[Bdon]

Hi All,

So for various reasons I really want a GMT but I also don't like watches with date windows (especially you 4:30 date!)

I would love any suggestions for watches with GMT but no date that you have ever come across - let's say budget is not a factor just to get the scope of what's out there.

Thank you for your feedback!

 

[G550driver]

There’s this one by my favourite brand.

Were I to have a GMT with a date then I’d prefer it to be slaved to GMT hand.

 

[LosAngelesTimer]

The whole concept of a no date GMT doesn’t make much sense at all, what with the international date line and time zones being a thing. This means your choices will be limited. I believe Montblanc made one for a while.

 

[Steverino 417]

Dornbluth Caliber 99.10 Weltzeit?

 

[Jack646]

$299 (pic stolen from their website). Ironically, I almost got this but then realized it DIDN’T have a date.

 

[Nokie]

I was going to suggest Montblanc as well. Might have to look at eBay for one as I think they discontinued them a while back.

 

[dirtvictim]

We don't need no stinkin dates.

 

[Jack646]

Vaer is coming out with these too.

 

[MediumRB]

I would think a no-date Damasko with a 12-hour bezel add-on would do the trick, not sure which model number it is...

 

[zztopops]

SEIKO AUTOMATIC PRESAGE GMT Ocean Traveler SARF013

 

[K. Bosch]

SEIKO AUTOMATIC PRESAGE GMT Ocean Traveler SARF013

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The subdial at 6 is the date.

 

[WastedYears]

Nomos' GMT models are all without a date iirc.

 

[G550driver]

The whole concept of a no date GMT doesn’t make much sense at all, what with the international date line and time zones being a thing. This means your choices will be limited. I believe Montblanc made one for a while.

Not at all. My preference for a date on a GMT is for it to be slaved to the GMT indication because the GMT date as well as the time is the primary time reference in my profession. To have a date indication slaved to local time can lead to confusion when interpreting documentation for example. So in the absence of watches having the preferred configuration it’s better to have one without a date.

 

[One-Seventy]

They are few and far between.

Montb

I was going to suggest Montblanc as well. Might have to look at eBay for one as I think they discontinued them a while back.

They're still available, at least they have them in boutiques and retailers around here.

 

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Not at all. My preference for a date on a GMT is for it to be slaved to the GMT indication because the GMT date as well as the time is the primary time reference in my profession. To have a date indication slaved to local time can lead to confusion when interpreting documentation for example. So in the absence of watches having the preferred configuration it’s better to have one without a date.

Point taken, but perhaps it comes down to one’s routine when working a trip.

Many of my past excursions had fairly long layover requirements and after years of back and forth with crew, our work schedules were ultimately published in local time/date. This resulted in a consistent application: on the ground, local time and date. Cockpit and flight plans: GMT.

 

[G550driver]

Point taken, but perhaps it comes down to one’s routine when working a trip.

Many of my past excursions had fairly long layover requirements and after years of back and forth with crew, our work schedules were ultimately published in local time/date. This resulted in a consistent application: on the ground, local time and date. Cockpit and flight plans: GMT.

Indeed that is so. My own professional lifestyle was very different and could accurately be described as routinely inconsistent - rarely the same combination of destinations twice. During multi-day, multi-sector trips on either side of the Greenwich meridian, each day ending in a time zone different to the last it would sometimes have been nice to know the GMT date at a glance without having to work it out.

 

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…..My own professional lifestyle was very different and could accurately be described as routinely inconsistent - rarely the same combination of destinations twice…..

Over time, that is a very challenging work life to maintain.

Well done; happy retirement!

 

[zztopops]

I also don't like watches with date windows (especially you 4:30 date!

The subdial at 6 is the date.

Sans date window, looks more like a seconds dial at first glance.

 

[K. Bosch]

Sans date window, looks more like a seconds dial at first glance.

Clearly I didn’t read it closely enough. Good find! That’s a great looking watch too, imo.

 

[Bdon]

Vaer is coming out with these too.

Yeah see it looks better. I realize technically if I'm going crazy far having a date might be helpful - but really I just want to peg the other time to my family in Australia 100% of the time.