GMT watches can also have other complications. While GMT watches were originally designed for pilots, they are broadly used today by anyone who may be interested in tracking the time in two different places.
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Our Favourite Watch Hands If you want to know your Breguet from your Snowflake, consult David Duggan's expert guide. In Profile: Patek Philippe Twenty-4 For business people keeping in touch with their foreign clients, to medical professionals attending conferences abroad, worldwide travelers and even those who choose to stay in one timezone. GMT watches are for anyone and everyone. However, some things have changed since the first days of longitude and we currently use Coordinated Universal Time UTC.
It was invented to replace GMT in and is much more accurate than other time-keeping methods. However, to avoid major confusion and disruption to timezones, no significant change was made to the GMT scale and so the term GMT is still commonly used. The pure brilliance of a GMT watch comes from its simplistic and ingenious engineering.
The hour clock hands usually have a different color and are geared to turn half as quickly as the hour hands. To put it simply, the hour clock hands complete a full rotation twice a day. Whereas, the hour clock hands spin around only once. The hour watch also enables the user to easily distinguish whether it is AM or PM. And, in the case of international pilots, the hour hand of the watch always points to GMT — a part of communication and navigational protocols that help eliminate confusion.
Its small, red hour hand allows users to set a second time zone by the hour ring that's on the inner portion of the dial. And additionally on this watch, you can set a third time zone using the bezel the outermost rotating rim of the watch.
Plus, the Fleetmaster watch is water-resistant up to meters and features anti-reflective, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal — ready to take on whatever the world throws your way. Although it gained its fame as a tool for the sky, GMT watches have since earned the reputation as a necessary tool for ultimate adventurer. They are especially useful to sportsmen and women who often find themselves in the air toward a new destination, fishing in tournaments across the world, dealing with international clients, or traveling in a time zone far away from the loved ones you want to call back at home.
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