View Full Version : Why get this LRRP version?
heb
February 28th, 2009, 22:56
Hello,
I like the look of the LRRP, but I don't understand this particular alternative.
The only thing I can figure is that you can easily sync it to your local time and then have an easier sun compass.
What do you think?
heb
JDS (Ohio)
March 1st, 2009, 01:03
I think the utility is in the fact that you have a 24 hour dial integrated with the normal 12hr one, and still leaves the bezel free to be used as elapsed time. The inside ring of indices cover 1-12 local, and even hours on GMT fomat. The outer ring marks the odd numbered hours for GMT format; used together they let you have the full 24 hour GMT utility on your dial, without needing a 24 hour marked bezel. Just my best guess though.
caesarmascetti
March 1st, 2009, 01:41
I think the utility is in the fact that you have a 24 hour dial integrated with the normal 12hr one, and still leaves the bezel free to be used as elapsed time. The inside ring of indices cover 1-12 local, and even hours on GMT fomat. The outer ring marks the odd numbered hours for GMT format; used together they let you have the full 24 hour GMT utility on your dial, without needing a 24 hour marked bezel. Just my best guess though.
you hit it right on the mark, the numbers don't have to be printed on a charter ring that can be difficult to see.
heb
March 1st, 2009, 01:55
That takes too much mental gyration. I just thought of another; an AM/PM indicator when originally set to local time.
heb
JDS (Ohio)
March 1st, 2009, 07:11
That takes too much mental gyration. I just thought of another; an AM/PM indicator when originally set to local time.
heb
LOL, that'd work too I guess. b-) Could be handy when setting the date or if confined inside where you can't see the sun (I remember some workdays like that).
I had my LRRP ordered with a GMT hand, but a standard 12 hour dial, and just emailed Bill the other day to remove the GMT hand from the order. The more I thought about it, it just wouldn't get that much use. The only time I seem to have trouble with timezones is the rare occurrence talking an associate in Switzerland. For some reason that mental calculation just slips by me, so I set my Outlook calendar for Bienne as a second timezone (a coworker showed me the trick).
So in reality the only thing a GMT hand would do on my LRRP would be spoil the stark look of the dial / hand combination I chose.