re: TGIF Watch thread

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Second, I have a question for GMT owners. Do yall actually have a need for a GMT or just like the looks?

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They're nice when traveling or when needing to track the time in a second (or third) time zone for work.

They look cool, too.

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I always felt funny thinking about getting a GMT when a dive watch can be a timer also

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There are some combo GMT/Divers out there now such as the Seiko SPB38X (I have a 383), the Mido Ocean Star GMT, and the Lorier Hydra. I'm sure there are others, but those come to mind. They are dive watches first. We won't get into flyer vs. caller GMT.

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Third, guy who says Tudor is a poor man’s Rolex is wrong. New tudors are getting metas certified with in house movements and offer colorways not in Rolex’s catalog.

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I'm on the fence about Tudor. I don't own one, but I think they look cool and like the size of the BB58. But for the price, I would buy an Omega Seamaster or Speedy. It's all theoretical to me because I can't mentally justify wearing a watch that pricey. Anything that would be recognized as costing over a few hundred bucks on my wrist just isn't for me. For now.

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Second, I have a question for GMT owners.

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I seem to have a thing for them, and the "true GMT" movement ones are my favorite. I like the heritage of the GMT Master II and have four of them (two of which are pictured above in this thread), a 16710 I bought in 1999 with a Pepsi bezel that I just changed to Coke (for this watch I have both bezel inserts and both the original oyster bracelet and the correct Jubilee), a 116710 LN (2019), a 126710 BLNR Jubilee (2023) and 126711 CHNR Root Beer (2024). The last two came from two different ADs in a very short period of time and I had never really planned on keeping the BLNR, but can't part with it as the Super Jubilee on these watches is my favorite bracelet of any watch I've ever had.

I typically keep the triangle tipped GMT hand on home time so it displays in 24 hr time and the jump hour hand on local time wherever I am at a given time. I used to keep it on UTC, but had no real need for that.

I also have an IWC fiieger UTC that displays the second TZ in an arced cut out on the top half of the dial and also has a date window at 3 o'clock and a jump hour hand. Its a nice 38 mm size, a little thick, but very nicely proportioned. Lastly I have a Nomos Zurich World time Nachtblau that is nice to look out, but one of the least legible watches I've ever had. It has an inner ring moveable by a push button that displays 24 world timezones marked by city names, small print, busy but hands are sleek, and dial color is a nice unusual blue color.

I'm not a pilot, but now that we don't have kids at home anymore, travel a good bit and I like to take a GMT with me. It is a pretty simple and useful complication.