GMT C the best?

[Marcus09]

Hello fellow TRF. Since 2010, I’ve been collecting Rolex watches where I now have the following:
GMT C LN 2010)
Daytona white 116520 (2013)
Explorer (2015)
Sub no date 114060 (2017)
Recently, it came to my attention that my GMT, although being my first Rolex, is also the most precise. For instance, I’ve been wearing it for almost 1 week and it is still showing the exact same time as my iPhone (where I synced with it). My other watches are not the same, my latest one from 2017 (114060) has a 2 second daily difference since Rolex began testing them after casing. Before that it was around 5 seconds or so.
Does any of you encounter the same situation with one or more of your watches? If so, which model and which year?
Here’s a picture of my 2010 GMT C.



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[Chadridv]

Beautiful watch! I expect someone senior to chime in to explain how there are 86400 seconds in a day and 604800 seconds in a week and go on to tell us all how OCD we are for getting hung up on something as silly as the accuracy of a $9000 watch lol.

Anyway, I always find it fun to keep an eye on my watches timing, but since you posed it as a question in your title, the GMT isn’t the best per say. A good watch maker should be able to get any of your watches to function with the same if not better accuracy, none the less it’s still impressive.

Right now my most accurate watch is also a gmt 126710. If I leave rested crown down on its side about 4 nights a week, the rest of the nights flat dial up, it stays within a second per week or less.

[watchwatcher]

Agree with Chadri. Accuracy isn't model-specific. But, having said that, I've always had good performance with any GMT-C I've owned.

[Mystro]

As mentioned accuracy isn’t tied to any one model. That said, my own testing has shown the 3285 movement being a over achiever compared to its 3235 brother but this is only out of a small field of 4 watches. I have seen a accuracy improvement since Rolex went to a higher in-house standard of +2–2 seconds in a cased up watch. Personally I would love to see Rolex adopt the more advanced and totally independent METAS Swiss testing.

[mullman]

My 2007 IIc runs ~+1.7 spd with simple regulation.
My 2019 Exp II w the 3187 is absolutely astounding (below from WatchTracker app).




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[Marcus09]

Originally Posted by Mystro

As mentioned accuracy isn’t tied to any one model. That said, my own testing has shown the 3285 movement being a over achiever compared to its 3235 brother but this is only out of a small field of 4 watches. I have seen a accuracy improvement since Rolex went to a higher in-house standard of +2–2 seconds in a cased up watch. Personally I would love to see Rolex adopt the more advanced and totally independent METAS Swiss testing.

That’s the thing though, my movement is the oldest I have (3186) and still it outperformed my newer ones with the +2-2 that I have with the 2017 Sub.


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[ilovethiscity]

+1 my GMT LN ran far better than my Hulk or YM! Could just be luck of the draw of course

[brucethemanlee]

They all should meet certain standard but not specific to GMT C.

Your accuracy over other Rolexes is random


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[Marcus09]

Originally Posted by brucethemanlee

They all should meet certain standard but not specific to GMT C.

Your accuracy over other Rolexes is random


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Maybe so, but I am hearing lots of comments regarding GMT of modern having very high accuracy as mine. It might be that GMT models are getting a more robust and accurate movement than others.
Further to my comment, do not forget that the +6-6 rating of Rolex is the maximum difference per day and there is possibility that it is much less than that.
Cheers.


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[Houston77]

I think it just depends on the watch. My Milgauss is crazy accurate, like .2 seconds a day last time I checked. My DJ 41 is also very accurate, but to that degree.


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[ndrs63]

Not that relevant, in my view. Can be easily adjusted, as needed.


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[Marcus09]

Originally Posted by ndrs63

Not that relevant, in my view. Can be easily adjusted, as needed.


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Never touched mine since more than 9 years


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[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by ndrs63

Not that relevant, in my view. Can be easily adjusted, as needed.


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This is true and as for the thread title, it's not really about references, but movements.

[othertbone]

Love the black black black!