Morning all. I’d love a Rolex Explorer II one day, when the kids are grown up perhaps! Currently am putting money aside for a BB Pro, while waiting for them to become a bit more readily available.

We’re off doing some traveling round the US in the summer and I quite fancy a rugged GMT to take as a traveling watch, was thinking of getting a Steinhart 39mm vintage GMT which is essentially a direct homage of the original Exp II (I’m terrible with references). Any owners out there that can give a little feedback? They’re about 600 quid which is upper end for Steinhart, and the 39 is only available via Gnomon who I’ve never used (pictured below so you know what watch I mean)



There’s also an Olko version (below) that has crisp white, instead of faux patina, indices



These are harder to come by but there’s a couple on eBay at the moment. Can’t decide which I prefer!

So I guess the question would be are these a decent short term alternative to a BB Pro and are they worth it? I’ve had a couple of Steinharts a while back and they were decent quality, although I did have an issue with the movement in one of them.

Cheers.


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