If that hour hand extends a little bit into the hour sector area it would be perfect. Just a bump to disturb the sector area to draw attention when reading time. I got the salmon colored one. Love it.
I love this watch. I wish more companies would do more dress / gada / sport style GMT’s. Thanks for the great and honest review. Off to Dave’s Channel. Don’t tell him I watched yours first.
Totally agree with you Dave. No sense in only 50m water resistance, and that hour hand! Geez, I found myself misleading the time in every close-up because your brain just wants to connect the hour hand with the GMT chapter ring. It's hard to believe the designer didn't notice this themselves. I mean all they had to do was show it to a friend to understand that that hour hand wasn't going to work.
Beautiful watch. I don't have a Vario watch, just their straps which are great. By the time i decided which style on some of their earlier Empire watches they were sold out as you say.
Interesting- the hands are fine for me because I look at the position of the hand (angle). I don’t read what it is pointing at to know what hour or minute it is. Therefore for me, the differentiation in size is more important. Very nice watch.
Great review of a beautiful watch 👍. I did find myself reading the 24 ring when looking at the normal hour hand so you are correct. I have to say it looked great on the straps, but I didn't like it on the bracelet at all.
I have a couple of Vario watches Dave, including the Reverso & Trench watch. Beautiful watches & well finished. Ivan is great to deal with! I really like this GMT & tend to agree regarding the hour hand. But definitely not a dealbreaker for me!😎👍🏼
That's an absolutely beautiful watch Shane. However, I do feel that a date complication is probably more important for a GMT than for any other watch because as well as crossing time zones, in my case, I'm sometimes crossing the date line and a GMT should make you aware of that fact and a GMT with a date will make you more aware that your entering a different zone. Personally I wouldn't buy a GMT without a date, however if one doesn't travel for work as I do, it's probably not important. I can see why they did it with this design, but it's a functionality that I would look for.
I think that is a beautiful watch but I will agree that the hour hand needs to be a little longer with the curve coming up close to the 24 hour markers and the tip extending beyond I am not a fan of the butterfly clasp tho the bracelet looks nice that is personal preference though
I think the hour hand is fine. If you make the tip protrude beyond the GMT ring it will be too close in length to the minute hand. Besides, you only need to know the hour to the nearest hour, and the main body of the hand does that. I hope they continue this dial design in white and black versions that aren't a limited run.
I think butterfly clasps should be outlawed. I’ve never had one fit correctly no matter how small the links were. This is a GMT, meant to be worn. And I won’t wear something that doesn’t fit correctly.
Be it 50 or 100 metres of water resistance, it's irrelevant as recreational divers rarely exceed 40 metres, and no diver would wear a watch like that when diving anyway. So, 0 metres of resistance is fine for a dress-type watch.
Not entirely sure what you're talking about. "Drinking Flask" could refer to a few things... None of which I think are overly impressive. Are you referring to my tumbler of ice water that it's my hand from time to time? Or something that's in the watch shots? Like my relative time blue mug or steel tumbler?
I have a Versa and a D12 (well, I gave the D12 to my nephew as I found it too small for me. I'm not too infatuated with this one... The hour hand looks like a SIM tray ejector tool to me 🤔 and once that thought popped in my mind, I could not unsee that 🫣
Great review Shane. I love art deco styled watches and this GMT is another hit from Vario. Their early 20th century styling is spot on. If you’d like to do a collaborative review, let me know. Tim Johnson @realidealgear
This is another Dual Review with Dave. Check Out his Take on the blue version: ruclips.net/video/OGBmHN7pTNM/видео.htmlsi=yNDnDoNy3C7-FbqV
Thanks for the feature! May the watch join you in some of your trips and forge new stories.
If that hour hand extends a little bit into the hour sector area it would be perfect. Just a bump to disturb the sector area to draw attention when reading time. I got the salmon colored one. Love it.
Beautiful, thoughtful photography! Thanks.
I love this watch. I wish more companies would do more dress / gada / sport style GMT’s. Thanks for the great and honest review. Off to Dave’s Channel. Don’t tell him I watched yours first.
Vario Empire strikes back.... again and again! Kudos.
Totally agree with you Dave. No sense in only 50m water resistance, and that hour hand! Geez, I found myself misleading the time in every close-up because your brain just wants to connect the hour hand with the GMT chapter ring. It's hard to believe the designer didn't notice this themselves. I mean all they had to do was show it to a friend to understand that that hour hand wasn't going to work.
Yes, missed opportunity with the low water resistance.
Gorgeous watch. Love the bracelet.
Beautiful watch. I don't have a Vario watch, just their straps which are great. By the time i decided which style on some of their earlier Empire watches they were sold out as you say.
This looks much better than the one dave showed. $700 is still no, id get the alpinist gmt.
Awesome review in “stereo” from my two heroes/favorite channels.
Hey let’s do a three way 😂😂 i add the spice in Spanish, lol.
Good job my friend 👌
Gorgeous love the gmt no date look
Interesting- the hands are fine for me because I look at the position of the hand (angle). I don’t read what it is pointing at to know what hour or minute it is. Therefore for me, the differentiation in size is more important. Very nice watch.
Great review of a beautiful watch 👍. I did find myself reading the 24 ring when looking at the normal hour hand so you are correct. I have to say it looked great on the straps, but I didn't like it on the bracelet at all.
I have a couple of Vario watches Dave, including the Reverso & Trench watch. Beautiful watches & well finished. Ivan is great to deal with! I really like this GMT & tend to agree regarding the hour hand. But definitely not a dealbreaker for me!😎👍🏼
That's an absolutely beautiful watch Shane. However, I do feel that a date complication is probably more important for a GMT than for any other watch because as well as crossing time zones, in my case, I'm sometimes crossing the date line and a GMT should make you aware of that fact and a GMT with a date will make you more aware that your entering a different zone. Personally I wouldn't buy a GMT without a date, however if one doesn't travel for work as I do, it's probably not important. I can see why they did it with this design, but it's a functionality that I would look for.
I dont doubt they will have a diver, I do believe that whatever diver they do will be unlike anything we have seen
I think that is a beautiful watch but I will agree that the hour hand needs to be a little longer with the curve coming up close to the 24 hour markers and the tip extending beyond I am not a fan of the butterfly clasp tho the bracelet looks nice that is personal preference though
I think the hour hand is fine. If you make the tip protrude beyond the GMT ring it will be too close in length to the minute hand. Besides, you only need to know the hour to the nearest hour, and the main body of the hand does that. I hope they continue this dial design in white and black versions that aren't a limited run.
I really like the style - just needs bigger hands imo
The skeleton hands make it very difficult for me to read the time. Just not enough contrast against the beautiful dial.
Very nice 👍
A bit wasted for this watch movement and price to omit the date and not giving the watch swimming-friendly.
Love the design but seems about $100 to $200 overpriced. I want one though!!!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five star💯
I think butterfly clasps should be outlawed. I’ve never had one fit correctly no matter how small the links were. This is a GMT, meant to be worn. And I won’t wear something that doesn’t fit correctly.
Nice watch.. shame about the hand too short... plus it over priced... cheers
Be it 50 or 100 metres of water resistance, it's irrelevant as recreational divers rarely exceed 40 metres, and no diver would wear a watch like that when diving anyway. So, 0 metres of resistance is fine for a dress-type watch.
Your regular use of the metal drinking flask as a prop is not only distracting but also annoying because it is so obviously an affectation.
Not entirely sure what you're talking about. "Drinking Flask" could refer to a few things... None of which I think are overly impressive.
Are you referring to my tumbler of ice water that it's my hand from time to time? Or something that's in the watch shots? Like my relative time blue mug or steel tumbler?
It’s not a dress watch. I don’t know why people are calling it one. Wearing this at a formal occasion is as bad as wearing an Apple Watch.
Lol "mezmorizing"? Where did you learn English? Don't you have a spell checker?
I have a Versa and a D12 (well, I gave the D12 to my nephew as I found it too small for me. I'm not too infatuated with this one... The hour hand looks like a SIM tray ejector tool to me 🤔 and once that thought popped in my mind, I could not unsee that 🫣
Thanks, now I can’t unsee it. At least it’s not as bad the Amazon “smile” which looks like a certain part of the male anatomy.
Someone once commented about the Tudor Rangeman's hour hand.... killed any desire to ever get one.
Great review Shane. I love art deco styled watches and this GMT is another hit from Vario. Their early 20th century styling is spot on. If you’d like to do a collaborative review, let me know. Tim Johnson @realidealgear