Billy, you can also do this with any watch. I learned this in Boy Scouts. Point the hour hand at the sun. Bisect the smaller of the two angles created by the hour hand and the 12 marker. (One will be less than 180 degrees, the other greater than.) The bisecting line of the smaller angle is pointing South. North is in the opposite direction. So, say your watch reads 4:00. Point the hour hand at the sun. The angle created between the 12 and the 4 is bisected at 2 by a line that points South. Directionally opposite this line is North. In this case it would over the 8. Watch the video again. When he shows the dial with the GMT hand facing North. The line created by the GMT hand bisects the dial on the other side between 5 and 12. This points South. Pretty neat.

Jonathan Burns Nice one Jonathan. Thanks.

@@nojburns great to learn about. Thank you

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@Nathanael Marcel instablaster ;)

I've got it on auto replay!!

It's not you, this explanation is as clear as mud... he skips the basics.

@@GeorgeBojin yeah I'm still confused.

@@machinistmikethetinkerer4827 because when the camera zooms in, he is wrong (he puts the red hand on the 23h and not on the 22, thats why, (when the camera unzooms it shows the correct form)

@@anisreda7354omg why would he do that 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Haha! Thanks Mr. Beev. Let us know if you have any specific questions. We'd love to help

@@CrownandCaliber When using the GMT for 3 time zones, I get that the hour hand points to local time, GMT hand points to time #2, but is it just up to you to add 8 to zone #2 to get to GMT time? Do you just have to have that memorized, as there is nothing (in your example) pointing to 2200?

@@davidepperson2376 This! My exact question.

You are confused, coz this tutotial makes no sense..it is incorrect.

@@davidepperson2376 This tutorial is incorrect..

You haven't seen enough

@Desiigner Wait theres a gmt watch for 40€ can you tell me which one pls,want like a 24 click bezel.

@Desiigner i think ill wait for more Pagani Design gmt reviews and ill consider one.

@Desiigner Oh yeah,I like his channel aswell,he confirmed on Instagram that he ordered a pagani design gmt,I'm waiting for the comparison between the pagani and parnis gmts.

@Desiigner yeah,I'm 14 so I'm currently looking at some good beater watches that's not way out of my budget.

How is it 3 separate time zones when you've moved the bezel to display 3rd the time? Now the bezel has moved to displaying the 3rd time, the 2nd time is now gone >.< * If you imagine some more hands.... you've got a fourth time zone displayed.. :/

GMT not necessary for compass....any normal analog watch works for this too.

Thought the same thing! Must be a mistake right?

Yes he messed that up. Cheers.

Thank you soooo much. I thought I was an idiot because I couldn't figure out where he got the 2200 from🤣 I rewatched that part like 10 times

No, it’s not a mistake. The GMT hand is pointing to 2200 on the 24-hour scale per the bezel. It moves at half the speed of the hour hand, so it actually takes 24 hours to make one full trip around the dial instead of 12 hours for a normal hour hand. Thus, by pointing it at the 11 marker per the dial, it’s actually two hours away from midnight instead of one because it takes twice as long to get there.

Confused me also, going by the the bezel it says 2200 but 2300 on the face

GMT watch scale is 24 hrs. That means 11:00 on scale is 10 pm, 11:30 is 11 pm, 12 is 12 pm

Glad it helped Javier!

I learned that in the Boy Scouts. A sun dial works on the same principle: The Sun casts a shadow from the center of the dial that points directly away from the Sun. In the Northern Hemisphere the Sun is due south of you at noon; so the shadow points due north (the "twelve o'clock" position).

I dont understand. If you can see where the sun is basically you can tell where N is.

That's funny and most expensive timer ever...you look good watching time

agree, confuse , sorry not helpful.

I think they didn't explain it well enough. you have 3 sets of adjustment. main clock, 24 hour hand and the ring. you can set them to whatever time zone you like

Lol! How is it 3 separate time zones when you've moved the bezel to display 3rd the time? Now you've got the bezel displaying the 3rd time and the 2nd time is now gone >.< * If you imagine some more hands.... you've got a fourth time zone displayed.. :/

@@benjaminsavage4204 The hour hand shows your local time, the GMT hand shows GMT on the dial and your third timezone on the bezel.

tha's because the GMT hand moves on a 24hr basis, so 11 o'clock indicates 10pm, and 11:30 indicates 11pm. But i agree with you that, once you move the bezel, it becomes difficult to read it that way.

That's awesome!

You're welcome! We are glad you enjoyed it.

Hey Maverick, Thanks!

Hero

Hey BlueLineSpeed, You're absolutely correct. They're constantly adding the half-hour and even quarter-hour timezones. When we last looked we believe there are 40 timezones. We actually have a video coming out soon where we look at the Vacheron Patrimony Traditionnelle World, which manages to time 37, based on how many existed in 2015. In regards to the GMT hand, this is what we're referencing - A lot of people get this confused because they look at the GMT in reference to the dial, which is based on the 12 hour scale thus the 12 hour markers. When in reality it should be measured in reference to the 24 hour bezel, which is correctly set to 22:00. We hope this clears up any confusion and thanks for watching!

@@CrownandCaliber how could you read the gmt time 22.00 in the 3 time zone section? The GMT marker point at 14.00 and the hour marker is at 5pm. Clarification would be great.. thanks in advance..

1:35 in fact GMR-master II did not entirely replace the GMT-master which was still made as 16700 untill 1999 !

@@anmara4071 hahah that’s very confusing and I also comment the same but Nathan (Crown and Caliber’s one, not me) is right. You actually have to imagine the 24h bezel in its native position to read the GMT hand time correctly. 🤯 🤓🥳 hahah

@@anmara4071 I know this is old, but you set it to GMT +0 (London time) ideally and read it by it's general position. It sweeps around the clock once every 24H (rather than 12), so if it was at 6 o'clock, that'd be 12:00 (midday). Every half hour increment is an hour to the GMT hand. So if it points to 11, it's 22:00, 11:30 is 23:00 and 12 is back to 00:00. That tells you what time it is in GMT +0. When you rotate the bezel in increments that match a second time zone (eg GMT -5), the GMT hand points to the second time zone on the bezel. So GMT +0 using the watch dial, GMT -5 references the bezel. Technically you could set the GMT hand to any time zone, then the bezel is relative of that (+/- the hours difference), but you'd always have to remember what the GMT hand was set to. The normal watch hands are always set to local time. So if you pause at 4:16, it explains. 17:00 local time because of the normal hands (only real way to tell AM/PM is to use the GMT position and understand the offset). GMT +0 is 22:00 because it points to 11 on the watch dial. 14:00 in SF is the GMT hand pointing to the rotated bezel, which is offset GMT -8.

Hey Coburn, It depends on the movement. The older Rolex 3185 caliber was a clockwise setting design, where the new 32XX series caliber, specifically the 3285, is a counter-clockwise setting design. Thanks for watching!

Solid choice.

Should this watch be named "UTC Master"?

That's what I thought, and no one is pointing it out until I found this comment. Looks like 11 to me. Unless I'm missing something

Yes, he made a mistake. I have noticed that as well.

No, it’s not a mistake. The GMT hand is pointing to 2200 on the 24-hour scale per the bezel. It moves at half the speed of the hour hand, so it actually takes 24 hours to make one full trip around the dial instead of 12 hours for a normal hour hand. Thus, by pointing it at the 11 marker per the dial, it’s actually two hours away from midnight instead of one because it takes twice as long to get there.

I have one too but my vision isn’t what it was 10 years ago when I purchased it - which is why I’m hoping to get the Rolex Explorer II before Xmas!! Come on AD!! In the meantime, I’ve got an Oris Aquis GMT that does the trick for when I travel….

Great question Rich. And this is probably the single biggest questions we get asked about the GMT complication. The graphic IS correct. The GMT complication must be read irrespective of the dial. And since the GMT hand only makes one revolution every 24 hours 11 o'clock on the dial IS actually 10:00pm GMT time and 11:30 on the dial would be 11:00pm GMT time. Let us know if you have any additional questions. And thanks for watching!

@@CrownandCaliber Now that just seems silly...you might as well go back to using a slide rule or an abacus!

@@CrownandCaliber Nope ... am still really struggling to get this concept. Am being incredibly "thick" as we'd say in the UK ;-) How do you mean "irrespective of the dial"? What are you actually looking at? How does the position of the GMT hand say "GMT is 22:00" in your example?

@@sean1e100 The Red GMT hand only rotates once a day around the watch face, so the Hour indices should read as even hours with odd hours in-between! Therefore, at the 11 o'clock position shown in the graphic, the 24 Hour indication would represent "2200 Hrs" with two hours to go before midnight. Hope this helps.

......so, half the distance again, RED hand GMT will be 2300GMT midway between the 11 & 12 o'clock positions, becoming 2400/0000 at the 12 o'clock position.

The video is correct you just are missing the point that the gmt hand is a 24 hour hand it moves half as slow as the hour marker and only makes one rotation per day.