 We live in the age of high speeds and total globalization. It implies the fact that a lot of us face the problem of difference in time when traveling from one time zone to another. It is often the case that travelers feel they are "lost in time".
In fact, it is not so difficult to change the position of watch hands. Still, people get absent-minded and after a few flights it is not so easy to remember one's home time that is important for keeping in touch with colleagues and members of the family. Watches provided with the GMT function are created to help you out when you find yourself many miles away from home in a different time zone.
If you think you may need a timepiece to keep you aware of the time in different time zones, the following information will be helpful not to feel puzzled as for what GMT model to choose.
At present day there are two major types of timekeepers with the GMT function. The first one is called world time. The world time watches feature all 24 time zones and require minimum correction. The second major type is represented by standard timekeepers with a few independent counters on the dial. There are also a number of subdivisions relevant to the timepieces of the latter type. Some of them have already become out of date while others are widely used and constantly get improved.
Let's stop at the following additional variations of GMT watches:
1. Watch models powered by two independent movements in one case. The weak point of such models is in irregularity of the movements' rates and the necessity to correct them from time to time.
2. Timepieces equipped with one movement and two dials placed at the face and back side of the case. They are great for those who enjoy "playing' with their watches.
3. Models featuring an additional hand in the center of the dial that indicates GMT time with help of a 24-hour scale.
4. Watches with two synchronized hour hands independent from each other.
5. Timekeepers with two or more hour counters independent from each other.
6. Watch models supplied with in-built electronic 24-hour display.
Besides the mentioned above, travelers may use their watches with chronograph function provided with 12-hour counter. The owner of the watch has to set on the chronograph function at midday or midnight before flying to another point of the planet and this way provide oneself with the home time indicator. However, it implies that the chronograph function will become impossible to be used.
One more important thing to consider. If a quartz timepiece offers the GMT function, it will not influence much its price. In case of mechanical watch models, the development of a timepiece with the same function requires considerable changes in the overall construction of the caliber. Consequently, the timepiece with the GMT function is priced much higher.
Below you will find a few examples of GMT watches that catch the eye due to distinctive design and please their owners with supreme functionality.
 1. Roger Dubuis - Too Much Gents GMT
This timepiece will remind you of the vintage style. The case of the watch is created in white or yellow gold and houses Automatic Caliber RD47. The major distinction of the watch is that it unites two different dials in one. The left dial features black Roman numerals - its blue hand indicates local time, while the right dial with white Arabic numerals is for GMT. The peculiarity of the design is the single minute hand for both dials placed right in the center of the main dial.
 2. A. Lange Sohne - Lange 1 Time Zone
This timekeeper looks like a complicated scientific device yet it gives the impression of refined beauty and readability. The watch is really simple in use. First you will notice two off-centered dials each featuring an independent day/night indicator. The owner of the watch may easily choose which time zone should be displayed on the larger of the two dials.
It is also easy to select the second time zone with help of a pushbutton and a rotational city ring. Every push makes the city ring and the hands of the second time zone advance at the same time one notch and one hour. The date shown in the large double-window is synchronized automatically with the larger of the dials. This ingeniously developed mechanical timepiece is equipped with hand-wound Lange Calibre L031.1with a double barrel. The movement offers 72-hour power reserve.
 3. Patek Philippe - World Time
The heart of the legendary World Time by Patek Philippe is represented by patented automatic movement of the second generation the development of which took about 4 years of work. As a result, there appeared a classic watch in the modern technical interpretation. The hour hand is synchronized with 24-hour disk of the world time and moves in jumps around the dial with one hour interval. It is managed by a push-button placed at 10 o'clock. The watch's owner has to set the time parameters just for one time and then he will be kept aware of the time in any part of the globe.
 4. Ulysse Nardin - Sonata
The name of the watch has been suggested by magically melodious alarm sound. The Ulysse Nardin Sonata timepiece is powered by automatic caliber UN-66. This movement has become the first to have been elaborated and produced absolutely in dependently at the brand's workshops. Besides the GMT counter found at 6 o'clock position there are also a few scales and hands related to the alarm function - that is also vital for a frequent traveler. Between 1 and 2 o'clock there is the counter for setting the alarm time. The indicator featured at 9 o'clock shows whether the alarm function is on or off. The counter placed between 10 and 11 o'clock is a 24-hour count down timer synchronized with the GMT counter.
 5. Oris - Flight Timer R4118
This chronograph timepiece has been produced in a limited edition of 4118 pieces and is meant to pay tribute to the legendary battle aircraft Hurricane R4118 that helped the British Air Forces gain prevalence in the air during the fight for Britain. The remarkable peculiarity of the model is a vertical crown necessary for setting the time in another time zone with help of the rotating hour scale. This way of GMT display is quite rarely used in watchmaking. The watch catches attention due to one more original characteristic - the crown and two chronograph push-buttons are placed at the left side of the case. real connoisseurs will be pleased to find out that the Oris watch is available together with Hurricane R4118 book written by pilot Peter Vacheron. The pilot managed to reconstruct the remains of the fighter.
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