glad it was helpful.

@johnnyace46 3 года назад

Now I get it. Thank you. I subscribed and liked.

@rdug2165 3 дня назад

how do you read 30 min intervals?

@joseftourek Год назад

Very helpful, thank you.

@chevyx7947 4 года назад

Man you sure made that easy thanks .

@radonsmith4386 7 лет назад

I Love the recent activity on the channel 👌 Keep it up :D

@hespokestyle 7 лет назад

Thank you, sir. We plan on it! Any kinds of videos you'd like to see sooner rather than later? More style? Outfit videos? Opinions?

@hespokestyle 7 лет назад

John, definitely going to do some fragrance reviews in the future. The first one will be Creed's new Viking scent, which is awesome, by the way. A great follow up to Aventus.

@fatalflaw9807 4 года назад

Nice job of explaining, even I understand now! Just don't know why you'd overlap minute and hour hand. When the video started I thought the watch was broken.

@suprememax4948 7 лет назад

Great video! Interesting to know - I always wondered how it worked

@hespokestyle 7 лет назад

Glad to assist! Thanks for the support.

@leemartin2978 4 года назад

Thanks, I found this useful

@hespokestyle 4 года назад

You're very welcome.

@Cougar139tweak 5 лет назад

The GMT hand is just that....set to GMT time....it should never change from GMT.....you move the bezel to your current time zone + or - GMT, then leave the normal hands alone as "Home Time" my time zone is GMT+10....so if you are visiting ..... just advance bezel 10 hours...bingo bango

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

If you're getting technical... :)

@MrC0MPUT3R 6 лет назад

This sounds useful for those who work on internet infrastructure like myself (servers and such). Everything is in UTC (aka gmt, aka zulu time) and it's a pain having to look it up or do the math in your head.

@hespokestyle 6 лет назад

Definitely a great tool for that.

@MrRahimhosein 6 месяцев назад

Wow. Never knew this

@martin.B777 4 года назад

Great tutorial! However, you have to remember all time zones and then add/subtract them from a local time or UTC.

@seinfan9 Год назад

It's meant for people that travel across timezones a lot. It saves the hassle of moving the time back and forth between trips. I wouldn't say it's geared towards someone that is trying to make heads or tails of more than two time zones at once. You set it once for your trip to your destination and that's it.

@martin.B777 11 месяцев назад

@@seinfan9 True!👍

@simonsaliba257 3 года назад

thanks for the information

@misharisakka9043 6 лет назад

Thank u!

@DovidSal 3 года назад

So, in this case the GMT hands follows local time, right? meaning by that that you can not move it independently... as you set the local time that hand will go with it. Is that right?

@glvespa 2 года назад

Thanks

@gzmo0 3 года назад

Wait...couldn't you just set the GMT hand to the other timezone without the bezel? Like for Milan, just set the GMT hand to 9 on the dial? Or does it not move independently of the hour hand?

@GeoffreyFernando-ux2sn 26 дней назад

What if another country has different minutes ??

@ralentinovossi8081 5 лет назад

Why would the GMT hand be pointing at the same time as local time? Isn’t it called the GMT hand because it shows the GMT?

@jfkusa123 4 года назад

Carter Lamont it shows army time/ 24 hour time 15:15 is 3:15 pm

@AndreUtrecht 4 года назад

@@jfkusa123 Not only army time. In European countries am/pm isn't being used.

@drmanhattan225 2 года назад

Excellent thank you

@ReformMsia 5 лет назад

Thanks for the simple sharing 👍

@sunny27jan 2 месяца назад

@aminekh698 3 года назад

Thank you sir

@muhammedareeb9821 Год назад

What if the time difference is 1.5 hr, 2.5 hr and so on??

@user-jh5fm7ci6o Месяц назад

Clear as mud. I need UTC time.

@keldonmcfarland2969 4 года назад

What about time zones that are off set by 30 and 15 minutes? Places like Nova Scotia and Afghanistan would not work, right?

@hespokestyle 4 года назад

Right.

@d947 2 года назад

Thanks now I understand it

@anthonygray7012 6 месяцев назад

Echo other comments here, you explained it perfectly. Not entirley sure what the other muppets were explaining, was begining to think this watch was for NASA staff only.

@dragonballtorture 4 года назад

Can the gmt hand be moved?

@zionkimura626 10 месяцев назад

Or just add/subtract the hours to your current time??

@starman9458 3 года назад

I wear an Apple Watch Series 5 and it has the GMT face I use.

@fbbc2 4 года назад

This shows that sometimes easy is just what is right

@GaryBrainshaw Год назад

gorgeous

@matthewrealtor 4 года назад

I don’t understand the bezel rotating both directions. Isn’t this in conflict with diving capability ?

@sevenrider860 3 года назад

It is a conflict for diving. This is a GMT watch, not a dive watch. Different number scale on a dive watch, not a 24 hour scale.

@Miguelskytwins 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. I still have no idea how to read it but that's just my fault😂

@reductio1000 Год назад

You "know" its six hours different time zone so now you turn the bezel and look at the red hand.....OR i could just read my local time and as i "know" its six hours , just add six hours to my local time. just give me a watch with a bezel with cities/placenames. Or do you know every place in every timezone ?

@RodClark 6 лет назад

This is actually not how you use a GMT watch. You set the hour/minute hands for your local time and you set the GMT hand for - no surprise here - Greenwich Mean Time, and then you turn the bezel to the desired time zone. For example, if you wanted to know the time in Los Angeles you rotate the bezel to -07, if you wanted to know the time in Tokyo you rotate the bezel to +09, etc. Then you can actually glean three times from the watch, your local time, GMT and the desired other time zone.

@hespokestyle 6 лет назад

You are partially incorrect. You could set *some* GMTs in the manner you suggest, but only pieces with a GMT hand that can be set independently of the hour and minute hands. Not all GMTs, especially vintage pieces, allow you to do this. For example, the watch in the video is a 1675 from 1977 and the GMT hand cannot be set independently--its movement is connected to the hour and minute hands. So the bezel was the *original* way to tell two time zones. GMT watches that have a GMT hand that can be set independently actually give you the ability to tell time in *three* time zones. Those who've not used a vintage GMT function often make this mistake.

@globalnova 6 лет назад

glean! lolololol. why the fuck anyone would want to know UTC at a glance on their wrist is beyond me.

@hiflite2925 6 лет назад

I am a pilot, and this watch was designed for pilots. I have my GMT hand on GMT, because for me, it is important to know GMT time at a glance. I have a 2009 116710LN GMT Master II. You don't have to set it this way, if you don't want to, but this is what this watch was designed for ;-)

@globalnova 6 лет назад

in my aircraft UTC is displayed right in front of me on the DU. you should update your avionics.

@edycurrent3644 5 месяцев назад

What to do if time difference is 2 30 hrs

@Mc-ol1rm 5 лет назад

What about zones that are with 3.5 hours ahead instead of 3. How do you read that ?

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

Good question! Guess you'll have to do a little math... ;)

@liammapson5118 3 года назад

Wow. I have been using my GMT watch incorrectly for decades. I had the bezel with 0 hours in the 12 o'clock position with the GMT hand set to the desired time zone.

@Crimson_626 2 года назад

So reading a GMT is in "Military Time" 24hr scale???

@karepy 5 лет назад

Can you adjust the date by turning the hands backwards ? Or would that mess with the movement

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

No, doesn't work that way. Can only advance forward. Many modern watches have a quickset date function, but not this one. It's a reference 1675 and if you want to advance the date, you've got to take the time to wind and wind and wind. If the watch has stopped for a couple weeks, it can be somewhat time consuming, which is why I've started keeping this one on a watch winder.

@karepy 5 лет назад

Thanks for your help !! Yea i always change the date by moving it clockwise, because i wasn’t sure it could be done. Now I’m sure i cant move the hands backwards !! Thank you for your help

@Harrypotterxx2 7 лет назад

Neat!

@hespokestyle 7 лет назад

cheers.

@BronxLens 4 года назад

How is it possible for what should be a unidirectional Rolex bezel to turn both ways?!

@TheBrutalDeluxe Месяц назад

It's a GMT not a dive watch.

@coffeefanatic7857 5 лет назад

Cant you do 3 time zones instead of just 2

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

On new models, yes, that's possible because you can set the GMT hand independent of the hour and minute hands AND use the bezel. However, with the watch in the this video--the Rolex 1675--the GMT hand is not independent of the hour and minute hands, which is why learning to use the bezel is important. Good question.

@krantipally208 4 года назад

That's not exactly what the watch was designed for. The GMT hand is to always stay at the hour of your home time zone. The hour hand should be changed accordingly to the hour of the time zone you've traveled to, that way, you can always tell what time it is back home by looking at the GMT hand. By following this, you can then rotate the bezel to see what the time is in other time zones as needed.

@hespokestyle 4 года назад

Or you can do it that way.

@Simplicimus1945 2 года назад

That is not what the gmt hand is for. That hand moves once in 24 hours, which is as it should be, as gmt is only read and understood in a 24 hr scale.

@gazo8025 6 лет назад

i just say thank you

@ShaunYCheng Месяц назад

if you already know the time offset from the current city, why not just do simple math? I thought GMT is for if you have no idea about the time difference.

@signordon1987 4 года назад

if u know the hours difference don't u just need to add or substract number to know thier time?

@hespokestyle 4 года назад

You must not be a watch guy!

@iandavies7 5 лет назад

Why do you need a third hand pointing always at GMT and then move the bezel to offset that? Can't you just offset using the bezel directly using the hour hand?

@pattgsm 5 лет назад

Yes you can. In this case it's similar to a smartphone in that you set the information for once then you don't need to think or do any computations , just look and see the time. Remember back in the 80's when you could recall 15-20 people's phone numbers from memory?

@iandavies7 5 лет назад

@@pattgsm Thanks for the reply. So if you can do that with a rotating bezel and an hour and a minute hand, why do you need the third hand pointing always at GMT?

@perpetualcheck9634 3 года назад

I’m not sure that would work. The hour hand rotates every twelve hours, rather than every twenty four hours. There are twelve hour bezels, and a timing bezel can kind of double as one, but you still have to do am/pm in your head.

@niccots 5 лет назад

Yeah, but you must know what is the time shift in that city you are looking for...

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

You are correct.

@noahgoyette467 7 лет назад

Great video, only strange because I think you are my doppleganger.

@hespokestyle 7 лет назад

Hahaha! Thanks!

@noahgoyette467 7 лет назад

I don't see your name but have caught some other videos. Great stuff.

@jaalwu517 5 лет назад

So what if the watch I'm looking to get doesn't have a GMT hand. It has the 24 hour bezel and I'm not sure how it would be used.

@hespokestyle 5 лет назад

What watch is that?

@jaalwu517 5 лет назад

Invicta 3044 Grand Diver@@hespokestyle

@johngregg3750 5 лет назад

The Invicta grand diver isn’t a GMT watch. It’s a dive watch. The numbering on the bezel is used to indicate how long a diver had been under water.

@kanishkadissanayake4626 Год назад

So if you already know LA is six hours in front why don't you just add 6 hours to your current time ?

@chocolatewheelchair 4 года назад

It’s so much more confusing since it’s 3:15

@horsecockphepner 4 года назад

extremely. you couldnt tell there was 3 hands.

@nischintr 6 лет назад

Would've loved to own a GMT watch except this won't work with Indian timezone which is + 5.30 weirdly

@JellyForSale 5 лет назад

Some watches adjust to 30 minutes. Do a google search and you will find some options!

@unknown81360 6 месяцев назад

I have a GMT but I just never use the function tbh

@provuksmc6619 Год назад

If you know how many hours the city u wanna know the time is is away... then it kinda feels useless to have a gmt bezel...

@TheBrutalDeluxe Месяц назад

The point of a GMT is to tell the time in the country/time zone you are visiting, and your home time, at a glance without having to calculate it every time you look at your watch.

@provuksmc6619 Месяц назад

@@TheBrutalDeluxe is not like it's hard...

@lordass4007 7 лет назад

Hey Bryan. Awesome and useful vid. Suggestion: some more outfit videos 🖒

@hespokestyle 7 лет назад

Thanks, William! Definitely going to be doing more outfits. Shooting one tomorrow, as a matter of fact!

@lordass4007 7 лет назад

He Spoke Style great! Looking forward to watching it soon.

@hespokestyle 7 лет назад

Cheers, my man.

@louisetalbot848 2 года назад

In today’s world this function is simply a nice toy to have. Everyone has a smart phone which tells the time anywhere in the world, whether you know the time difference or not. The irony of owning a high end watch is that the only thing they don’t do to a high degree of accuracy is tell the correct time. Over the course of a few weeks, a cheap quartz watch will be more accurate than. 20k Rolex.

@ThatGuy-sc5rx Год назад

Some people don't want to look at their phones everytime they need to tell time. Some folks can't have phones on them during work. Some people require it for their specific jobs and hobbies. This whole idea that conventional wrist watches are outdated is asinine. As far as a Rolex vs a cheap watch. Watches are also fashion, status symbols and sentimental items as well as being tools. Some people like having something crafted exquisitely like a piece of art.

@TheBrutalDeluxe Месяц назад

True and true, but totally missing the point of owning any mechanical watch.