A One-of-a-Kind Bezel
But perhaps best of all is the bezel setup on the DS-X GMT, which is something I don’t recall ever having seen before.
The external bezel consists of two parts. The inner part is your typical day-night 24-hour bezel for the GMT, and to operate it, you press down and turn it like opening a pill bottle. The outside of the bezel features compass markings, and it’s a friction-fit setup that you can turn separately. This makes it easier to use your watch as a compass using its hands and the sun.
While I’ve seen dual-function external bezels before, I’ve never seen one that works the same way this one does, nor one that combines these two features to be used independently of one another. It’s a nice bit of innovation at an unbeatable price point that really hammers home the outdoor travel capabilities of this watch.
Pricing and Availability
The DS-X GMT is a quartz-powered Certina, meaning the watch is almost unbelievably affordable.
On a steel bracelet, which is available with black/green or black/red bezels, it’s CHF 520 (~$652). On a rubber strap, it retails for just CHF 495 (~$620). Both the black/green and black/red versions are also available on black rubber, and there’s also a third rubber option that happens to be my pick of the bunch: a white dial with a blue strap and blue/orange bezel. Let’s go, Knicks!
