How are you supposed to read a gmt worldtimer?

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How are you supposed to read a gmt worldtimer?

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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I cant quite figure out how you are supposed to use a gmt worldtimer (ex https://www.christopherward.com/int/C65 ... timer.html). Is the idea that you spin the outer bezel to so that GMT-hand-timezone lines up with the GMT hand, and you can eyeball the offset for whatever third time you want to track?
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Re: How are you supposed to read a gmt worldtimer?

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You got it. The bezel in this case is not a continuous measure (like a 24 hour bezel). It is an at a glance tool for seeing all of the other zones when the GMT timezone on the bezel is lined up with the GMT hand.
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Re: How are you supposed to read a gmt worldtimer?

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It’s not a dumb question if you don’t know the answer. Basically, you’ve got it. Set the main hands to local time wherever you are, and the yellow GMT hand to your home time. It’s a 24 hour GMT hand, so yellow for night and white for day. Line your home city up with the GMT hand, and it will show you the time anywhere. Example: it’s 1700 in London (your home city) and the GMT will show that. Turn the bezel so that London is opposite the GMT hand and you should see that it is midday in New York. So effectively you can track three time zones: wherever you happen to be (local); your home time zone; and anywhere else.

You can download the manual in the archive.

The cities with lines next to them use DST in summer.
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