I've been scrolling on the internet to find a proper quartz GMT watches that won't fetch as much as an automatic ones (ummm... Grand Seiko.... ).
I found the MWC and Luminox (Bear Grylls series) which claimed to be a GMT/dual-time watch.
They do have a fourth hand pointing to 24-hour marking, but it's far from the truth in usage.
For a dual-time travel GMT watch (e.g. Rolex Explorer II or GMT Master-II) which I call them "real", you adjust the 24-hour hand by the second detent and it will move together with the 12-hour hand when adjusting. And the first detent allows you to move just the 12-hour hand hour-by-hour alongside the date. Hence when you travel, you just need to adjust that without messing with the minute hand.
For the MWC and Luminox "GMT" watches, you also adjust the 24-hour hand by second detent in the same way. However, the first detent will adjust the date when scrolling up, and _smoothly_ adjust the 24-hour hand without any notches. That is a big problem because a slight misalignment can make that 24-hour hand useless as it doesn't sync with the 12-hour hand. It would be possible to adjust that on an o'clock or maybe half-hour but not anywhere else where you risk misrepresenting the time on 24-hour hand. That alone is the deal breaker as it requires one to adjust the current time to a full hour, adjust the 24-hour hand and then readjust the current time.
Enough rent. If I have time, I might post a video for a comparison.
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