BULOVA 96B385 Wilton GMT Automatic Mens Watch Instructions
- June 16, 2024
- Bulova
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**BULOVA 96B385 Wilton GMT Automatic Mens Watch Instructions
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THE WILTON GMT AUTOMATIC
In the 1950s, GMT watches were designed for pilots who traveled from one time zone to another. This dual timezone watch was essential for high readability and accuracy and became popular among traveling businessmen and other jet- setters and was coined the “travel watch.” GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time and is point “0” on the 24-hour international time zone scale. A GMT watch is a timepiece that displays both a 24-hour and a 12-hour timescale. The GMT watch was designed to display both the GMT and one other time zone. Currently, the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) replaced GMT and is much more accurate than other time-keeping methods. However, the term GMT is still commonly used.
The Bulova Wilton GMT features a premium Miyota 9075 Caliber 24 jewel self- winding movement, which is accurate to -10 seconds to +30 seconds a day and a 42-hour run time. The 9075 is a 4-hand GMT, the 4th hand being the GMT hand, with its luminous tip bordered in color to match the color of the printing of the word GMT on the dial. This hand works with the bicolored dial ring with a 24-hour indication to mark the 2nd time zone. The dial features a World Map with the land area raised in a cd groove texture.
Raised 0as well over the sea are the latitude and longitude coordinates.
The Bulova Wilton GMT Automatic is the ultimate timepiece for avid travelers and fine watch enthusiasts who appreciate an elegant timepiece with the sophisticated design of a dual time movement.
ADVANCED GMT MOVEMENT
The traditionally styled Wilton timepiece features an innovative, new automatic movement with the ease of setting the hour hand to another time zone without affecting the accuracy while traveling anywhere in the world — and the dual time can be read at glance.
READING THE DISPLAY AND CROWN POSITIONS
- Hour hand
- Minutes hand
- Seconds hand
- 24 Hour hand
- A Mainspring winding
- B Hour hand adjusting
- C Time adjusting
WINDING THE MAINSPRING
- This self-winding mechanical movement can also be manually winded. Turn crown in position A 15 to 20 times clockwise until the second hand starts to move naturally.
SETTING THE TIME
- Set the 24-hour GMT hand (with triangle tip) to ‘home’ time using the 24-hour track printed in the outer zone of dial. Pull the crown out to position C and rotate the crown in either direction. Setting the 24-hour hand will also move the hour hand. Pulling the crown out to position C will stop the second hand to provide precise time.
- Set the hour hand for ‘local’ time. Pull crown out to position B and rotate the crown in either direction. If your local and home time are the same, the hands will tell the same time. When travelling to a new location, pull the crown out to position B and rotate the hour hand to local time. The 24-hour GMT hand will remain at the ‘home’ time.
SETTING THE DATE
- The date is linked to the local time. Pull crown out to position B and rotate the hour hand in either direction. Two rotations of the hour hand around the dial will either advance or reverse the date. Be careful to set the date in the AM cycle or the PM.
