Steinhart Ocean One Titanium 500 GMT ref. 103-0662 

Steinhart solid value for a budget purchase not every one can afford a rolex and this is great alternative ☝️ great video

Great review, really in depth, really appreciate how you went over the GMT functionality as well....for those of us who doesn't know how it works

I have a deposit on a Tag GMT, I think I'm going to get my money back and get this instead! 5x less on the price too!

I have this watch on my hand now and I bought it one mounth and a half ago. It's working perfect and the tolerance is -2 seconds per day. Just few scratches but not something crazy. I used it in water in the Persian Gulf and it's perfectly eligible. The lume is awesome and the weight is so low. The only down thing is the clasp but I got used to it. It's a little bitt better then the steel clasp but it can be much more better. The bezel is perfect with no play and it's clicking awesome. In the start it's very hard to turn it but after one month of playing with it started to work awesome. The titanium is grade 2 not the grade 5 like on other titanium watches and it's much more hard then the grade 5. That's why it's hard as fock to make it shine. It has it's own style and it's totally different from the big Rolex. Paying 660 euro for this plus the shipping is a great bang per buck. Cheers

I just bought mine yesterday here in Singapore. There is now available a Titanium 39mm Ocean One 500 GMT. I tried it on. It's nice, but a little small. As one person said on a blog, he wishes there was a 40mm version. Mine is this 42mm and it just fits. But honestly...this watch is awesome. For as much as I travel, it's not a true GMT. But that's fine. This watch is a real tool watch like Rolex was in the 1970's. A lot of watch for the money. You get a tougher looking Batman without the Mercedes hand. Nothing wrong with it...Rolex is amazing, but for a tool watch...this is amazing. Great review! I have noticed that the seconds hand is a bit thinner on mine. I bought it from Gnomon so it might be the latest version.

I love GMT watches. The Steinheart watches seem to be a very nice option, and i think the Ocean 39 GMT Premium 500 will be my next watch. As a pilot I use the GMT hand as just that the GMT hand, while the 12hr hand is set to my Home time of MST. When i do use the bezel its for where I am traveling or where ever i need to figure out the time because I can work the bezel off of the GMT easily.

Sheesh .. what's with all the hate-comments going on .. It's actually a decent watch for the price ..

Never before had I considered owning a Stainhart. For some reason they don't appeal to my preferences, but within a few minutes of watching this awesome review (man, you might just be the best at this!) I ordered one. And yes, I subscribed to your channel.

Great video, thanks. I've got an Ocean two GMT and I use it exactly opposite. The GMT arrow for a different country and is very easy to read.

Seems like some of the best value out there!

I have this watch and this review is pretty much spot on. Overall, it’s a lot of watch for the money. Very well made with a good movement. While it may take a few cues from the Rolex BLNR, the design has some originality; sword hands, date complication at 6, no cyclops, minute index in the chapter ring and a different font for the numerals on the bezel. If there is a weakness, it would be in the clasp on the bracelet. It can be a scratch magnet. Great job on the review!

Thanks for the review. I just bought a Steinhart Ocean 1 Vintage Red. Love it so much that I've not removed it from my wrist. I wish the 500 GMT comes in coke bezel also.

I feel that Steinhart is high end quality but affordable amazing watches I have 3 steinys.

There is now a titanium 39mm. Saw one last month in Gnomon in Singapore. A little small fir my wrist so I went with the larger. Excellent watch for both sizes.

Nice watch. Great review. Very well done, my friend.

Nice review of a very nice diver watch, always wanted one, now you’ve brought it back in mind. I think I’d like the stainless one a little better.

I wear a Steinhart ocean one, vintage red mk1-double red (yup, the discontinued beauty.) everyday as my daily beater, it runs fast, half a sec every day, well thats within COSC at its best imo. I think with Steinhart you get more than the watches, that are great quality, besides that you get a forum of groups worldwide of fellow watch-lovers, that never are negative at all. ETA/Steinhart...its a good combo, great bang per buck, no doubt. the 500 gmt is a stunning watch, as since it came out, many said: it can really stand by itself, and yes..it can, its a great watch, and imo above the segment homage/replica. How many CEO´s often swings by to say "Hi"??...well, Gunter from Steinhart does. as a daily beater, first Swiss Made, you cant go wrong with a Steinhart. Thank you for another well done review. Link for some reading on the Mk1: bridgeandbarrel.com/horology/time-well-spent-steinhart-ocean-1-vintage-red/

Really nice video. As I’m looking at this watch, I’m thinking wow I really like it. And then I realized, of course I like it. It looks like my Batman and my Pelagos had a baby.

Hi, thanks for the review. I would however like your opinion as to how the watch wears. I've been itching to pull the trigger on the regular Ocean One but have been put off by the flat lugs as mentioned in some reviews. I have a 7&1/2 inch wrist and worry the 39mm is too small and the 42mm too big.

Really hope they make a Steinhart Ocean titanium 500 (Not the GMT) in 39.

Enjoyed the review Guy! It has me considering a 2nd Steinhart for my collection. Love the Batman bezel. Best, Scott

On my Steinhart Pepsi, I have the GMT hand always showing the GMT time, and not my home time. I wld rotate the bezel to see what time it is overseas so it doesn't get overly complicated.

As an owner of this watch, I have to agree that I wish ETA made a GMT movement where the hour hand could be set separately instead of the GMT hour hand. That said, it's still a great watch both in function as well as looks.

Great job on the video. Audio is clear and so is the picture. Really good job. I just wanted to reply to the video for a comment on 1 aspect and a question as well. First off, GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time. It's the same time all around the world and doesn't change! Set that second hour hand and leave it. This may be a diving watch but every commercial pilot should be using a GMT function watch. Why "aviation" watches don't all have this feature is beyond me. Having flown as a pilot for some years, the GMT feature is used regularly,.. why you ask? Because all weather and flight planning is recorded in GMT time. Weather forecasts, PIREPS, SIGMETS,.... on and on . Log books are all on GMT, time out, time off, time on, time in,... you can just look and read the time off. IT"S NOT FOR PILOTS WANTING TO CHANGE THE GMT TIME TO THEIR LOCATION IN SOME DISTANCE CITY, ITS FOR TO KNOW THE GMT HOUR!!!!!. There's my rant. My question is, could there be a chance or scratching up the face due to the raised dome on this model? Thanks.

I own this watch and this is how I use the GMT: the GMT hand is just there to give me a 24h local time, the normal 12h hand too, and I move the bezel depending on the time difference... So that the GMT hand actually shows me the time it is in the time zone I select. what you are doing is very confusing and I doubt it's the way it's supposed to be used.

Great video. This watch is on my short list and enjoyed the very detailed review. The only problem I can find with this watch is the texture of the titanium. I really like the coated titanium or treated. Peace Guy

Hi, great review. Only negative for me is the beveled crystal, seems to distort/hide the minute markers if on a steep angle and will get bonked a lot. Not a deal breaker. So, since you have seen/felt the Davosa 42mm Ternos Professional, which do you think is better quality, including the proprietary work on the 2893 movements each have? I am coming up on a purchase of either this March (for a milestone Bday). Thanks again.

great review, cheers

Like so many other new companies, Steinhart wouldn't have a customer base without copying Rolex. That said I almost bought one of their GMTs until I read recently on watchuseek that other customers were having problems with their GMT movements. Good thing I waited because I picked up a NOS Glycine Airman 18 (with the old logo) in the same price range. Wish I could part with it temporarily to send it to you for review, but this comment will have to suffice. To make what could be a long story short, with the Glycine I ended up with a watch that had its own heritage that has been running within COSC specs while easily tracking THREE time zones. Here's a pointer on using the GMT bezel: select a whole hour in the other time zone you're tracking, not in between, and leave it there. The extra hand is meant to track in 24 hr time so you know if it's day or night in the other time zone. On the Glycine you can track two 24 hour time zones with the extra 24 hour hand by the 24 hr time printed on the dial and the 24 hr bezel. You can also lock the Glycine's bezel. Great for people who actually leave their desk with their watch (like the military). Even many watch guys don't know that Glycine was doing a water resistant watch with a rotating bezel tracking another time zone at the same time Rolex did in the 1950s. So it was not an homage to Rolex, but an independent approach. Although Steinhart has yet to do anything original, Glycine hasn't done anything new in 50 years. Much like tired old tulip-mania-priced Rolex.

I have this watch for over a year now and it's one of my favorites, but I have no idea how the owner treats the watch, but damn did he damage the clasp.

Great review. Extremely helpful!

Hi. This is the way I use the GMT complication (watch with bi-directional bezel and I am to lazy to do the math :-) ): First for work: I have to stay in contact with various location of my company around the world so, the 24 hand is always at a reference point. In my case Greenwich . Since I already know the time difference from GMT to other countries that I need to contact (e.g. Japan +9 hours) I move the Bezel + 9 hours and that is it. If I need to change to India, I do not do the math (lazy guy I know) I return the Bezel at the zero position and then move it to +5 (that is really easy to do if the bezel is bi-directional, not so much if unidirectional). Second, for travel: I change the 12-hour hands to local time, the 24-hour one, always in GMT and the bezel in home time (GMT -4). Again, If I need to check time in other locations, well same procedure as above. It is a little long to explain but it is really fast and easy to do. As always very detailed review. Thanks a lot and cheers.

Very nice to see an automatic GMT for under $1k. And the design is, while still obviously channeling and/or copying Rolex, well executed and visually captivating. I love the hands, date placement and titanium aspects - very cool!!

I’m thinking that most of the watch guys who buy GMT’s only actually use that feature maybe once every couple of years and even then, it’s only for a couple of days or weeks at a time anyway. There certainly are plenty of people out there who do so much traveling that a GMT really serves its purpose but most of us probably just buy them because they’re cool looking. If all you’re doing is visiting family one or two time zones away every year or two, you most likely already know exactly how many hours ahead or behind they are so immediately upon checking the time, you know what time it is back home basically instantly. It’s much quicker to read 3:00 pm and add or subtract 2 hours in your head than it is to bother with a watch bezel. All of that said, I think GMT watches are really cool and I’d love to own one eventually, even though I’d hardly ever get any meaningful use out of that particular feature.

Thinking of getting this one day but I already have the Steinhart GMT Pepsi which is a pretty robust watch.

I've a question : The hour hand jump by hours ? Thanks and regards.

I think the idea is to set the regular hands to your home time, the GMT hand to GMT time and the bezel to your destination time. GMT time doesn’t change or have daylight savings so it’s easy to use it as an easier reference for true time than US time zones.

Everything you said about the GMT hand was correct. More importantly, to me, GMT time never changes. It does not observe daylight saving time (summer time, many places). So, changing the local hour time hand, indepently, is much simpler when traveling.

Just a heads up, California is 3 hours behind the east coast not 4. Love this watch, although I wish they had an applied dial instead of painted and polished stainless steel hands - then it would really shine. Unfortunately with the lug shape, I don't think it'll work on my small wrist.

nice watch i love it on my to get list.... around £575.00 here in uk

soooo... you cant adjust the hour hand at all independently of the GMT hand? what about when the power reserve goes out and it tells the wrong time?

Great video, I have the Rolex Batman, which seems to take all my wrist time, but after traveling overseas and realizing that all places aren't created equal, some places I rather have a great travel beater watch, Steinhart products maybe the watch I am looking for when I travel to those special places just my opinion. I like the 50 ATM and love the GMT feature , it's like tricking my mind that I'm still wearing my favorite, Again thanks for your opinion.

A couple of you tube videos indicate that this model has been discontinued by Steinhart ,but Gnomon still shows the watch on their site. Is this exact model still available or what?

If you can independently move the gmt hand I can't see why you wouldn't be able to set the hour hand to your local time and your gmt hand to your home time? Even if setting th hour hand moves the gmt, wouldn't you just set the local time then reset the gmt independently to home time? I must be missing something, or is it just an extra step and that's why it bothers you? I've never had a GMT, and am new to watches so bare with me please lol

This is a premium watch. It has the upgraded movement, 500m water resistance, and titanium case. While the black and blue was first done with the Batman it makes perfect sense. Blue when the sky is blue and black when it is dark. Without the Mercedes hand I would also say "not a homage".

Is it just me, or did the GMT hand not line up with any of the markers on the watch face or bezel?

Where can I buy this watch

Fantastic review as usual. I don’t always agree with everything but hey who does. Steinhart have just released the 39mm version of this watch today 25 th Feb. It’s exactly the same with 500 m water resistance . However it’s stainless steel like the other versions which I prefer.

How many people use the GMT feature? I prefer standard diver watch

Thanks for the review Guy. Great job as always. I would love to see you do some watch duals in the future

I love date at 6 o'clock!

I love this watch I just wish they did it in 42m in stainless steel .. but hey ho .. plus I’ve been diving in the Mediterranean and have to say it performed well..

Really nice watch (wish I could afford it haha) exellent job on the review as always thanx! :)

Steinhart makes a good watch for the money. More derivative than most but good value. An objection I have against this watch and indeed most “GMT”-watches is that they, due to their modular construction, don’t really do GMT. Rather, they have a fourth hand with a 24-hour turnaround. A proper GMT means you can move the regular hour hand in 1 hour increments, forwards or back. This, much like my Sjöö Sandström Worldtimer, only offers one to move the 24 hour hand in one direction. It almost does the same thing, only less elegantly. Scenario: you land in city X, six hours ahead of you. In a proper GMT you pull the crown, move the hand and Robert is your mothers brother. In one of these you pull the crown out two positions, hack the movement, turn the crown a lot, wait until the seconds align. Then you have to put the crown in the first position and turn the 24h-hand six hours ahead. It works, but it’s not really the way it should be. Now, I know of only three manufacturers who make actual GMT-movements in any kind of volume: Omega, (Grand) Seiko and Rolex. Still, it always does bother me that my “Worldtimer” is mainly for setting to a time zone I’m not in rather than being on my wrist when I travel.

my friend has picked the time only version and the loom is to die for its a must have. i will soon or later

Funny... I just checked this one out on Steinhart's website and they have added a stainless 39mm version of this watch. Which they are selling at the exact same price as the larger titanium model.

Now back available from Steinhart.

I like 120 click bezel more that 24 click, you can use it as a stopwatch

good review....will subscribe and view you in the future.....Thanks

Good review, as usual... Nice watch...wierd gmt function... Not a fan of the bracelet... There are other better GMT watches in this range... Glad to learn about it..!!😎

Great video man! Great watch also. But just so you know that's not how you'd use a GMT watch. The point is the normal hands are the time zone you are in, the gmt hand is gmt time so +0 and then it is super easy to either move the bezel or just do the math quickly to know what time it is everywhere in the world

Have to say I started this review with a fairly negative view on Steinhart in general. But after this, I am impressed. Titanium or GMT isn't really my thing, but was impressed with the materials used and the movement. 500m and an open case back? Who else does that? I love an open case back and it's something I think more luxury manufacturers should be doing, and this kinda proves there's no excuse not to have a display back, if theres no other anti-magnetic components/tech in the movement. Don't like the logo at all though... Fantastic review once again, thanks for sharing .

Good video. The part about setting the GMT hand for a second time zone and using the bezel for a third time zone being awkward for you befuddled me. I don't see what is awkward. How would you have designed the watch differently to avoid the issue you mention? For me it is simple. If I am in New York and I travel to Paris and wish to keep track of time in Hong Kong, while I'm on the plane to Paris I change the hour hand from its current position at 12 noon to read 6 pm. The GMT hand will read home (New York) time - 12 noon. I will rotate the bezel so that "6" is at the twelve O'clock position - this reminds me that I have a 6 hour difference between Paris and Hong Kong. I will have to remember that the six hour difference is positive, not negative and Bob's your Uncle! Your shiny new GMT Steinhart is kicking ass and chewing bubble gum! ;)

Hmm, watching this made me realize that if I swapped a bezel to a sub style bezel on my ray II, and get a ceramic batman insert for it, it'll look similar to this) I was only looking at coin edge bezels for modding, but a nice subby bezel looks great too.

The gmt function definitely is wrong, Is all this watch working like this or just this copy? I am already going to buy one until I saw your review.

What a great watch, why waste your money on a Rolex if you can go near to perfection with this one.

What exactly is a GMT watch?

Excellent review on the Steinhart. I own several Steinharts being the Batman watch one of them. Would like to correct the price you quoted. Gnomon retailer sells this watch for $706 US Dollars. Directly from Steinhart could be a little bit more.

Everything was going so well... until the "GMT" part. You could use home time (in 24-hour mode) as the reference (via the "GMT pointer") if you wanted to. The destination time would be then computed from the home time (in 24-hour format) instead from the GMT. Example of flying from California (home) to London with a stop/layover at O'Hare in Chicago: California 3 pm/15:00, local time in Chicago 5 pm/17:00, London time 23:00 (15:00 plus 8) on the bezel. I understand now that this would be a non-standard method.

There's a new 39mm stainless steel version of this. You might wanna check it out. It's absolutely gorgeous.

If they made a titanium 39mm I'd be all over it.

How do you like the hands? I think they are too wide, and it draws the eyes to them instead of the whole watch. I like the thinner hands, like the blue/red Steinhart Ocean Vintage GMT.

Is this the best gmt “homage under 1k”

I'm guessing the "issue" you have with the GMT function is that it's not a true GMT that lets you keep the GMT hand in place while you can jump the hour hand independently to the local time.

i own the Titanium One, they need different hands and face. If they did that and a better clasp ... this watch is a 10

This watch would be perfect in titanium if it were a diver

I own this precise watch. I think it has great styling and the lume on the dial and bezel are superb. The decoration on the movement is impressive given the price point. It's accuracy is reasonable as it runs about 8 secs a day fast - but not spectacular. It is very handsome and definately not really a homage as it has it's own styling. It is reasonable value but overally I am a dissapointed with this particular watch. Firstly the Titanium scuffs really easily so if you wear it everyday it won't be looking new for very long. The bracelet and especially the clasp are not great quality (the screws on the bracelet have a tendency to unscrew - which is a bad design feature). The actual precision of the case fabrication is rather poor - so my one the lugs have an uneven width left and right and top to bottom - this is my major criticism and possibly is only applicable to the Titanium which I believe is more difficult to manufacture. My advice give the Titanium Steinharts a BIG miss as there are a number of QC issues. The Bezel is aligned (unlike my Seikos) but is rather stiff needing two fingers and concentration to move - certainly takes a few twists to get it moved around and is not a smooth operation. The AR is not terribly good - certainly most of my other watches have better AR coating (e.g. Squale, Maurice Lecoix, Breitling) - it also seems to smudge and needs more cleaning with a soft cloth - I have no idea why this should be the case. Finally it is not a terribly comfortable watch to wear on my slightly above average wrist (7-3/4 inch). The lugs needed to be turned down a bit more so it sits on the wrist rather than perches on the wrist. It is also a bit too thick so you are inclined to bump it. My advice is to get the 39 mm version in steel and give this specific watch a wide miss as there are alternatives or get the Squale 50 Atmos which has a much more precisely engineered case (althouh the lume is not so good and the straps are mediocre). Steinhart are budget watches and look closely you will see they are of lesser quality than say an Oris or a Squale but not bad value - especially the GMT flavours.

Thanks for making the setting of this watch a mind fuck. I'll use my Seiko or grand Seiko GMT chronograph when travelling which I never do these days. Years of being away from home make me a home bird now but I still like an expensive top quality GMT and for me it's Seiko and G.S. P.S. I just bought the exact watch you're reviewing and I know I'll love it...........Titanium.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I'm glad I got one, now discontinued.

I was really intending to trade my GMT ocean one blue red 2 for this one, but now as I see the markers are not outlined I'm not so sure. I don't understand why they would just print them, for me watches really are a lot about details.

Love the channel. Love the videos. But a half hour video is very very long my friend.

Ocean ones are 39 mm and the ones just called ocean are the 43 mm offerings. apparently steinhardt is just too cheap to make a different dial.

If it was in steel I’d prob buy it. Scratches bother me so not sure titanium is for me. Nice review

I would just assume they keep the money in the watch it's self. To keep the Initial Purchase threshold easier to enter. Why? Clasp's are sold on AMAZON Ebay and other Chinese places And I can buy that the month or two after the shock to the budget of the watch.

Damn, I am trying to refrain from buying another watch

I only saw 4 micro adjustments, not 5.

I got this one last friday. I was really disappointed as I found the bracelet seemed quite cheap to me. Furthermore the second hand moved around when I was shaking the watch. As I had another Steinhart before, which works perfectly, I was very astonished about the obvious bad quality assurance. After long discussions I could give the watch back.

I think you're doing a good job. There are already too many Seiko fanboys out there already.

What’s the accuracy

Weird "GMT" setup. Normally you'd want the main hour hand to reflect local time and GMT hand to keep home time, makes it easier to read quickly, wonder what made them decide to do it upside down? Useless for the traveling person IMO.

No the Premium means, that it is a Top Grade

Beautiful watch, but at 51 mm, and that bulge on the bottom that will make the watch tide high on the wrist, it's going to wear larger than it's already large footprint. Too big for me. It is nice, and your review was enjoyable.

It tells time, 500m depth, crazy lume, GMT and 10x or more cheaper than Rolex...

The new 39mm in steel is much nicer size.

See don’t have to buy a Rolex for a great time piece

Now that you mention it, it looks a bit like a frankenwatch: a little bit Rolex and a little bit Seiko. I actually prefer Steinhart's more obvious straight ripoffs of the Rolex Submariner.

Watches that aren't ripoffs ... er ... homages of Rolex: Tutima M2 Seven Seas, Muhle Glashutte Seebattailon, Sinn EZM, U1, etc., RGM Pro Diver MOP, Hamilton Khaki Scuba Auto, Baume & Mercier Clifton 10378.

Beautiful looking watch made from premium materials, but...... gmt is absolutely useless... 120clicks divers bezel! Lol! Only forward adjustable gmt hand! Damn! Even seiko kinetic gmt is more practical with adjustable main time hour hand!.

i have two rolex Hommage watches from Orient one silver Datejust and one blue Presidential and i never mind cause of the stolen Design.. but when it comes to Submariners or GMTs i feel like it SCREAMS Faulex!!! i would feel embarresed to wear this it really feels like a Fake for me... a strange thing cause like i said i wear hommages

Big deal! You have to do some arithmetic in your head. You can use the calculator in your phone if needed.