Watches able to move hour hand only, for time zone change?
Watches able to move hour hand only, for time zone change?
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bass2rez

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Saturday 31st August 2013
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Are there any watches, particularly what would be considered a good quality watch, that are able to have the hour hand only changed, whilst keeping the minutes / seconds running? This would be most useful for timezone changes, and for the GMT / BST time change.

Cheers.

Voldemort

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Saturday 31st August 2013
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Jamessd

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159 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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Panerai?

GCH

4,142 posts

233 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Night & Day
Rolex GMT master
Rolex Explorer II

PJ S

10,842 posts

258 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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Yes, budget?

MG511

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272 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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My Seamaster quartz does, not sure about the auto.

Fas1975

1,808 posts

195 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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my wife's lady- sea master does this. It's a quartz movement, so maybe the men's mid or full size ones do the same? My full size auto doesn't do this, but the quartz may be worth a look.

RichB

56,474 posts

315 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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JLC Hometime has two hour hands

bass2rez

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Saturday 31st August 2013
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Thanks for the suggestions so far. I will look into them.

PJ S said:
Yes, budget?
It was only a hypothetical question really, but I can't imagine wanting to spend much above £2k on a watch, if I'm honest.

Cheers.

Piersman2

6,676 posts

230 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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My Omega does this. 1 click out to adjust hour/day. Twp clicks out to adjust time.

bass2rez

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Piersman2 said:
My Omega does this. 1 click out to adjust hour/day. Twp clicks out to adjust time.
Is that a Seamaster..? I just searched on that watch, it looks a fine watch, and pretty much in my hypothetical price bracket.

The Rolex GMT Master also looks great, but a bit too pricey..

bass2rez

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Saturday 31st August 2013
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I wouldn't describe myself as a diver though, (or an airline pilot, come to that..) Does that matter, relating to the type of watch you get..?

Vvroom

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Saturday 31st August 2013
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Absolutely.

boody

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163 months

Saturday 31st August 2013
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Tag Heuer Kirium F1

aquarianone

502 posts

208 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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Latest Planet Ocean does this as well, very handy!

marcelg

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235 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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Omega double eagle quartz does
Sounds like most omega from above - there the ones to look at

Bincenzo

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Sunday 1st September 2013
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Breitling Aerospace Avantage - rotate the crown with a flick and it automatically adds or subtracts an hour.

bass2rez

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Bincenzo said:
Breitling Aerospace Avantage - rotate the crown with a flick and it automatically adds or subtracts an hour.
So, from what I'm understanding, you basically rotate the numbers, and the hands stay in the same place, so "12" becomes "1"?

Bincenzo

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Sunday 1st September 2013
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bass2rez said:
Bincenzo said:
Breitling Aerospace Avantage - rotate the crown with a flick and it automatically adds or subtracts an hour.
So, from what I'm understanding, you basically rotate the numbers, and the hands stay in the same place, so "12" becomes "1"?
No, sorry, poor description from me. If you rotate the crown - I think that's what the button is called on the side, after pulling out, it automatically advances the whole lot by 1hr, including the digital element. HTH smile

bass2rez

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Bincenzo said:
bass2rez said:
Bincenzo said:
Breitling Aerospace Avantage - rotate the crown with a flick and it automatically adds or subtracts an hour.
So, from what I'm understanding, you basically rotate the numbers, and the hands stay in the same place, so "12" becomes "1"?
No, sorry, poor description from me. If you rotate the crown - I think that's what the button is called on the side, after pulling out, it automatically advances the whole lot by 1hr, including the digital element. HTH smile
Ah, thanks for that. It sounds just what I'm after. Is it possible that other Breitling's can do that too?