MWC GMT (Dual Time Zone) Dual Timezone Military Watch in Black PVD Steel

SKU Code: GMT/PVD/B/QZ

This GMT dual time zone watch in covert black stainless steel finish is one of our latest watches and has a high performance quartz Ronda 515.24 movement housed in a robust 300 m / 1000ft water resistant steel casing which makes the watch ideally suitable for use in water for swimming, snorkeling and water sports although as a GMT watch the bezel is designed to enable time to be calculated in two time zones so for diving applications its suitability is rather limited although from a water resistance perspective the watch would be fine.

The concept behind GMT watches is very clever not because they are in any way particularly complex but because the technology behind them is so incredibly simple. On a conventional watch the hour hand is designed to travel around the dial over a 12-hour period, all that is needed to create a GMT watch is to add a second hour hand which travels around the dial in 24 hours instead of the usual 12, then an additional 24-hour timescale is added to a bezel hence the reason some GMT watches at quick glance look similar to divers watches. Using the watch could not be easier because the 24-hour hand circles the dial once a day instead of twice with a normal hour hand, its tip indicates the corresponding hour and because it’s operating on the 24-hour timescale there can be no confusion between a.m. and p.m.

We initially produced these watches for long haul airline pilots and also military pilots flying transport planes such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Airbus A400M because the watch enables them to see the time in both the departure and destination time zones.

The watch measures 45 mm including the crown and 40 mm excluding the crown.

Dimensions and Specification: 

• 300 m / 1000ft Water Resistant
• Movement: Ronda 515.24 
• Luminosity: Super Luminova
• Stainless Steel case
• Screwdown crown
• Width Inc Crown 45 mm (Exc Crown 40 mm)
• Thickness 15 mm
• Crystal Diameter 31 mm
• Lug to Lug 49 mm 
• Black 20 mm NATO Strap

If you would like to see details of the operation of the Ronda 515.24 GMT movement please click this link http://www.ronda.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Products/TA_BA/ba/BA_neu/BA_500.700.1000.6000.7000_Basic_en.pdf