Bulova can do it! When they decide to, that is. If only they could erase the avalanche of vulgar dreck from their over-all catalog, they could take their rightful place in the watch community.
These are nice watches but I wish Bulova would make smaller watches. I had a Wilton, nice watch loved the dial. Did not like the size for my wrists. Particularly for a dressy watch it was just too big. I know some people love bigger oversized watches. And on dive style watches I actually don't mind a 42mm watch. But I wish they would make more 36-40mm sized watches. This looks nice but I know just like my Wilton it would be too big for me.
Fantastic to see affordable true GMTs becoming a thing. Great job, Bulova. However, a 43mm dress watch is not something that I'll ever even remotely consider wearing. The positioning of the date window clearly indicates that the movement inside would allow for a 38/39mm case, which would be far more tempting. Btw, I'm really excited about some AliExpress brands like San Martin getting their hands on this movement.
Citizen does make ''True GMTs'' in the Eco Drive line. They need to make a True GMT for the Precisionists line I know those are quartz but imagine the smooth sweep with a rotating 24 lumed bezel.
They have some models that are kind of true gmts. But they only change the hour hand to one direction, the other changes the day. So it would only be effective if you were traveling to a country where the time were ahead of yours. I personally don't care the kind of GMT. I own two, a true and a caller/office and I like both. The truth is that I don't travel and just use the GMT hand to tell the time of a country where some of my relatives live. Rarely, if ever, I change the GMT time. So..I would say that the callers are even better in this scenario, easier to adjust the date when the movements goes out of "juice". But if you are actually using a GMT for travelling, a true GMT is obviously better. But the truth is that setting a caller would take less than a minute. It's effective as well.
@@tiagodvt I agree I own one of the Diver's GMTs I hate the fact you can't set the hour hand backwards like you mentioned. When I first tried the ''True GMT'' feature, I noticed sometimes when the hour hand got around the 5/6 o'clock hour the date started to change, and I would than need to set the date by turning the crow the opposite direction. But then again what's the point of having this feature when the date starts changing 5 1/2 hours early. It doesn't always happen which is a good thing.
The one of the kind of Man ♂️ looks from Bulova style with the no nonese Miyota movement is the best combination that the power of money 💰 can buy today 🤠.
I like Bulova, bought my wife a quartz w/ sapphire crystal since she's hard on her watch, she loves it. I agree w/ Chris, 6:55 Bi-Directional 12 hr dive like that Accutron would be a killer watch and I would hands down buy it. Also @WatchChris , Miyota 9000 series gets a High beat movement, 28,800 bph? It was hard to tell from the video, but it looked like it.
3 Time zones? Oh yeah! I lucked and got one of the last Zelos with the 9075 & the blue meteor dial….$629.00 USD …it was their most expensive watches in this particular series (Mako III GMT) It’s a chunk but….not 30 M……..300 M and my 1st fully adjustable clasp. You reviewed this very watch Chris. BTW, double domed sapphire & gorgeous. One of my favorite in my collection. Fixed inner bezel and a lovely rotatable outer bezel, both 24 hour bezels & making
If only the blue dial reflected light as well to the naked eye as it does to the camera. I went with the white dial because it gets hard to read the indices on the blue dial in varying situations.
Lovely designs. But as is too typical from Citizen and any of the brands they own, the case is just too big. Bulova in particular seems to have an allergy to releasing anything in with 40mm or smaller cases. Give this model 6-12 months and I'd bet they're offered at a steep discount.
With the watch being 43 mm i'm afraid to get it incase it's too big for me. I also heavily dislike GMT watches with rotating diver-style bezels on GMT watches so i'm happy there's a cheap dress-style GMT out there
Great video, very interesting watch indeed! By the way, i though you have decided not to use the specific term when you introduced certina watch, but now decided to use it again. Just curious
I really like this watch, I would look at it when it goes on sale. I don’t think I’d go for it at full retail though. Maybe if it had a bracelet that price would make sense.
What comes AFTER this could be really exciting. Anyone want to wager on Seiko and Citizen trading form factors on the next release? Citizen GMT sport and Seiko GMT dress.
The problem here, comparing to Seiko is there’s no rotating bezel reducing the functionality to 2 time zones instead of 3 on Seiko. Even a Timex GMT has luminous hours dots and all the arms .
Normally don't like white dials, but that one with the gold indices is very nice. The blue dial is nice too. But 43mm is just too big. Especially for a dress type watch. Have to pass.
Having see both in real life, this video is overexposed in the amount of light it captures from the watches. I wish the blue dial would reflect the light as well as this video does, because it doesn’t come close and you end up disappointed.
It would have been nice to know how the movement adjusts ie the date does it move only forward or both ways that information should have been included in the review Chris when you are reviewing a watch that has a complication try to show the function of it otherwise a decent review.
i travel with my GMT, therefore i never know when im going to want to jump in an ocean, lake, pool etc. not to mention being on boats, or getting stuck in a tropical rain storm or heavy snow storm. 100m is essential for a gmt.
The Miyota and ETA true GMT movements will revolutionize the GMT watch market
Agreed. Miyota is making a statement here. The amount of opportunity for microbrands with the 9075 is huge.
100% agreed.
Bulova makes nice watches. I have three Bulovas already, the Lunar Pilot, the Oceanographer and the Accutron Spaceview II.
Bulova can do it! When they decide to, that is. If only they could erase the avalanche of vulgar dreck from their over-all catalog, they could take their rightful place in the watch community.
These are nice watches but I wish Bulova would make smaller watches. I had a Wilton, nice watch loved the dial. Did not like the size for my wrists. Particularly for a dressy watch it was just too big. I know some people love bigger oversized watches. And on dive style watches I actually don't mind a 42mm watch. But I wish they would make more 36-40mm sized watches. This looks nice but I know just like my Wilton it would be too big for me.
Bulova has been really hitting the mark lately! Looks like the case and strap is shared between my Wilton MODEL 96C143
@WatchChris is this really you?
Fantastic to see affordable true GMTs becoming a thing. Great job, Bulova. However, a 43mm dress watch is not something that I'll ever even remotely consider wearing. The positioning of the date window clearly indicates that the movement inside would allow for a 38/39mm case, which would be far more tempting.
Btw, I'm really excited about some AliExpress brands like San Martin getting their hands on this movement.
Citizen does make ''True GMTs'' in the Eco Drive line. They need to make a True GMT for the Precisionists line I know those are quartz but imagine the smooth sweep with a rotating 24 lumed bezel.
They have some models that are kind of true gmts. But they only change the hour hand to one direction, the other changes the day. So it would only be effective if you were traveling to a country where the time were ahead of yours.
I personally don't care the kind of GMT. I own two, a true and a caller/office and I like both. The truth is that I don't travel and just use the GMT hand to tell the time of a country where some of my relatives live. Rarely, if ever, I change the GMT time. So..I would say that the callers are even better in this scenario, easier to adjust the date when the movements goes out of "juice".
But if you are actually using a GMT for travelling, a true GMT is obviously better. But the truth is that setting a caller would take less than a minute. It's effective as well.
@@tiagodvt I agree I own one of the Diver's GMTs I hate the fact you can't set the hour hand backwards like you mentioned. When I first tried the ''True GMT'' feature, I noticed sometimes when the hour hand got around the 5/6 o'clock hour the date started to change, and I would than need to set the date by turning the crow the opposite direction. But then again what's the point of having this feature when the date starts changing 5 1/2 hours early. It doesn't always happen which is a good thing.
The one of the kind of Man ♂️ looks from Bulova style with the no nonese Miyota movement is the best combination that the power of money 💰 can buy today 🤠.
I have one. Excellent quality and accuracy (only one second per day). Better watch than watches that cost much more.
Bulova is one of my fav brands and I do like your Accutron I do want one they are hard to find sadly
Warehouse sale from Citizen Canada - Bulova Wilton GMT Blue Dial - $356 CAD all in. Pretty affordable for a Traveller's GMT!
Interesting case and dial. The dial looks amazing and suits the function of the watch. If it wasn't so big, I'd have no hesitation in purchasing one.
I like Bulova, bought my wife a quartz w/ sapphire crystal since she's hard on her watch, she loves it. I agree w/ Chris, 6:55 Bi-Directional 12 hr dive like that Accutron would be a killer watch and I would hands down buy it. Also @WatchChris , Miyota 9000 series gets a High beat movement, 28,800 bph? It was hard to tell from the video, but it looked like it.
3 Time zones? Oh yeah! I lucked and got one of the last Zelos with the 9075 & the blue meteor dial….$629.00 USD …it was their most expensive watches in this particular series (Mako III GMT) It’s a chunk but….not 30 M……..300 M and my 1st fully adjustable clasp. You reviewed this very watch Chris. BTW, double domed sapphire & gorgeous. One of my favorite in my collection. Fixed inner bezel and a lovely rotatable outer bezel, both 24 hour bezels & making
Exciting times for traveler's GMT. The Bulova is typically huge, but those lugs look like they turn way down, which makes that 49mm L2L not bad.
If only the blue dial reflected light as well to the naked eye as it does to the camera. I went with the white dial because it gets hard to read the indices on the blue dial in varying situations.
Once this movement gets out to the micros, it’s going to change the market A LOT.
Really agreed all with you. It would be great, if LGP launch their true GMT caliber. True GMT with 70hrs power reserve!!!!
Lovely designs. But as is too typical from Citizen and any of the brands they own, the case is just too big. Bulova in particular seems to have an allergy to releasing anything in with 40mm or smaller cases.
Give this model 6-12 months and I'd bet they're offered at a steep discount.
Love the look of the blue one. Have Two Bulova. Nice watches
With the watch being 43 mm i'm afraid to get it incase it's too big for me.
I also heavily dislike GMT watches with rotating diver-style bezels on GMT watches so i'm happy there's a cheap dress-style GMT out there
Great video, very interesting watch indeed!
By the way, i though you have decided not to use the specific term when you introduced certina watch, but now decided to use it again. Just curious
Just hit the like button
I really like this watch, I would look at it when it goes on sale. I don’t think I’d go for it at full retail though. Maybe if it had a bracelet that price would make sense.
$700.00 right now on their website
They should have done this in a different model maybe one of their Dive Watches
This one is definitely one to consider
My wrist is 6 3/4 just under 7inch, this watch too big?
Looks great! What’s this model number?
If this was 39 or 40mm, it would be awesome. I really don't understand why Bulova insists on oversizing their watches.
i picked the blue one for $220 ... it is amazing ....
@@mr.anonymous9700
There was a citizen warehouse sale in Toronto
In that price class I still prefer the GMT version of the Longines conquest VHP
The quartz conquest GMT is $1300 not really the same price class
What comes AFTER this could be really exciting. Anyone want to wager on Seiko and Citizen trading form factors on the next release? Citizen GMT sport and Seiko GMT dress.
I love this brand
The blue dial is now going for $700. Ah if only they made a smaller 39mm version!
The problem here, comparing to Seiko is there’s no rotating bezel reducing the functionality to 2 time zones instead of 3 on Seiko. Even a Timex GMT has luminous hours dots and all the arms .
In due time my friend, this is a Dress watch, not a dive style as the new 5KX is 🤗
Sad that you did not show adjusting main hour hand not affecting GMT hand to prove it's true GMT
Normally don't like white dials, but that one with the gold indices is very nice. The blue dial is nice too. But 43mm is just too big. Especially for a dress type watch. Have to pass.
very nice... and love the size...can't stand the ladies size trend....
Should have gone for their precisionist quarts
What the hell happened? The 9075 never really had a breakthrough since its launch.
wow, I always looked at Bulova as expensive and boring but the blue Wilton is beautiful.
If they make a GMT Promaster, they can take my money.
Nice review9f a cool watch?
Having see both in real life, this video is overexposed in the amount of light it captures from the watches. I wish the blue dial would reflect the light as well as this video does, because it doesn’t come close and you end up disappointed.
Why so darned big?
Should be 38-39 mm
Finally!
Bulova over Seiko, any day.
Is low manifacture ! I don"t This watch !!
It would have been nice to know how the movement adjusts ie the date does it move only forward or both ways that information should have been included in the review Chris when you are reviewing a watch that has a complication try to show the function of it otherwise a decent review.
i travel with my GMT, therefore i never know when im going to want to jump in an ocean, lake, pool etc. not to mention being on boats, or getting stuck in a tropical rain storm or heavy snow storm. 100m is essential for a gmt.
WOH WOH WOHHH GMT without a moving bezel is not a GMT!!!l Please, do not call GMT what is not a GMT! You must be professional, please!!!
The Rolex Explorer 2 disagrees with you 🤡
@@carps194 you just mentioned one of the most unreal product Rolex has ever done!
I have an omega so I’m not against luxury. What’s the purpose of a gmt watch if I can just pull out my phone and have it do all the work?