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Title: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: roystock on July 18, 2014, 03:28:20 PM

Hi guys,

Let's play a trivia quiz.
Below is my rolex gmt master II that I was wearing this evening at 5:15pm.
While there are many ways to set and read the watch, I set it according to some guides and it is now showing time on three time zones.

So my question is, based on the pic below, my local time is 5:15pm. What is my home time and where is my "home"?
:)

(http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y405/roystock/74A0F6B2-213E-4C34-8F23-3019E7CF9674_zpsici5h3lk.jpg) (http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/roystock/media/74A0F6B2-213E-4C34-8F23-3019E7CF9674_zpsici5h3lk.jpg.html)

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: grifterfmj on July 18, 2014, 03:36:37 PM

GMT -5, 5:15am

Cayman Islands, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Peru

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: harkensng on July 18, 2014, 07:11:35 PM

London???

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: Calibr on July 18, 2014, 07:35:54 PM

GMT time 5.15am, -12 hours, that could be New York, USA.

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: roystock on July 19, 2014, 09:17:32 PM

Bingo!
Both bro grifterfmj and bro Verte got the right timezone.  :thumbsup:
Furthermore, Bro Verte was spot on, I was using New York as my "home".  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Understand that both bro grifterfmj and bro Verte also own a Rolex GMT. So I guess this is a rather conventional way to set up a GMT watch? (Nothing was mentioned in Rolex instruction booklet)

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: roystock on July 19, 2014, 09:25:04 PM

Just to share,
- Under this method, the hour hand (mercedes hand) is set to the local time (KL time, 5:15pm)
- The GMT hand is set to show Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - which is 10:15am in this case (assuming the bezel is align).
- My "home" is New York (GMT -5) and hence, I turn the bezel by 5 clicks clockwise. You can read the "home time" using the GMT hand in concurrent with the marking on the bezel - in this case, it is 5:15am in New York.

By a quick glance - you can tell time in 3 different timezone
- 5:15pm local time (KL), 10:15am GMT time (London) and 5:15am home time (NY).

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: Skydrag on July 28, 2014, 05:40:39 PM

Thanks, this forum is so exciting, I learn more and more nice stuff here, thanks for sharing  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: Timeless on August 02, 2014, 03:51:51 PM

Interesting quiz

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: superken182 on August 03, 2014, 07:20:22 PM

Now i know the way to set the 3 time zone... between isn't the GMT time is 09:15am? suppose KL is GMT+8

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: ssss on August 04, 2014, 07:39:49 AM

5:15pm local time (KL), GMT +8
9:15am London time (London time equal to GMT, but GMT+1 from 30 March 2014   to 26 October 2014 known as summer time)
5:15am home time (NY). GMT -4

Title: Re: To read a rolex gmt master II
Post by: Lazarus7247 on August 26, 2014, 10:10:50 AM

This is informative !