What's your GMT hand currently set to?

[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by Heff

The BLNR is literally a GMT watch, it's a GMT Master II. That's what it was created for. Pilots used it to tell GMT time.

The Explorer II was meant to use the "GMT" hand to tell military time, for various reasons behind not being able to distinguish between night and day.


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I'm just telling you what Rolex says the GMT hand is to be used for. In no case is it to be used for local time, except when you are in your home time zone, in which case home is the same as local.

[Heff]

Originally Posted by mtgjr

I'm just telling you what Rolex says the GMT hand is to be used for. In no case is it to be used for local time, except when you are in your home time zone, in which case home is the same as local.

Correct. I never said the GMT II was supposed to be set to local time. I said the Explorer II was supposed to use the GMT hand as local time. I think we are on the same page, just different paragraphs lol.

[Skyrider01]

When home it is set to GMT. When I am in another time zone for an extended period, I set the GMT hand to my home time and the hour hand to the local time.

[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by Heff

Correct. I never said the GMT II was supposed to be set to local time. I said the Explorer II was supposed to use the GMT hand as local time. I think we are on the same page, just different paragraphs lol.

Here is the ExpII instructions. Same as GMTii...GMT hand to "home" time, while the 12 hour hand is jumped to local time......

[Cryten]

Originally Posted by mtgjr

Here is the ExpII instructions. Same as GMTii...GMT hand to "home" time, while the 12 hour hand is jumped to local time......

1% battery? Forget the GMT hand, Charge that phone!

[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by Cryten

1% battery? Forget the GMT hand, Charge that phone!

Ha! That's f

[Heff]

Originally Posted by mtgjr

Here is the ExpII instructions. Same as GMTii...GMT hand to "home" time, while the 12 hour hand is jumped to local time......

You are basically just saying what I've been saying. I never discussed traveling. I will be traveling with my Explorer II soon and will obviously set the local time with the 12 hr hand while leaving the 24 hr hand to home time. I have been saying that while I am at home I set the 12 hr hand to the correct time and the same with the 24 hr hand, as the 24 hr hand is meant to display the home time as military time.

We are going around in circles here.


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[ras47]

Zulu Time. That's the military name for UTC, for those that don't follow that kind of stuff. :)

When I travel, I set the regular hand to local time and use the bezel offset and GMT hand for my home time.

[watchwatcher]

Local time.

[brandrea]

Local time as well. I find it easier to hack the hour hand to whichever time I'm travelling to

[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Local time as well. I find it easier to hack the hour hand to whichever time I'm travelling to

You realize that whichever time you're traveling to IS local time.....and they place you live is home time? It sounds like you keep GMT hand on home time, and "hack the hour hand" to local time.....which is how it's designed by Rolex to work.

I think half (or more) of the people that are answering local time are confused as to what they're referring to, and really mean home time.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by mtgjr

You realize that whichever time you're traveling to IS local time.....and they place you live is home time? It sounds like you keep GMT hand on home time, and "hack the hour hand" to local time.....which is how it's designed by Rolex to work.

I think half (or more) of the people that are answering local time are confused as to what they're referring to, and really mean home time.

I sure do realize that, and I think most folks know what i meant

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[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by Heff

You are basically just saying what I've been saying. I never discussed traveling. I will be traveling with my Explorer II soon and will obviously set the local time with the 12 hr hand while leaving the 24 hr hand to home time. I have been saying that while I am at home I set the 12 hr hand to the correct time and the same with the 24 hr hand, as the 24 hr hand is meant to display the home time as military time.

We are going around in circles here.


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Yep, it's terminology. You initially said your EXPII is supposed to be on local time, which is only correct if you don't leave your home time zone.

[JohnAcosta]

GMT hand is set to my home/family time. Main hour hand is set to my current local time.

[Heff]

Originally Posted by mtgjr

Yep, it's terminology. You initially said your EXPII is supposed to be on local time, which is only correct if you don't leave your home time zone.

I think I was using the terms local and home interchangeably, so I may have been a bit confusing. My fault brother.


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[Dr. Prunesquallor]

Originally Posted by minute_man

Traveling configuration :

GMT hand = GMT.
Hour hand = Local
Bezel = Home

Home configuration

GMT hand = GMT.
Hour hand = Local / Home
Bezel = Centered

This, for God's sake. It isn't complicated.


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[mtgjr]

Originally Posted by Heff

I think I was using the terms local and home interchangeably, so I may have been a bit confusing. My fault brother.


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No worries.

[JRT]

12-hour hand: local
24-hour (GMT) hand: home
bezel: another time zone, if required

[William.L.]

When I do business with someone outside the USA, I set my bezel to their local time, so I know when to call or email and expect someone to answer, otherwise just on my local 24 hour time.

[tomchicago]

London. Technically not GMT or UTC.