Mido Automatic Diving Watch Ocean Star GMT Dark Blue M026.629.17.051.00

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The chamfers on the case corners, the castellated edge of the bezel, the crown, the surface of the ceramic bezel insert, the facets of the hands and indices. In business since 1919, Mido’s early history is associated with automotive-inspired designs, waterproof tech, and the automatic Multifort collection. It suits the austere nature of the design, but perhaps a low dome would have leant a little more class.

When the watch is on its three-link stainless steel bracelet with a solid folding clasp and diving extension, it comes in at 205 grams. Though your phone will likely connect almost anywhere in the world, nothing beats adjusting the jumping hour hand on a GMT mere moments after you feel the wheels touch down far away from home.There is no consensus in the watch community on which is better, so you can decide for yourself after we explain the difference later in the article. The ease of operation of this function allows for more freedom as you explore the wonders of nature with this purist GMT dive watch.

The blue/black that I opted for (only on a fabric strap), a black version with orange GMT on a steel bracelet, and a Bi-Metal one, steel and gold PVD, on matching bracelet. The water resistance of this model is 200m (20 Bar), so it can easily handle water activities such as swimming or diving. This diver flaunts diamond-cut silver hour and minute hands, a second hand with an orange varnished tip and a matching orange varnished 24-hour GMT hand which indicates the time in a second time zone by pointing to the hour-circle (24-hour format) on the flange of its dial. This is how GMT watches were originally conceived: to quickly adjust the local time without losing the time of origin or reference time indicated by the GMT hand.There is also no corresponding 0-24 scale on the dial, the bezel is the only place to read the GMT hand against. It is not a complicated operation, but it is less practical than the quick date-setting systems most are accustomed to.