Hello everyone today, we're going to be talking about the AP Royal Oak Dual
Time and kind of how it differs from what our traditional sense what GMT watch is.
Like I said, today's video is going to be about the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Dual Time. It's
going to be the 26120ST. It's a 39 millimeter watch that comes in a stainless steel case with
a 50 meter water resistance. It does have a screw-down crown, but of course the selling
feature of this particular watch is going to be the movement and how it kind of performs.
And we can use it in our day-to-day life. Now it has a JLC based movement inside of it that
has 33 joules beats at 288. And it also has a 38 hour power reserve. Now, normally
I I do gravitate towards watches that'll have a higher power reserve, even though
it's an automatic watch. So it's going to last substantially longer, as long as you're wearing
the watch. I do like to just not have to think about it as often of the need to wind my watch.
Now, coming in at 38, of course, if you're wearing the watch, it's going to last longer than that.
But Audemars Piguet actually put a power reserve meter a full complication right up
here on the dial for us, it's going to be near like the 10 o'clock in the top left of the dial,
but it starts out at the bottom and as you wind the watch, it runs up through the white hash
marks and then will eventually stop inside the full range up here where it's white.
Now, to me, that's a huge feature of a watch to be able to just look down and see I've got a Datejust
on. I wound up before I put the watch on. So of course I know right now it's going to be working,
but if I take it off tonight and I wake up, it should be working and the same thing
should happen every day, but I don't really want to have to check my watch for accuracy.
I don't want to have to put on my watch and immediately turned to a reference clock to see,
Hey, did I wind it enough yesterday? Is it going to keep accurate time with this
one? You just look at the dial and it'll tell you if it still has power reserve, it's still
going to be keeping its accurate time. And it's something that you can just put right back on
your wrist. And just whenever it starts getting low, just kind of beef it up. Now, of course I
said that it's a Dual Time. So it does have the ability to track two different time zones at once
now in a GMT, we generally have like just a hand that operates from that central pinion the portion
right in the middle of the dial where like the larger hands would be for just telling the time.
Now on this one, they actually have a separate sub dial that has a full 12 hour clock on it.
And of course it has the minutes and the hours. Now off to the left of it, closer to
like seven o'clock you'll notice there's a smaller little, almost looks like a pokey ball. I mean,
it's just black on the, on the bottom white on the top. And it has this small little hand with its
red tit and it just rotates around. That's going to be an AM PM indicator. That's specifically
associated with your smaller Dual Time zone. So you're not going to want to look at the AM PM
indicator for the big hands. But as you adjust this Dual Time, which is a very simple process,
something that you can do just from the crown itself, but it is going to only manipulate with
the bottom dial. Now, obviously I said, it's a screw-down crown. So when you unscrew it,
the first thing that's going to happen is that you're going to be in the winding position.
And when you pull the watch out, when you pull the crown out one click, you're going to be
in what is the, the adjustment for the Dual Time. And the way that it works is not like
when you're actually adjusting the time on the main timekeeping function where you're adjusting
the minutes and the hours go with it. When you adjust the Dual Time, you're only changing the
hour. So you don't have to worry about making sure that hands, the minute hands are lined up,
they will stay consistent. But as you rotate the crown, it jumps in one hour increments to indicate
a change in a time zone. And as you rotate, you'll notice that the AM PM indicator also changes.
So it's a pretty like on the fly change. It's something where I know here we are
calling clients all over the country, some of them in Hawaii, some of them in Alaska,
and I always have to check to make sure that I'm not calling too early in the morning.
And so obviously I can do a quick little calculation in my head, but I can also just
set my, watch the second Dual Time time zone to what a Hawaii time would be. And when I looked
down and it's, it's past like a calling hour, I don't even have to worry about it. It just,
it makes it so much easier to communicate with other humans when you already know what
time zone they're going to be in. Now, of course there is another subs dials on this
watch. It's going to be up here and like the two o'clock area, this is going to be the date. So of
course it does have 1 through 31. And you just adjust that by by going around using the crown,
it's a very simple adjustment. Obviously it's a Royal Oak. So it has the iconic bracelet on it.
It's a very comfortable fit if you've never worn one, but know that you can always get a strap
for these watches. You're not restricted to just having the bracelet so you can
even it would allow you the opportunity to also basically have two watches. I mean,
I know it's technically the same watch, but when you change your bracelet to a strap,
it completely changes the overall feel and look of the piece. And ultimately it gives
you more versatility without having to add a whole bunch of watches to your collection.
Come check it out at SwissWatchExpo. If you want this specific watch, you can search Dual Time.
You could also search by the stock number. This one is 38384. Again, that's 38384 or
38,384, but you can just type that in the search bar at SwissWatchExpo.com. It'll take you straight
to this watch. If the Royal Oak is not your kind of style, do know that if you're interested in
the movement, you can also find it in the Dual Audemars collection. Thank you guys so much. And
if you want to hear some more about other watches, just shoot us an email or send us a message on one
of the channels, and we'd be happy to look into it and get you the information you're looking for.