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THURSDAY JULY 24
Watch List: Two Timers Because in these hours of great financial uncertainty, it's nice to know what time it is somewhere else. July 2008The dual-timer watch, also known as a GMT, is a bit of an enigma. While technically a sports watch, it is one only insofar as keeping track of two time zones at once can be characterized as a sport. Likewise, the dual-timer dial is generally clean and elegant -- a departure from the souped-up subdials of its ADD-inducing sports-watch peers. Still, beneath its quiet demeanor lurks a steely complexity and an engineering built for accuracy: GMTs are precision timers, originally created for professional pilots (back when taking off and landing on time was a requisite part of the job). As such, they are uniquely reliable. Thus, when you turn to the dude next to you on the floor of the Merc and say, "Hey, look, my dual-timer watch tells me the Ljubljana Stock Exchange just closed," you'll be right every time -- for what little that may, in fact, be worth.
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