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Old 18 November 2012, 07:36 AM   #1
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what do you set your gmt at?

just curious... do you set it at gmt? or a different time zone where family lives etc?
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Old 18 November 2012, 07:37 AM   #2
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I don't have a GMT. :(

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Old 18 November 2012, 07:47 AM   #3
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24 Hour hand = Home time
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Old 18 November 2012, 07:55 AM   #4
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Usually at GMT time.
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Old 18 November 2012, 08:05 AM   #5
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24 hour to local time.
Then use the hour hand jump feature to move with me while traveling, thus leaving the 24 hour hand for easy reference of home!!

There is no right or wrong however, so set it how or what you want it to display.
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Old 18 November 2012, 08:17 AM   #6
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Manila time...
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Old 18 November 2012, 08:22 AM   #7
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Old 18 November 2012, 08:29 AM   #8
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UTC as pilot weather briefings and other things I deal with come as UTC.
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Old 18 November 2012, 08:34 AM   #9
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Home is where the heart is!

And plus I don't travel much.

Actually I don't travel at all. :(
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Old 18 November 2012, 08:44 AM   #10
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Mine is set to GMT. I deal a lot with London.
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Old 18 November 2012, 08:57 AM   #11
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Home time. I travel extensively across Time Zones.
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Old 18 November 2012, 09:03 AM   #12
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Zulu time. Air traffic control world functions on Zulu
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Old 18 November 2012, 09:06 AM   #13
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24 hr hand set to GMT.
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Old 18 November 2012, 09:35 AM   #14
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I set mine to Vegas time..........I like to go to Vegas
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Old 18 November 2012, 10:30 AM   #15
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home time.
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Old 18 November 2012, 10:34 AM   #16
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Old 18 November 2012, 10:47 AM   #17
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I set mine to Vegas time..........I like to go to Vegas
If I had one, this is what I would do, not Vegas but to the time of where I would like to be... right now that would be Honolulu time.
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Old 18 November 2012, 10:49 AM   #18
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GMT (or 'Zulu' for you military folk) of course :)
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Old 18 November 2012, 10:52 AM   #19
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I try to set mine to the correct time.. ;)
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Old 18 November 2012, 10:58 AM   #20
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Zulu time!
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Old 18 November 2012, 11:00 AM   #21
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24 hour hand set to French time, the other to home time in Canada. When I am in France, the quick jump moves to French time, the bezel rotates to indicate Quebec time on the 24 hour hand.

Isn't GMT = UTC = Zulu?
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Old 18 November 2012, 11:06 AM   #22
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UTC as pilot weather briefings and other things I deal with come as UTC.
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Old 18 November 2012, 11:08 AM   #23
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24 Hour hand = Home time
This is what I do as well.
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Old 18 November 2012, 11:19 AM   #24
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I'm unfortunate in the fact that I live in a GMT +9 1/2 time zone
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Old 18 November 2012, 11:45 AM   #25
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Those 1/2 zones are silly. A time zone should be a time zone.
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Old 18 November 2012, 11:57 AM   #26
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I set it at GMT time
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Old 18 November 2012, 12:21 PM   #27
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home time.
that would be eastern time right?
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Old 18 November 2012, 12:22 PM   #28
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I live in a cave so I use it on my exp 42 so I know whether it's AM or PM.

Therefore.....set to home time.
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Old 18 November 2012, 12:24 PM   #29
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it would prob help a lot in alaska where it stays sunny for 6mo or whatever.....
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Old 18 November 2012, 12:30 PM   #30
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Right now green hand is Israel time. If I start traveling a lot again across time zones I would leave the regular hands at home time. Then the green to the place I work with the most. Then move the bezel to the country I am visiting for easy changes across time zones.

If I need track of more tha 3 time zones then I woul set the green to GMT and I get 3 physical and a lot virtual...

I like to have the regular watch hands at home because it makes me feel like I am there...
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