Apple Watch GMT makes no sense

I’m currently trying out the GMT watch face as my daughter is traveling abroad. The way Apple has implemented the second time zone is unlike any other GMT watch I’ve seen. Instead of just having an outer bezel with 24-hour markings and the red GMT hand pointing to the hour of the time in the second time zone…the Apple Watch sets up a secondary bezel rotated to a completely different spot on the watch. You have to look closely at the small numeral on the crown to see the hour marking. It’s completely unintuitive and could have been so simple. Oh, and the colorings on the bezel change to indicate sunrise and sunset in the other time zone? Why does it do that? Just make it easy to read the second time zone. Go look at any GMT analog watch on the market and you’ll see how it goes…

Apple Watch Series 6, watchOS 11

Posted on Feb 7, 2025 6:42 AM

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