What GMT for £600 or less?

[d2ore]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=al...sSddkc6GNWEWUM

[Neilw3030]

You probably get one of these for your budget

[robt]

You probably get one of these for your budget

Had a bit of a double-take there. That's a Vacheron? Under £600. Oh, wait.

[notenoughwrists]

I just picked up a great Seiko Landmaster for under £500. Proper GMT, 6 month power reserve, and perfect 40mm size!




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[crazyp]

I just picked up a great Seiko Landmaster for under £500. Proper GMT, 6 month power reserve, and perfect 40mm size!




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Best watch ever in my collection. If I had to reduce to one this would be it. Anything more expensive would be sold and this would always remain. Cracking!

[timor54]

Interesting thread. I’ve been looking for a good GMT for it would seem like ages. But without having to pay Tudor/Omega/GS/Rolex prices...

The one that stands out for me is the Certina DS Action GMT. It’s fairly unusual in that it’s a true traveller GMT with an independent hour hand, but using an ETA movement.

As previously mentioned the downside of traveler GMT’s, and also true of the above premium brands, is that you loose the quickset date function as the 2nd crown position is used to quick set the hour hand. Therefore it a pain to set the date if you let it stop for any length of time.

However, it’s a nice option that seems to have been largely overlooked. It’s also pretty cheap for what it offers as it retails at £795 and I’ve seen it offered at nearer to £700.

[magirus]

Interesting thread. I’ve been looking for a good GMT for it would seem like ages. But without having to pay Tudor/Omega/GS/Rolex prices...

The one that stands out for me is the Certina DS Action GMT. It’s fairly unusual in that it’s a true traveller GMT with an independent hour hand, but using an ETA movement.

As previously mentioned the downside of traveler GMT’s, and also true of the above premium brands, is that you loose the quickset date function as the 2nd crown position is used to quick set the hour hand. Therefore it a pain to set the date if you let it stop for any length of time.

However, it’s a nice option that seems to have been largely overlooked. It’s also pretty cheap for what it offers as it retails at £795 and I’ve seen it offered at nearer to £700.

Dreadnought Voyager GMT PRS-21, using an ETS 2893-2 Elaboree movement. 1ˢᵗ crown position, anti clockwise is quick set date, clockwise advances the GMT hand in 1 hour steps.

[timor54]

Dreadnought Voyager GMT PRS-21, using an ETS 2893-2 Elaboree movement. 1ˢᵗ crown position, anti clockwise is quick set date, clockwise advances the GMT hand in 1 hour steps.

Yes I agree, that’s standard ETA gmt functionality whereby the 4th gmt hand is quick set.

What I’m referring to the the opposite where the main hour hand, NOT the gmt hand, can be quick set.

With the crown pulled out:
1st crown position - hand winds as normal.

3rd crown position - sets the local hour/mins and the gmt hand.

2nd crown position - advances/retards the local hour hand which in turn advances/retards the date as the hour hand passes forwards/backwards past the 12 indice.

This is also how Rolex/Tudor/Omega/Grand Seiko GMT movements work and they all require you to wind the local hour hand past the 12 indice as many times as necessary to set the required date.

This is an ‘in house’ special ETA movement (C07.661) only apparently available to a few Swatch group brands; Certina, Mido and possibly Rado?

[sweets]

This is also how Rolex/Tudor/Omega/Grand Seiko GMT movements work and they all require you to wind the local hour hand past the 12 indice as many times as necessary to set the required date.

It is not just Grand Seiko models that do this, the much more humble Kinetic Seiko GMTs are exactly the same.
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