How To Set a Rolex GMT Master Watch | SwissWatchExpo

[@gmarks1559]

Why do some videos show the hour hand moving opposite the crown movement, and some show moving in the same direction when setting the time for GMT Master 2?

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[@zachariahcashion8477]

Regarding the northern hemisphere gear carnage ... does that hold true for the 126720-VTNR "Destro/Lefty" or is it the opposite with the southern hemisphere being the threat? It's my understanding that the movement was flipped for the "Lefty/Sprite" GMT Master II. - Thank you in advance.

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[@michaelaplin9359]

All wrong, the gmt hand is to set the gmt time not your locak time

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[@spanishjohn420]

you didnt watch the whole video, he was making a point about the hands being in sync...

[@odawgbrazy14]

'local time'= jumping hour hand, 'reference time' gmt hand is the usual config and nomenclature. this could be another important timezone or typically, your 'home' time While abroad,

[@donaldhawken3971]

Michael is correct. Respectfully, the narrator of the video is the one who is off the mark. The whole point of the extra hour hand is to display the time in Greenwich England. That is the reference for all other time zones, which can be calculated simply by knowing how many hours the zone is plus or minus relative to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). The extra 24-hour hand should be set to GMT and left alone as a constant reference to the time standard that it is. The 12-hour hand is used to show local or home time and should be set there according to one's preference. The bezel scale allows the user to easily calculate time in a third time zone. One simply moves the set triangle on the bezel dial to the left or right of the GMT 24-hour arrow, minus or plus hours relative to GMT. The bezel scale now shows the 24-hour military time in the third time zone. In the end, you are easily able see the time in three places at once. GMT will be on the watch dial using a 24-hour scale with midnight straight up on the dial. (Note: If you have trouble calculating 24-hour GMT time on the 12-hour scale, then simply turn the bezel triangle to line up with the watch dial's midnight triangle; and then, you are setting the bezel to essentially plus or minus zero GMT.) Home time is set on the 12-hour dial scale and a third time zone is shown on the bezel scale, set relative to GMT. Furthermore, it is very simple to rapidly get the current 24-hour time in any part of the world, simply by turning the bezel to plus or minus hours relative to the GMT hand. We each have a method to our madness. A user can define and set the hands and dial to represent whatever time one wishes it to be. I have no problem with a person doing that but having the addition of a 24-hour hand set to the GMT reference takes out the guesswork of calculating world time and makes it all very simple. Now... about the narrator. When setting the watches, he keeps referring to "home time" as a reference and he simply uses the bezel scaling to calculate 12-hour time vs. 24-hour military time. When he tries to use the GMT functionality, he adjusts the watch hands relative to home time and ignores GMT. He does not appear to understand GMT or the utility of using it as a reference to set the time on a GMT complication watch. If he is puzzled by how all this works, then he really needs to spend some time getting schooled by his friends at ROLEX.

[@BigBadBobsRC]

​@@donaldhawken3971Great information thanks, I would also like to know how often do you wind a gmt master 2 and how many winds would you give it ?