GMT - What a dumb idea!

[PHicks]

these watches are all about what you want, not what you need.

Couldn't agree more. Always interesting to hear some different points of view.

Not sure what a EA-6 Prowler is; are you (Dreadnought) referring to the unmanned drone? If so, I'm confused as to why you would believe that a battery powered watch has any bearing on the subject; other than it is infinitely more reliable and accurate. Not trying to be smart arse; I'm genuinely interested. Isn't the operator of a drone sitting in a nice cubicle somewhere with a whole host of electronics in front of them including, I hope, something that tells them the time.

 

[kitersoze]

i think for the vast majority, the gmt hand is simply a component of the overall aesthetics of a watch you'd like anyways. which is why i've personally always found it funny to see some so fanatically insistent about CHS on the rollie gmt's, and so anti-IHS for appearance (whatever :roll: ) and gmt function.

if/when i need to know what time it is somewhere else on the globe i'm familiar with (due to travel, biz, distant family/friends, etc.), i do it in my head. if i need to know exactly what time it is, i look at my cell. if i'm doing anything hardcore enough where precision/toughness matters, i'm wearing a casio or suunto or the like. the pretty watches are for pretty. want vs. need...

 

[watchbuff]

For weather info GMT is the only time offered, you have to add( or subtract) depending on where you are in the world.

It also is just cool.

 

[Dreadnought]

these watches are all about what you want, not what you need.

Couldn't agree more. Always interesting to hear some different points of view.

Not sure what a EA-6 Prowler is; are you (Dreadnought) referring to the unmanned drone? If so, I'm confused as to why you would believe that a battery powered watch has any bearing on the subject; other than it is infinitely more reliable and accurate. Not trying to be smart arse; I'm genuinely interested. Isn't the operator of a drone sitting in a nice cubicle somewhere with a whole host of electronics in front of them including, I hope, something that tells them the time.

No my friend, an EA-6B Prowler is a 4-seat, electronic attack aircraft used in military operations by both the Navy and Marines.
Anyone driving a UAV wouldn't have to worry about what they're wearing.

As far as the battery vs. auto-GMT, I know it's apples and oranges, I'm only talking about someone possibly requiring the use of an auto-mechanically wound watch with a GMT fourth hand as opposed to another watch, assuming it's quartz-powered with the same complication.

 

[kitersoze]

Golf question: When you fill in a score card do you write 4 for Par on a Par 4? Almost everyone I know does it this way. I write 0 for Par or 1 for a bogey. At the end of the round it's real easy to add up the 0's and odd 1's (bragging there if you didn't notice) and then add this to the course Par. Let's face it what we really want to know is how many strokes over Par we are.

love that. i've always found that interesting too. i've always done 0's n 1's, plus it may make it slightly less painful to see a 3 instead of the dreaded snowman when remembering that fatal decision on that par5 to friggin' go for it over the water instead of smartly laying up n trying fr the bird/safe par.

Adding 18 numbers together just seems more susceptible to mistakes.

of course, maybe that's the point for some... 8) it's alot easier to make some, err, miscalculations, in your favor, that way. :wink:

 

[PHicks]

love that. i've always found that interesting too. i've always done 0's n 1's, plus it may make it slightly less painful to see a 3 instead of the dreaded snowman when remembering that fatal decision on that par5 to friggin' go for it over the water instead of smartly laying up n trying fr the bird/safe par.

That's 2 of us now, we just need to convince the rest of the world. I was looking at the Master's scores today and I had to figure out all these circles, filled circles, squares etc, boy that's confusing. Nearly as bad as trying to figure out the time from a GMT :lol:

@Dreadnought, I get the prowler description now. Sorry, not a military buff.

For those of you guys out there protecting our freedom I would like to say thanks. Irrespective of peoples political views you guys are the ones that are putting your lives at danger.

 

[JoeyB]

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[PHicks]

Welcome to RWI Joey!
Yes, that was a fun thread; lots of interesting viewpoints.
Thanks for reviving it, I had forgotten all about it until you posted.

 

[nicosuave4201]

I am having a hell of a time deciding between a BLNR GMT II and the classic black sub date.

On one hand, the BLNR is cool because it has that extra function, the polished center links, the blue bit on the bezel.

On the other hand...the GMT is dumb...I would never use it. That hand would just go round and round and I'd get used to ignoring it. Sooooo why?
And that seals it up for me...classic sub date. Because it does what I need without extra sass. I concluded the GMT thing is just dumb.

I mean, I also feel like auto chronos are dumb. If you need to time stuff, get a digital or a quartz, they're more reliable and accurate anyway. Yes the 7750 is legendary etc etc...but if I planned on using the chrono function often at all...I'd get a digital or quartz.

 

[Ibn_Hasaf]

First off, the Oris method is good. I am not going to knock it. However, the traditional 4-hand GMT allows me to tell, at a glance, what time it is in Zhejiang, Jiaxing, where my daughter lives. I can immediately see if it is morning or night because I have used 24-hr time in the work place for years.

I just set the bezel to China's offset of 8 and the 4th hand to GMT. This is also convenient because I still have dealings with people in Cambridge because of the Cambridge International Curriculum.

While I am not going say that the Oris method is bad, it does involve some sub-dials that would get small fast in a comfortably sized watch (for me, under 40mm). I am quite comfortable with he 4 hand approach.


(Typed wearing my Glycine model 18 Airman)

 

[foxteca]

Some of the Casio edifice watches have an almost identical feature. It's fantastic. I travel between Vegas, Chicago and a few places in between there a few times a year so my edifice is my go to watch for that.

 

[StevieC]

now somebody explain to me who uses a chronograph? it certainly isn't paul newman or rodger penski. these watches are all about what you want, not what you need.

Only because it was asked..... I use a chrono almost every day, "work watches" are a G-shock and two Seikos in rotation. I have to time out flow rates on dispensing and pumping equipment. From gallons per hour to milliliters per second. I love the guys trying to do this with their phones... just the other day I plunged my G-Shock clad arm in to a holding tank to retrieve my "supervisors" iPhone.... good fun...lol

Stevie

 

[Rowing_Bird]

not sure why GMT is dumb? it's pretty simple and convenient.

Tracks 3 time zones
1. you set GMT hand to GMT time and read using fixed markers
2. you turn the bezel +/- time zones depending where you travel. You read the GMT hand using the bezel
3. your home time is read using the fixed markers

 

[Thrasher]

I love GMTs and I travel and have relatives in Europe. I dont like it when the hand points to no number as I have seen on some PAMs

 

[Thrasher]

OH yea and this.