What Watch do you wear when you hunt?

a watch with a gmt function (2nd time zone) like a rolex gmt or explorer can actually tell u the direction you are heading, or should be headed if the sun is out. a gmt watch is definitely workable as essential hunting gear particularly on alaska DIY hunts out in the middle of nowhere. sometimes electronics fail/run out of juice/get lost.

Wow interesting - can you explain to my pea brain how that works.

I think I have an idea haha but can you explain it like I’m in kindergartner!

A simple Rolex explorer with a black face is my ideal dream watch. Simple and rugged and looks good with a tux. Haha
 
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Wow interesting - can you explain to my pea brain how that works.

I think I have an idea haha but can you explain it like I’m in kindergartner!

A simple Rolex explorer with a black face is my ideal dream watch. Simple and rugged and looks good with a tux. Haha
just posted a link to a short video how it works. yep i like the black dial rolex explorer 2 on a leather strap. very low key rolex and what i wear daily. incidentally, my 24 hour hand is set on alaska time.
 
I'm sure a few of you have figured out by now, that I collect watches, and am into watches.

This is what I wear most of the time in the field. I purchased this Dec, 2 2014 for $211.41. Today they are $209.00. They have actually come down in cost, given inflation. That makes it 10 years old this year this year. It's never had any issues. It has take its fair share and some not so fair share of abuse. It now sits on aftermarket strap lugs that allow aftermarket nato style velcro bands.

It have been with me as deep as 163 ft and countless times over 120 ft underwater. It's been on countless fishing and hunting trips. It has been below zero and well above 100 degrees. It's been in enough salt water to test if it's going to rust. While I might take another watch with me, as something I wear when I'm not in the field, this is, more than not, the actual field watch you'd see me wearing in camp.

Here is what I find useful about it above and beyond telling time. It is an atomic watch and sets itself every night. It has multiple time zone tracking. It calculates rough altitude and records changes. It tracks barometric pressure and records changes. It is water proof to 200m; well past depths I can dive. It tells me sunrise and sunset. It is solar powered and runs up to 10 months without time in the sun. It is more indestructible than I am. It does not draw attention and is not worth my life.

Other things it does that are cool, but I could live without. It has a compass, tells the temperature, has multiple alarms, auto tilt full screen light, stop watch, countdown timer, day/date, auto daylight savings time, auto on/off hour beep.


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here is how a gmt watch can be used for navigation

So, just to be really clear. “Set to the right time zone”

Does that mean both the traditional hour hand and the 24 hour GMT hand is set to the time zone you are currently in?

It seems painfully obvious but I have asked the newbie question, just for clarity. ‍♂️
 
So, just to be really clear. “Set to the right time zone”

Does that mean both the traditional hour hand and the 24 hour GMT hand is set to the time zone you are currently in?

It seems painfully obvious but I have asked the newbie question, just for clarity. ‍♂️
that is correct. To use as a compass you set both to the local time zone.
 
If you don’t have a GMT function, you can still use a watch as a compass.
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Chuckling over the mental image of some youngster trying that with his new Apple watch... :D
Hey, as long as it has an analog function I suppose it's possible.

At the same time, I appreciate what the Apple watch has done. Meaning that it is keeping people wearing a watch. With any luck some of those people will become interested in a fine timepiece. Although I would say it's much more likely if the example is set by someone they trust and admire.

Grandparents, parents and family friends don't realize what an impression they can make by simply wearing a watch. My father did it for me, yet he never mentioned it. It wasn't forced, just something I noticed and it sparked an interest in me. The same way it happens with firearms, it takes exposure to educate and inform a young person properly.
 
 
There's nothing wrong with that picture!
 

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