It’s easy to forget now, but getting on an airplane was a big deal in the 1950s. Legendary modern architect Eero Saarinen was designing airports, first-class meant a steak dinner and a Manhattan at 10 ...

The GMT, that most romantic of complications, how we love thee so. Deceptively simple yet oh-so-useful, the GMT — which displays the time in two or more time zones — has been intriguing travelers ...

No one could blame you for wanting a Rolex GMT-Master II: It’s the watch that defined a horological genre (the GMT), its look is utterly distinctive and, of course, it’s got the unassailable cachet of ...

Want more insider watch coverage? Get Box + Papers, GQ's newsletter devoted to the watch world, sent to your inbox every Friday. Sign up here. Do you have GMT envy? Are you thirsty for “Pepsi” and ...

If you travel frequently you may want to consider getting a GMT watch. What exactly is a GMT watch? Quite simply, it’s a watch that can show two or even three different time zones at once. It does ...

Pre-war commercial aviation looked completely different from today’s digitized world of computer-controlled, intercontinental flight. If you wanted to travel the globe in style in, say, 1934, the ...

Ice blue is making the rounds of luxury watches at the moment, and has become a popular color for special editions (Rolex’s platinum watches, for example, always have ice blue dials). These standouts ...

Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire's weekly column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world since March 2020. People who get into watch collecting often ...