re: TGIF Watch thread

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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.