Two similar-looking, robust stainless steel dive watch GMT’s from two Swiss giants of the industry who have enjoyed a healthy rivalry over the decades.īrace yourself for a close contest… The Rolex Effect And we’re going to compare this sporty looking newbie to the similar but more expensive Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT (reference 232.30.44.22.01.001), discontinued but still in good supply on the pre-owned market.
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The former recently launched its latest Tag Heuer Aqua Racer Professional 300 GMT, priced at a highly competitive £3,150 on a bracelet. Still, there are a handful of other big-name, long-established brands who have brought out some great GMTs over the years, among them the ever-dependable TAG Heuer and Omega. Is there a GMT more famous than Rolex's iconic model, originally made for Pan-Am pilots?Īlas, the GMT Master II seems to have inched out of reach for many of us, with brand-new, pre-owned models currently selling for well over twice the retail price of around £9k for a steel version. Of course, the watch that most likely springs to mind when you think of a GMT is a certain Pepsi-bezel Rolex model that has been around in some shape or form since the 1950s when the airline Pan-Am asked the brand to make a very specific watch for its timezone-crossing pilots. Knowing at the merest glance that its lunch time in, say, Shanghai but 4am back home in London spares you from infuriating your nearest and dearest by waking them up to tell them your plane is delayed-or that you’ve been detained by the authorities for smuggling contraband and need consular assistance.Īs for those of us whose passports barely leave the sock draw, wearing a GMT is a pretty good way of showing people you’re an outward-looking, upstanding citizen of the world-not some xenophobe who thinks their country is the centre of the universe.
Little wonder they’re a favourite among international jet-setters as well as those who appreciate a watch complication that’s still genuinely useful in the 21st century (no offence to the 0.0001% of you who own minute repeaters). There’s something indisputably cool about GMT watches and their ability to track the time in two, sometimes three, different zones.
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