GMT use; time difference isn't whole hours

[Deep]

This is me being thick no doubt but....
I have a Rolex gmt and since I've had it I happened to have only been in countries where the difference to GMT is in whole hours.
I'm now going somewhere the time difference has whole hours and half hours.

I have googled and it seems this renders my watch useless. I did read something about using the rotating bezel to compensate somehow but I can't see how this would work as the bezel moves in whole hours.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

[chuck_ster]

It was nice for me to learn something new, India with the sneaky 30 min..was to keep the country on 1 timezone? Does sound like the GMT2 is wrong tool for that job though

[Super Sonic]

Isn't the rule for India ' turn your watch upside down '?

[Deep]

chuck_ster said:

It was nice for me to learn something new, India with the sneaky 30 min..was to keep the country on 1 timezone? Does sound like the GMT2 is wrong tool for that job though

I didn't know that either, so I have learnt something as well!
Yup, sounds like the gmt2 is redundant then.

Think I need a world timer of some sort lol

[Deep]

Super Sonic said:

Isn't the rule for India ' turn your watch upside down '?

Bloody hell, I think you're right!

[bigandclever]

Wear it upside down, then it all works including the minute hand. Not even kidding.

ETA Christ I'm a slow typer

[chuck_ster]

But the 2nd timezone is redundant still right? Could do this with any 3 hander?

[Panamax]

Deep said:

Super Sonic said:

Isn't the rule for India ' turn your watch upside down '?

Bloody hell, I think you're right!

Now that's darned clever!

Don't think it'll work with my 24hr Raketa though...

[Mr Pointy]

We once shipped some kit to New Zealand which freaked out when we tried to set DST to +13 hours & it couldn't get the day right, which wasn't very helpful for something that was supposed to be the main system clock. The nearby Chatham Islands are even more arkward at +13h 45m.

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/new-zealand

[gregs656]

This is why longines do 48 click bezels in their more premium GMT’s.

There are a number of creative ways to use a GMT bezel for timing which the 24 click bezel undermines.

[r159]

gregs656 said:

This is why longines do 48 click bezels in their more premium GMT’s.

There are a number of creative ways to use a GMT bezel for timing which the 24 click bezel undermines.

Or a Longines VHP GMT which will do time zones to 15 mins, handy for Kathmandu

[Octoposse]

We have some framed 1930s ocean liner menus on our wall . . . . I always wondered how unnecessarily confusing this seemed:

[don logan]

Deep said:

Super Sonic said:

Isn't the rule for India ' turn your watch upside down '?

Bloody hell, I think you're right!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Did many people know that?

LHD Rootbeer

Edited by don logan on Friday 29th December 21:05

[Wallace12R]

Sounds like my Pagani GMT with its 120 click bezel would be ideal for the job

[Stupot123]

There are not many threads on here where the answer is you need a Tudor!

I am sure the Tudor GMT has a 48 click bezel to let you monitor half hour increments.

[dvs_dave]

gregs656 said:

This is why longines do 48 click bezels in their more premium GMT’s.

There are a number of creative ways to use a GMT bezel for timing which the 24 click bezel undermines.

Eh? GMT’s have a 120 click bezel, and the GMT hand 24 clicks.

[Arun_D]

dvs_dave said:

Eh? GMT’s have a 120 click bezel, and the GMT hand 24 clicks.

Not so the OP's GMT2 (24 clicks).

[gregs656]

dvs_dave said:

gregs656 said:

This is why longines do 48 click bezels in their more premium GMT’s.

There are a number of creative ways to use a GMT bezel for timing which the 24 click bezel undermines.

Eh? GMT’s have a 120 click bezel, and the GMT hand 24 clicks.

The current GMT Master II is 24 click.

[dvs_dave]

gregs656 said:

dvs_dave said:

gregs656 said:

This is why longines do 48 click bezels in their more premium GMT’s.

There are a number of creative ways to use a GMT bezel for timing which the 24 click bezel undermines.

Eh? GMT’s have a 120 click bezel, and the GMT hand 24 clicks.

The current GMT Master II is 24 click.

Huh….learnt something new. So the ceramic bezel GMT’s are 24 clicks, with all previous versions since inception being 120 clicks. Quite a bizarre functionality downgrade for the reasons mentioned.

I’ve travelled to India numerous times and other than the initial “that’s a bit weird”, never gave it a second thought when setting the bezel on my 120 click 16710.

[gregs656]

Yeah. Tudor do 48 click on their GMTs (and 60 click elsewhere).