Specifications
- Weight: 156 grams
- Case diameter: 40 mm
- Thickness: 12.5 mm
- Material: 316L surgical stainless steel
- Crown: Screw-down
- Crystal: Sapphire with hard coating, scratch-resistant and anti-reflective
- Case back: Screw-down
- Extra feature: Date display at 3 o’clock
- Water resistance: 100 meters (10 ATM)
- Movement: Seiko NH34A automatic GMT
- Power reserve: 42 hours
- Bracelet: Jubilee model in stainless steel
- Band width: 20 mm
- Band length: 22 cm
Clear and Luminous Dial
The PD-1662 GMT Seiko NH34 offers excellent legibility under all conditions – especially in the dark.
Large hands, clear indices, and bezel numerals are coated with long-lasting luminous material (Luminova).
✅ Sapphire Crystal
Experience unmatched durability and elegance with a sapphire crystal of exceptional hardness.
It’s scratch-resistant, anti-reflective, and provides outstanding visibility in all lighting conditions.
The crystal withstands the test of time and enhances the sense of luxury and quality.
✅ 316L Surgical Stainless Steel
Crafted from premium 316L surgical stainless steel – a material that combines luxury and durability.
It’s hypoallergenic, corrosion-resistant, and retains its brilliant polish year after year.
The watch is robust yet lightweight and gentle on the skin – perfect for everyday wear.
✅ Rotating Ceramic Bezel
The bezel is made of ceramic, rotates unidirectionally with 120 clicks, and is marked for 24 hours.
The additional 24-hour hand (in a contrasting color) displays a second time zone, such as home time, read directly from the bezel.
The ceramic provides both durability and style, while the firm mechanism ensures stable settings.
✅ Seiko NH34A Automatic GMT Movement
A reliable Japanese automatic movement with GMT functionality, allowing you to track two time zones simultaneously.
This movement features 24 jewels, a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour, and a 42-hour power reserve.
Perfect for travelers or anyone living a global lifestyle.
✅ Water Resistant up to 100 Meters
With 100 meters of water resistance, this watch is excellent for swimming and beach activities.
It’s not designed for diving or extreme water sports but easily handles pool use and similar activities – without compromising on style or function.
A GMT watch displays the time in multiple time zones simultaneously – usually two or three. It’s especially practical for travelers, pilots, or anyone in contact with people in different parts of the world.
What Does GMT Mean?
GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time, the time zone chosen as the “zero point” when the global time zone system was introduced in 1884. Although UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is used officially today, the term GMT is still widely used in the watch world.
How Can You Recognize a GMT Watch?
It features an additional hour hand (often in a contrasting color, e.g., red) that shows a 24-hour time.
This hand makes one full rotation every 24 hours – half the speed of the regular hour hand.
The watch often has a rotating bezel marked for 24 hours – used to set a third time zone.
How to Use the GMT Function?
Example: You travel from Frankfurt to Sydney and want to track German, Australian, and U.S. time.
- Set the GMT hand to German time (e.g., 12:00).
- Set the regular hour hand to local time in Sydney (e.g., 20:00).
- Rotate the bezel to correspond with New York time (e.g., 06:00).
Now you can instantly read all three times directly from the watch – no mental math required.
Why Do GMT Watches Exist?
The GMT function was invented to solve time zone problems, especially for aviation and international travel.
In the past, different regions had their own local times, causing chaos – especially with the advent of trains. Once the global time zone system was established, GMT watches became a popular tool for keeping track of multiple time zones quickly and efficiently.
Why Do You Need a GMT Watch?
In a world where travel and global connections are part of everyday life, a GMT watch is a simple way to:
- Avoid converting time differences.
- Always keep track of home time, local time, and a third location (e.g., business partners or family).
- Enjoy function and elegance in the same watch.