The chamfers on the case corners, the castellated edge of the bezel, the crown, the surface of the ceramic bezel insert, the facets of the hands and indices. I believe this may in part be due to the fact that I didn’t try one of the colourways review here, but instead the black/blue version.

If you’re not afraid of color and a little serving of “Pepsi”, the special edition in red and blue with an extra NATO strap in the same colors might be the one for you. The H and M hands have rectangular lume sections on the outer ends, and empty windows on the pinion end. Based on a format established in the golden age of mid- century travel, a great GMT is a travel watch that can easily adjust to new places without losing sight of home. It’s within that jet-set spirit that we collaborated with Mido to create the Ocean Star GMT Limited Edition For Hodinkee. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience.

The lume quality seems good too, with a strong glow as you transition from light into dark, and long-lasting readability. This diver flaunts diamond-cut silver hour and minute hands, a second hand with a blue varnished tip and a matching blue varnished 24-hour GMT hand which indicates the time in a second time zone by pointing to the hour-circle (24-hour format) on the two-tone flange of its dial. There is no consensus in the watch community on which is better, so you can decide for yourself after we explain the difference later in the article. In business since 1919, Mido’s early history is associated with automotive-inspired designs, waterproof tech, and the automatic Multifort collection. We accept payments made by major debit/credit cards - Visa, Visa Electron, Mastercard, American Express, Solo, JCB.

Simply put, the list of companies offering traveller GMT watches is very small, and the list of those offering Office GMT watches is very long. Hours, minutes and seconds of the time, displayed on a 12-hr dial exactly as almost every other watch out there.Moreover, the fluting on this ceramic bezel makes it easier to operate and incredibly resistant to scratches as well as wear and tear. I have the black dial version of the watch and it feels and wears much smaller than a 44mm diameter watch. Jsme autorizovanými prodejci hodinek (certifikáty držíme pro všechny námi nabízené značky), zaručíme Vám tak originalitu hodinek, autorizovaný servis, vysokou kvalitu, původ hodinek a jistotu, že hodinky nikde neležely roky na skladě. I wanted the GMT specific for travel but if I had the money I would pick up one of the 200c's or the Ocean Star Tribute.

It is not framed at all and with a perfectly matched date dail it total blends into the face of the watch. This phenomenal movement crafted by Mido allows the crown of this watch to set the primary hour hand instead of the GMT hand with one-hour increments, usually seen in "purist" GMT watches and highly regarded by most watch enthusiasts. I wear it a lot on a vintage style leather strap since I work in an office and its winter here in the PNW. Sometimes you’re on the move for work, waking up jetlagged, a long way from home, and unsure what time it is back at the office.Due to distribution arrangements in other locations, certain brands cannot be sold or shipped outside the United States or to other specific areas. The Mido Ocean Star GMT Special Edition is a robust, automatic diving watch that combines the functionality of the “true GMT”, also known as the “traveller’s GMT”. For that, watches known as “office GMTs” are more practical because they allow you to independently set only the GMT hand instead of the local time hand. For clarity, the two look and function in an identical manner, with 4 hands, usually with all of them centrally mounted. This strap features flawless white stitching at its lugs and is fitted with a Mido signed tang buckle finished with a shiny full polish.

Whatever the mission, precision timing counts” In honour of British Watchmaker’s Day, taking place on 9th March in Westminster, London, Elliot Brown are celebrating their attendance with the creation of an extremely limited-edition twist on. It sounds enormous at first, but with a lug-to-lug measurement of 50mm, it can sit comfortably on most average men’s wrists – much better, in fact, than one could expect.

If I ever need another time zone (which by now is rarely enough), I certainly don’t need a third on the bezel. If you ever catch a glimpse into the heart of this dive watch, you would be amazed at the great amount of details put into the making of this movement, down to its oscillating weight decorated with Geneva stripes and Mido’s logo.