How To Set Rolex GMT Master II Watch | Setting A GMT

[@XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXXxXxxccx]

I’m such a moron, that I have to come back to this video every few months to reset my watch. By the way, thank you for this video.

[@Bespokeunit]

Glad it helps! Don't beat yourself up about it, either, it took me a while to learn as well. Rafael

[@dannysimenauer5745]

Well done clearly explaining the steps on how to set my GMT II!

[@Bespokeunit]

Thanks! Rafael

[@ding174]

You did very well and actually hacked the second hand at the twelve oclock position before setting anything. Rolex recommends hacking or stopping the second hand at that position so everything is “synced” when you push the crown back in to allow the second hand to restart. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@Bespokeunit]

Thanks for your appreciation, Ding!

[@edmund8954]

but thats just gonna go away after 1 day

[@loopbloke]

Could you make another video explaining this slowly with lot more details and layman terms?

[@jonathanziebarth9663]

Typing “how to set my GMT” into the KZbin search bar was a right of passage for me. Your video is excellent! thank you.

[@Bespokeunit]

Fantastic! Glad to hear it helped. Rafael

[@snakeboy1983]

You the man. Thanks for your video. Had mine set up in seconds.

[@nme6725]

So the gmt hand acts as a hr hand and it moves woth the hour?

[@Neadlemeyer]

This is exactly how o do mine as well and is the best way to set it up.

[@Brin-e5v]

bro, i love your channel! keep it up.

[@Bespokeunit]

Appreciate it!

[@ahleckz5516]

A very straight forward video ....Thanks!

[@Bespokeunit]

You're welcome!

[@mos342]

Also worth mentioning the bezel color indicated day light (blue) which can be helpful for quick reference

[@Bespokeunit]

Good point! Rafael

[@bobbyboy6397]

Nice and simple follow along video 😊

[@Bespokeunit]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dapperlapel7059]

Fantastic review, Bespoke Unit! I love the Rolex Batman! Can't wait to see more reviews.

[@Bespokeunit]

Thanks Dapper Lapel, we love the Rolex Batman too.... For sure keep an eye out for plenty of videos coming soon!

[@danfriedman1267]

Wonderfully clear explanation thanks

[@Bespokeunit]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rogerturner853]

Really helpful, thanks 👍

[@johnmadia5229]

When you pull the crown to position 2, is it ok to turn it counter clockwise or does that damage the movement?

[@Bespokeunit]

Thanks for the comment John. I'd say to be safe just go clockwise (especially if close to a date change). The watch is fairly quick to set, so I wouldn't mess about with it. Cheers - Paul

[@t8283287]

Clear as mud

[@kychoi2653]

Use the absolute UTC system. NY UTC:-4:00= 19, Chicago 18, Denver 17, LA 16, KOREA/JAPAN 9(10 less than NY), China/Singapore 8, Vietnam or Indochina peninsula nations 7, GT/Portugal 0, Europe 1, Istanbul, Moscob 3,... if you live in NY, just rotate the bezel and set the number 19(dot) on the bezel be 12 o'clock position and then rotate the crown for the GMT hand to indicate the proper hour of NY before daylight on the bezel, that's all. if you want to know the NY time at any location in the world, just set the bezel's number 19(dot) to be located at the 12 o'clock position and read the bezel hour indicated by the GMT hand, then it is NY time. After this first process, If you want to know the time of Tokyo, just rotate the bezel to set the number 9(dot) on the bezel to be located at the 12 o'clock position, and read the bezel number indicated by the GMT hand, then it is the Tokyo time. You need not memorize the UTC too much, just, UK 0, Europe 1, NY 19, Chicago 18, Denver 17, LA 16, Tokyo/Seoul 8, Chine/Singapore 7, Vietnam 6, and Istanbul 3... You can check the UTC time on the Internet.

[@leonjebens7652]

Thank you✌🏼

[@hathaway.1166]

!remind me 10 years

[@willychumd]

Are there certain times of the day, when you shouldn't set the time? Or the date? Can you damage the movement in any way by improper setting of the time or date?

[@Bespokeunit]

Hey Willy, As it's not a "jump" date movement, only a jump hour you should be fine. The different positions of the crown allow you to: 1) Wind the watch 2) Change the minute and GMT hand 3) Change the hours in "jumps" and rotate enough times to get the desired date I hope that helps. Yours, - Paul

[@crystlesybert7313]

Excellent product!

[@Bespokeunit]

We agree!

[@Atothe7420]

I thought mine was broken for min. Since I am used to the Nh34

[@seangso]

Very helpful thanks, I’m waiting on my delivery from Rolex

[@Bespokeunit]

Glad it helped!

[@seangso]

My watch is out for delivery today and catch wait....

[@markedwards7721]

GMT time isn't useful unless you are in London, but it is the key to setting this watch, and the watch is called a GMT because the GMT hand should always be set to 24 hour GMT time. The rotating bezel gives you offset adjustability between GMT time and your second time zone of interest, once the GMT hand position is already set. For example, if you live in New York, the hour and minute hands and date can be set to New York time, but the GMT hand is permanently set to GMT time (set 12 midnight position at the top as GMT midnight) and bezel can then be positioned such that 6 on the bezel to read against the GMT hand is 6 am Singapore, for example, and by doing this, the two colors on the bezel then give you useful indication against the GMT hand as to whether it is currently daytime (blue) or night time (black) in Singapore. I think the only reason Rolex made a single color bezel model is that they didn't know how to make the two color bezel at first. You need those two colors! Well, whatever flies your plane!

[@williamumbach592]

Mark Edwards I think by far, the vast majority of owners set the GMT hand to their home time. Then adjust the face time (hour/minute/second hand and date) to what ever local time you happen to be in. Setting the 24hr time to GMT means nothing to almost everyone. (Some pilots may use GMT time for actual takeoff and land times). For example, you live in Chicago. It’s 6:15pm there. Set the 24hr hand to 18, the minute hand to 16, all while you locked the seconds hand at the 12 o’clock position. When the time exactly hits 6:16 (you can see from an iPhone or GPS device), push in the crown one click to start the watch moving. Now move the hour hand only, to 6 with the proper date set. Life is good. At some point you hop on a plane to London. You know London is 6hrs ahead of Chicago. In the air, you pull out the crowne to 1st position (minute and seconds hands keep moving), move the hour hand only forward 6 hours. Your original accurate “hack” is still good to the second. Your watch face displays London time, and the 24hr hand shows you CHICAGO time in 24hr format - so you know if it’s day or night back home. Takes less than 10seconds to change the time, all while keeping the watch accurate to the last time you “hacked” it. I’ve done this as manny as 5 times in a day when traveling from place to place to place to place. And I’ve NEVER had anyone ask me “hey, do you happen to have the GMT time?” Think of it more as a 2 time zone watch, than a GMT watch.

[@ejp75]

Mark Edwards reply is the easiest to understand and most common way to use this watch. Keep in mind if you’re a traveler, that as you travel you’ll want the local time of where you’re at displayed on the main dial hour and minute hands and your home time displayed on the smaller GMT hour hand. Prior to travel: The key is to properly hack and set your initial home time and date on the main hands, and also the home hour on the GMT 24 hr hand. Once set the minutes won’t change as you travel through time zones, so all that you’ll be changing is the hour hands. When you’re arriving at your destination, you change the main hour hand to the local time. Thus when you read the time on the main hands you see local time and GMT hand shows your home time. Then you can use the bezel to see time in a 3d time zone if needed. Rolex’s coloring of the bezel makes it easy to determine am from pm time on the bezel. Blue or the lighter color signifying day vs black for night. Unless you live in Greenwich England, or on the Prime Meridian, GMT time is only needed to do the math to determine the time from “Zulu” to one of the other 23 time zones in the world. Or unless you’re an airline pilot, pilots use GMT or UTC time as universal reference so all pilots no matter location use the same time for flying. Historically Rolex introduced the GMT Master watch at the request of Mr. Juan Trippe. The then President of Pan American World Airways (Pan Am). Who foresaw the need of a timepiece that pilots could use to tell them time throughout the world.

[@ejp75]

Sorry, I mean William Umbach’s description of time setting.

[@edmund8954]

Hey,what is it most useful in london?

[@imranbecks]

​@@edmund8954 Probably because London is GMT time, at least it is during the winter season. Otherwise it's usually +1 GMT 😉

[@14POLAND88]

Just ordered a Breitling GMT watch. My first Swiss watch! :D will I set it the same way? How many rotations upward should I do?

[@Bespokeunit]

Apologies for the delayed reply. The principals will be the same, but the mechanics may be slightly different. Hope you're enjoying your watch! Cheers - Paul

[@Asgamer-sr4rt]

@@Bespokeunit plz reply me what to do

[@josephlim4332]

Does the GMT hand suppose to move when you turn the hour hand?

[@gusb00st]

Joseph Lim not in the first position, the thing he is showing is the fact that in the first position you only move the hour hand and the date, if you pull the crown to the second position everything moves . 😬😌

[@Flights-gq8po]

This video is the best of 4 that I watched but I believe that to make it simpler, you need to use SPECIFIC examples; "let's say we are in Florida (Estern Time) and it is 4:20 pm, set. We want our secont time to be in California, Pacific time.....set it. A third time zone would be ....etc. Please do that.

[@Bespokeunit]

Glad you found this helpful. We'll try to put together an updated one with your suggestions. Rafael

[@unocarb]

I just got a Pepsi and this helped a lot thanks

[@Bespokeunit]

Delighted to hear it

[@leehankin5784]

how do you know when the watch is fully wound and how many times should the crown be turned?

[@Bespokeunit]

Most modern watches have a slip inside the mainspring which prevents you from overwinding the watch. However, you'll be able to feel when the watch is fully found as the turning of the crown will give more resistance. Rafael

[@MrTokusatsuFan]

How do you adjust either GMT hand or rotate bezel (3rd time zone) for the location with 30-min difference? For instance Kabul Afghanistan includes additional 30-min GMT.

[@Bespokeunit]

Hello, I don't believe this is possible with the GMT. As the GMT hand and the minute hand are "connected". A better option may be a world time, that has all the world timezone. Or even a GMT / UTC that can perform 30 and 15 min adjustments, but I'm currently not aware of one. All the best - Pail

[@noahnguyen6924]

Hi, is it normal that the minute hand jump back and forth while setting the hour hand? Thank you.

[@Bespokeunit]

Hey Noah, Yes, it's normal for the minute hand to move a bit when you're adjusting the hour hand via the crown. Best, Rafael

[@noahnguyen6924]

@@Bespokeunit thank you for the answer, I got paranoid when my GMT hand move back and forth. but now your answer calm me down. :D

[@rocket3193]

Is this watch discontinued or can i still buy it on retail shop?

[@Bespokeunit]

This specific model is discontinued but Rolex does have a Batman that they still sell. Getting it is another story, as most Authorized dealers have waiting lists. Rafael

[@rocket3193]

@@Bespokeunit oh 😧 Thanks 🙏

[@emilysmith622]

Very nice!

[@seangso]

Did you buy a Rolex yet Emily.

[@michaelfleming16]

Not many people know this, but GMT stands for Give Me the Time. Rolex also released a short lived incarnation of this model in the early 1980s called the GMTP (Give Me the Time Please). It was designed to cater to a growing market of pleasant manner enthusiasts who found the original GMT a bit too harsh and direct.

[@petemcnulty]

Michael Fleming Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

[@edmund8954]

@@petemcnulty i think hes joking

[@petemcnulty]

Edmund Ng 👍🏼

[@grahamgeorge1130]

I cannot move the jump hand ??

[@Bespokeunit]

You should be able to move the jump hour hand by pulling out the crown to the first position/position 1. Position 0 is where the crown sits when you unscrew the crown but don't pull it out. Position one is where you pull the crown out one "click". If you can't engage the crown into position 1 at all, you may have to take your watch to a watchmaker who can inspect the movement to see if there are any mechanical issues inside. Rafael

[@steffydog]

Cheers

[@Bespokeunit]

You're welcome!

[@michaelmiller-mi8gl]

It if you set the GMT time and then rotate the bezel to have a third time zone, then you wouldn’t know what the GMT time was any more.

[@yosefkashani9470]

I’ve been saying this!!

[@aness3150]

Can you make a video how to resize the watch

[@Bespokeunit]

Hey there, Thanks for the idea, we'll put this on our list of future videos/content. Rafael

[@supremepower3901]

Sir, what about +5:30 GMT.

[@Kevin-pr1te]

Yeah same here the time zone here is smth hours and 30 mins + gmt and idk how to fix that

[@DrAdd1999]

What do you when you travel to new time zone and want to update to new time but also know time from where you departed.

[@GovbergJewelersArdmore]

Adnan, there are a few different ways you can update the time. True GMT purists would say to keep the GMT hand set to GMT time - in this case you can either change the normal hours hand to be your local time or use the bezel and set to a third timezone (so you have three timezones). Or you could keep your departure time in the GMT hand and set the hour hand to your destination. This last way can also be reversed to set GMT hand for your destination and keep your departure set on the hour hand. Hope this helps! No matter how you decide to set it, you'll just need to remember which is which!

[@thedude8981]

this clock allows THREE time zones!

[@TheytellToomanylies]

Look on your phone

[@TheytellToomanylies]

Joke

[@letsgetlucky_]

Step one: obtain Gmt master ii

[@Bespokeunit]

Admittedly, it's getting easier these days! Rafael

[@GeorgeBojin]

So many videos on Rolex GMT watches with poor descriptions on how to set... this one is no different unfortunately.

[@Bespokeunit]

Hey George! Sorry the video didn't help. Which part isn't making sense? I can try to help out here. Regards, Rafael

[@jetset7772]

You didn’t show how to set the blue gmt hand to gmt!!!!!

[@globalnova]

Yay ! I'm not a purist coz I couldn't give a shit what time it is UTC. I want local and home time and then the bezel can remain upright and day at home is bottom night is top.

[@globalnova]

Or put the bezel upside-down and then the 24 her hand is the sun at home. You're welcome.

[@Bespokeunit]

I 100% agree, one should use their watches how they best suit their needs. Cheers - Paul

[@topcopy98]

Are you telling me this watch does NOT have a quick set function!

[@DanielHaschke]

No it doesnt.

[@topcopy98]

@@DanielHaschke Glad I found out before I bought one! Thanks.

[@jacotolkien]

12 hour hand can be quick set.

[@topcopy98]

jacotolkien okay thanks

[@danial1904]

comments full of rich people

[@Asgamer-sr4rt]

I have two GMT master 2 batman edition and Pepsi and i have watched over seven videos but can not understand i think i am too young for it i am 14 and the reason i have it my father owns 2 Rolex franchise

[@Bespokeunit]

Have you spoken to your father? Perhaps he can closely show you how to do it?

[@luckyluciano911]

🗣️..🔝

[@stevecervenka2739]

what does GMT stand for?

[@Bespokeunit]

Hi Steve, It means Greenwich Mean Time "GMT". This page explains GMT well, and why it's important: greenwichmeantime.com/what-is-gmt/ Cheers, Paul

[@globalnova]

Get more time

[@jacotolkien]

Giant mammary tickler

[@visionist7]

GimMe That

[@BillyBob-jb3yy]

Set it who can afford it

[@Bespokeunit]

Prices have been coming down recently! There is light at the end of the tunnel Rafael

[@thegorn]

These Rolex GMT Master II's are a joke because they always maintain a 1 hour synchronisation between GMT hand and hour hand. But some timezones are not whole hour offsets from GMT but may be off by 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4 from GMT. Basically you can't get the GMT hand to be exactly on one of the hour indices (say 12:00 ) whist the minute hand is at 30 minutes. Just use an android or iphone app. These GMT complications are expensive gimmicks only for looks but make your watch less reliable as there's an extra hand and more gears and increase servicing costs. Only fools get GMT complications. Dates are at least useful but i hate them too.

[@mainlymusicman]

you literally explained nothing

[@Bespokeunit]

We're working on an updated video that covers everything about the GMT including how to set it and how to use it to track three separate time zones. Will be coming out in the near future. Rafael