How To Set a Rolex GMT Master Watch | SwissWatchExpo

In this review, we'll show you how to properly set the time and date on three generations of the Rolex GMT Master: the GMT Master, previous generation GMT Master II, and current GMT Master II. Know the difference between the conventional hour hand and the independent hour hand, and use our step-by-step guide to know how to wind and set your GMT Master, and keep it running smoothly.
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Welcome to SwissWatchExpo, and the GMT function of the Rolex series of watches. Now we have three different generations of watches here. The one on the far right, is the GMT Master, not the Master II. You can tell because when you look at that little portion of the dial, it says GMT Master.
Now this, is a GMT Master II. See how it says Master II on the dial, this is also the most updated version of the GMT Master II, because it has the same functionality as this watch. So these two watches are similar in how they function, but drastically different than how they look. This has the painted bezel, the tapered lugs, they're both 40 millimeters, but this one has the ceramic bezel. This is called a Batman because it's black and blue on the top and the bottom. And then it has the wider lug series, not the tapered lugs series. This one also happens to have a Jubilee bracelet, but they also come in the Oyster bracelet, like the one in this one. So these look very, very different. However, they are the same width and they function the same different era. This is an earlier 2000s model, and this is a present day late 2010s model. So this one happens to actually be unworn.
It has some of the protective stickers on it. The original owner was able to leave them on there. So that's kind of surprising, but here's what we need to do. We need to display the functionality in the differences between these two watches. These are similar watches. They look exactly the same. They're both 40 millimeters. They in all respects, unless you look at the dial, you probably wouldn't notice the difference between the two, but the movements function differently. Now here's what the most important thing is about this particular watch. This is the GMT master I. You see that? No Roman numeral two indicator. This watch the GMT hand is in synchronous time with the hour hand, what we would consider local time, right? So it, when you unscrew the crown, this is a water resistant watch. You can wear it in the water. You're going to pull this out to set the time we're going to pull that out. Two clicks all the way up to the edge. We're going to move that our hand around the dial. Now, see, it says, it's the 23rd.
Now, how do we know that this is midnight? I know this is midnight because now the GMT hand is at the top of the bezel. I'm going to turn this bezel around to mark the exact so that it doesn't look confusing. It's exactly symmetrical with the triangle. For the 12. When I do this, you see it changed the 24th from the 23rd. We know that's midnight, no question. Now I want to be clear, never set that date any time those hands are above the nine and the 3:00 AM mark. So the 9:00 PM and 3:00 AM, because you can crash the date wheel. You can bend it, break it. It may not change on time. It may change slowly. It may not at all. Definitely don't want to do that. So you always want to set the time when the hour hand is in the bottom portion of the dial. Now we know that's midnight, cause it just flipped. I'm going to put this at 6:00 AM, but you may notice see that 6:00 AM. Your GMT hand is at 6:00 AM. Why that GMT hand goes around this outside bezel only one time per day. Whereas this hour hand goes around the inner dial two times per day. You with me so far. So watch this GMT hand. This is 6:00 AM. This is 6:00 AM.
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[@zachariahcashion8477]

Regarding the northern hemisphere gear carnage ... does that hold true for the 126720-VTNR "Destro/Lefty" or is it the opposite with the southern hemisphere being the threat?
It's my understanding that the movement was flipped for the "Lefty/Sprite" GMT Master II.
- Thank you in advance.

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[@gmarks1559]

Why do some videos show the hour hand moving opposite the crown movement, and some show moving in the same direction when setting the time for GMT Master 2?

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[@michaelaplin9359]

All wrong, the gmt hand is to set the gmt time not your locak time

[@SwissWatchExpo]

Thanks for pointing this out! 🙂

[@spanishjohn420]

you didnt watch the whole video, he was making a point about the hands being in sync...

[@odawgbrazy14]

'local time'= jumping hour hand, 'reference time' gmt hand is the usual config and nomenclature. this could be another important timezone or typically, your 'home' time While abroad,

[@donaldhawken3971]

Michael is correct. Respectfully, the narrator of the video is the one who is off the mark. The whole point of the extra hour hand is to display the time in Greenwich England. That is the reference for all other time zones, which can be calculated simply by knowing how many hours the zone is plus or minus relative to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). The extra 24-hour hand should be set to GMT and left alone as a constant reference to the time standard that it is. The 12-hour hand is used to show local or home time and should be set there according to one's preference. The bezel scale allows the user to easily calculate time in a third time zone. One simply moves the set triangle on the bezel dial to the left or right of the GMT 24-hour arrow, minus or plus hours relative to GMT. The bezel scale now shows the 24-hour military time in the third time zone. In the end, you are easily able see the time in three places at once. GMT will be on the watch dial using a 24-hour scale with midnight straight up on the dial. (Note: If you have trouble calculating 24-hour GMT time on the 12-hour scale, then simply turn the bezel triangle to line up with the watch dial's midnight triangle; and then, you are setting the bezel to essentially plus or minus zero GMT.) Home time is set on the 12-hour dial scale and a third time zone is shown on the bezel scale, set relative to GMT. Furthermore, it is very simple to rapidly get the current 24-hour time in any part of the world, simply by turning the bezel to plus or minus hours relative to the GMT hand.
We each have a method to our madness. A user can define and set the hands and dial to represent whatever time one wishes it to be. I have no problem with a person doing that but having the addition of a 24-hour hand set to the GMT reference takes out the guesswork of calculating world time and makes it all very simple.
Now... about the narrator. When setting the watches, he keeps referring to "home time" as a reference and he simply uses the bezel scaling to calculate 12-hour time vs. 24-hour military time. When he tries to use the GMT functionality, he adjusts the watch hands relative to home time and ignores GMT. He does not appear to understand GMT or the utility of using it as a reference to set the time on a GMT complication watch. If he is puzzled by how all this works, then he really needs to spend some time getting schooled by his friends at ROLEX.

[@BigBadBobsRC]

​@@donaldhawken3971Great information thanks, I would also like to know how often do you wind a gmt master 2 and how many winds would you give it ?