TeenTitan01
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mini GMT watch primer
you can read up to 3 timezones from your rotatable external/internal 24 hour scale bezel equipped GMT watch by rotating the bezel to whichever timezone you're in relative to london GMT time:
1. local time - hours/minute hands on the "normal" 12 hour scale - like any 3 hand watch.
2. GMT time - i set mine to london GMT time. so GMT time is whatever the GMT hands shows when the 0000/2400 hr marker on the outer bezel aligns with 12 o'clock.
3. home time - since sg is +8 hrs from london GMT, all i need is just rotate my outer bezel ANTI-clockwise by 8 hours on the outer bezel scale, so "8" on the outer bezel is directly above 12 o'clock, to read off current sg time from the GMT hand on the outer bezel scale.
of course there're variations to how one uses a GMT watch with an analog outer bezel/inner ring.
alternatively, i can rotate my outer bezel to whichever timezone relative to london GMT to get local time if i want to preserve my hour/minute hands on home time.
eg. LA is -8 hrs from london GMT (assuming daylight saving is ON). to know what the time is in LA upon landing, if you choose not to unscrew and pull out your crown to position 1 to fiddle with your hour hand, just rotate your outer bezel CLOCKWISE by 8 hours until "16" on the outer bezel is above the 12 o'clock position. the GMT hand now shows you what hour it is in LA.
i personally wouldn't use this method as i'm more conditioned to reading local time off the hour/minute hands on the 12 hour scale. imagine forgetting to use the GMT hand to read off local time and being late for that important meeting cos my eyes are more accustomed to the regular hour/minute hands.
i hope it's not too confusing.
it helps to have a GMT watch on hand and know what timezone a destination city is in to try out the above.
cheers, folks.
you can read up to 3 timezones from your rotatable external/internal 24 hour scale bezel equipped GMT watch by rotating the bezel to whichever timezone you're in relative to london GMT time:
1. local time - hours/minute hands on the "normal" 12 hour scale - like any 3 hand watch.
2. GMT time - i set mine to london GMT time. so GMT time is whatever the GMT hands shows when the 0000/2400 hr marker on the outer bezel aligns with 12 o'clock.
3. home time - since sg is +8 hrs from london GMT, all i need is just rotate my outer bezel ANTI-clockwise by 8 hours on the outer bezel scale, so "8" on the outer bezel is directly above 12 o'clock, to read off current sg time from the GMT hand on the outer bezel scale.
of course there're variations to how one uses a GMT watch with an analog outer bezel/inner ring.
alternatively, i can rotate my outer bezel to whichever timezone relative to london GMT to get local time if i want to preserve my hour/minute hands on home time.
eg. LA is -8 hrs from london GMT (assuming daylight saving is ON). to know what the time is in LA upon landing, if you choose not to unscrew and pull out your crown to position 1 to fiddle with your hour hand, just rotate your outer bezel CLOCKWISE by 8 hours until "16" on the outer bezel is above the 12 o'clock position. the GMT hand now shows you what hour it is in LA.
i personally wouldn't use this method as i'm more conditioned to reading local time off the hour/minute hands on the 12 hour scale. imagine forgetting to use the GMT hand to read off local time and being late for that important meeting cos my eyes are more accustomed to the regular hour/minute hands.
i hope it's not too confusing.
it helps to have a GMT watch on hand and know what timezone a destination city is in to try out the above.
cheers, folks.
maybe you made a typo? 
