Watch Setup - GMT Automatic
Thanks for picking up a Clocked-Out Collective watch. Let’s get you set up.
Inside your GMT is a Miyota 9075 automatic movement, a true “flyer” GMT built for people who travel. When you land somewhere new, you can jump the hour hand to local time without stopping the watch or touching your home time. It’s powered by the motion of your wrist and sweeps smoothly at 28,800 beats an hour.
Home Time vs. Local Time
Your GMT shows two times at once, and it helps to know which is which:
- Local time is the time where you are right now. It’s shown by the regular hour and minute hands. When you travel, this is the one you change.
- Home time is the time back where you live. It’s shown by the GMT hand on the 24-hour bezel. Set it once and leave it, no matter where you go.
Example: you live in Edmonton and fly to London. The hour hand jumps ahead to London time, so you know when to grab dinner. The GMT hand stays on Edmonton time, so you know when it’s a good time to call home.
Don’t travel much? The GMT hand doesn’t have to be home. Set it to any time zone you want to keep tabs on, like family overseas or a client on the other coast. Just think of it as the time zone that stays put.
Three Time Zones at a Glance
| What You’re Reading | How to Read It |
|---|---|
| Local time | Hour and minute hands |
| Home time | GMT hand on the bezel, with the triangle at the top |
| Third time zone | GMT hand on the bezel, after turning it to your third zone |
Getting to Know Your Crown
Your crown screws down to keep water out, so you’ll always unscrew it before making any adjustments. To unscrew it, turn it toward you until it pops free. To screw it back in, push it in gently and turn it away from you until it’s snug. Don’t force it.
| Position | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Position 0 (unscrewed, pushed in) | Wind the watch |
| Position 1 (first click) | Jump the local hour hand (the date follows along) |
| Position 2 (second click) | Set the minutes and GMT hand. The seconds hand stops. |
Winding Your Watch
Your watch winds itself as you wear it. If it’s been sitting and has stopped, give it a quick wind to get it going:
- Unscrew the crown. It’ll pop into Position 0.
- Turn the crown away from you 20–30 times. The watch will start running.
- Screw the crown back in.
Setting Up Your Watch
Set your home time first, then your local time. The order matters, because the GMT hand is your anchor.
Step 1: Set your home time (GMT hand).
- Make sure the bezel is set with the triangle at the top.
- Unscrew the crown and pull it out to Position 2. The seconds hand will stop.
- Turn the crown until the GMT hand points to your current home time on the bezel, and the minute hand shows the correct minutes. The hour hand will move along too. Don’t worry about it yet.
Step 2: Set your local time and date.
- Push the crown in to Position 1. The watch starts running again.
- Turn the crown to jump the hour hand to your local time, one hour at a time. The minutes, seconds and GMT hand won’t move.
- Keep an eye on the date. It changes as the hour hand passes midnight, forward or back. To move the date one day, jump the hour hand all the way around twice (24 hours).
- Push the crown in and screw it down snug.
At home right now? Your home time and local time are the same, so after Step 1, just jump the hour hand until it matches the GMT hand. On the dial, that’s half the number on the bezel: if the GMT hand is on 14, the hour hand goes to 2.
Example: you live in Edmonton and just landed in London. Back home, it’s 3:20 p.m. Set the GMT hand to 15 on the bezel and the minutes to 20. Then jump the hour hand forward 7 hours to 10:20 p.m. London time. Now the hour hand shows London, and the GMT hand shows Edmonton.
Tip: to sync your watch to the second, pull the crown to Position 2 when the seconds hand hits 12, then push it in right as the clock you’re matching hits the next minute.
Travelling With Your GMT
This is where the 9075 shines. When you land in a new time zone:
- Unscrew the crown and pull it to Position 1.
- Jump the hour hand to local time. The date updates on its own.
- Screw the crown back down.
That’s it. Your watch never stops, and your home time on the GMT hand stays exactly where it was.
Reading the 24-Hour Scale
The GMT hand runs on 24-hour time, so you always know whether it’s day or night back home:
- 06 = 6 a.m.
- 12 = noon
- 18 = 6 p.m.
- Triangle = midnight
Using Your 24-Hour Bezel (Third Time Zone)
Want to keep tabs on one more place? The rotating bezel lets you track a third time zone. Turning the bezel changes what the GMT hand reads, so it shows your third zone instead of home.
The easy way: turn the bezel until the current hour in your third time zone sits right under the GMT hand. That’s it. Read the GMT hand against the bezel anytime to see that time zone.
Prefer to count? Work out how many hours ahead or behind your third time zone is compared to home.
- If it’s ahead, turn the bezel counter-clockwise by that many hours.
- If it’s behind, turn the bezel clockwise by that many hours.
Tip: your bezel has 120 clicks, so every 5 clicks is exactly one hour. Easy to count without even looking.
Example: you’re in London, your GMT hand is on Edmonton time (15, or 3 p.m.), and you also want to track Toronto, which is 2 hours ahead of Edmonton. Turn the bezel counter-clockwise 2 hours, or 10 clicks. Now the GMT hand points to 17 on the bezel. It’s 5 p.m. in Toronto.
Set it and forget it: because your third zone reads off the GMT hand, jumping the hour hand on your next flight won’t throw it off. The bezel stays right until you decide to change it.
Still want your home time? Here’s a watch-nerd trick: read the GMT hand against the hour markers on the dial and double the number. If the GMT hand points at the 7, it’s 14:00 (2 p.m.) back home. That way, you can read all three at once.
Back to two time zones? Turn the bezel until the triangle sits at the top again, and the GMT hand will read your home time on the bezel.
Power Reserve
Fully wound, your watch runs for about 42 hours off the wrist, so it’ll easily make it through a night on the dresser. If it sits longer than that, it’ll stop. Just wind it and run through the setup steps again.
About Accuracy
Mechanical movements run on springs and gears, not batteries, so it’s normal for them to gain or lose a few seconds a day. How you wear the watch, how active you are, and even how you set it down at night can all play a part. It’s part of the character of a mechanical watch.
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