The Best GMT and Travel Watches of Watches and Wonders 2025

We, at MONOCHROME, have long been strong advocates of the GMT, Worldtimer and Dual-Time complications. Why? Simply because when rightfully implemented, these additional features make some of the most practical watches possible – and we’re talking real-life practicality here, not an equation of time that no one has ever really understood (sorry, I had to say it…) And I can tell you that we were happy to see that brands during Watches and Wonders 2025 and the Geneva Watch Week came fully loaded, with an array of GMT and Travel watches. Here are some of the best we’ve seen – with one important exclusion, the Bovet Récital 30 (an absolutely brilliant watch) that we’ll feature in another selection. 

Armin Strom Dual Time GMT Resonance Manufacture Steel

Let’s start with the most complex watch on the list (thanks only to the alphabetical order…), which is much more than just its dual-time complication. This model is the second in the line-up, following the 2024 white gold Dual Time GMT Resonance. And now, its compact 39mm x 9mm case – all the more impressive considering everything it packs – is made of stainless steel and paired with a classic black dial. What this watch is all about is the use of two balances connected by a spring and using the phenomenon of resonance – a speciality of the brand. And here, despite the small-ish case, Armin Strom has managed to get two fully independent time displays, which can indicate separate hour, minutes and day/night position, even with half or quarter offsets. And then there’s the finishing, the complexity, the looks… And the price of CHF 95,000.

For more details, please consult our introducing article here.

Doxa SUB 250T GMT

Finally… this would be the perfect word to describe the arrival of the Doxa SUB 250T GMT. Indeed, Doxa has finally released a GMT dive watch for the very first time since the limited edition 750T GMT way back in 2006, after the fans requested such a model for years. And the best thing is that the watch comes in a more user-friendly size than that 45mm behemoth of 2006. Meet the compact 40mm x 10.8mm travel version of the emblematic Doxa cushion-shaped case. Available in no fewer than 9 colours, including all the brand’s classics and a new Sharkhunter gradient dial with vintage effect lume, this SUB 250T GMT retains the design and features of a dive watch – including the no-deco bezel – but adds a GMT function on the dial, with an inner 24-hour scale a large but unintrusive openworked 24-hour hand. The only downside, somehow explained by the accessible price, is the fact that this is an office/caller GMT watch, and not a proper travel GMT model.

For more details, please consult our hands-on article with video here.

Nomos Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer

With the Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer, Nomos stroke hard. First, the brand has revamped its world-time module in a watch that’s much more versatile, robust and fun than the rather traditional Zurich Weltzeit. The worldtimer function is now housed in a sporty, fairly compact – 40mm x 9.9mm – steel case with 100m water-resistance. Second, it does look fresh and practical, with the silver model being a favourite among our team – there are also 6 limited editions in bright colours, if that’s your thing. Third, it’s a practical watch with a pusher to quickly adjust the local hour hand, making it practical when travelling. Finally, the world-time module is now positioned on top of the thin automatic Neomatik base calibre, participating in the overall slenderness of this Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer. What else…? It all comes at a fair price of EUR 3,940, making it one of the best value propositions of the fair.

For more details, please consult our introducing article here.

Parmigiani Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante Verzasca Green

First introduced in 2022 with a blue dial, the Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante is a watch that perfectly summarises the brand’s current vision… An original and elegant take on the dual-time watch, it blends classic elegant-sports features with a textured bezel and an integrated bracelet, and in classic PF fashion, adds a touch of refined discretion on its complication. The pusher at 8 o’clock allows for adjusting the second time zone, but there’s another pusher, this time in the crown. And this one allows you to hide the additional 24-hour hand when it’s no longer needed. This year, a new Verzasca Green version joins the collection, with a delicate and subtle colour for the finely guilloché dial – PF has been a great advocate of colours recently, with some of them truly unique and appealing.

Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time 5524G Ivory

At first sight, this seems to be just an evolution of a long-existing watch. Sure, the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time 5524G first came on the market in 2015, and not without a certain dosage of controversy. Saying that it was well accepted at first would be hard, but after 10 years of existence, this watch has found its audience… until Patek decided earlier this year to remove it from the collection. Well, that was just temporary, as if the white gold and blue dial edition is not available anymore, it’s been replaced by this other white gold version, with an ivory white lacquered dial. And how a dial colour can change a watch. It’s fresh and bright, much lighter visually and paired with its khaki green composite strap, it certainly looks good – if you can get past the weird side pushers. What remains is a watch with great travelling capacities, thanks to pushers that allow changing forward and backward the local time. You have a night/day indicator for both locations and a date, making it a highly user-friendly model altogether.

For more details, please consult our introducing article here.

Ressence Type 7 GMT

Calling this watch a GMT might be a bit of a stretch, I admit. It’s more of a dual-time watch where adjusting the second time zone is a bit complex, but there was no opportunity to get a crown or pushers for that. It wouldn’t be a Ressence after all. What Ressence has done with its Type 7 is to deliver its vision of a sporty, daily-oriented model worn on a metal bracelet. Design-wise, it’s both novel and familiar, mixing the screen-like domed display of other oil-filled models with a new, more angular design and an external bezel – here in ceramic on this blue edition. The comfort of the titanium case and bracelet is undeniable, the visual appeal unmistakable, and the traveller’s functionality debatable… But in the end, is it what truly matters? We’ll soon come back on this watch with an in-depth video, as it deserves more attention.

For more details, please consult our introducing article here.

Rolex GMT-Master II Green Ceramic Dial 126729VTNR

The almost barbarian reference number – 126729VTRN – sums it up almost entirely. What we’re looking at here is a white gold version of the lefty version of the GMT-Master II, a.k.a the Sprite. So, yes, it is now made of solid 18k white gold but it retains the duo-tone ceramic bezel of the steel model, with black for nighttime and green for daytime. What’s really new here, and a first for Rolex, is the use of Cerachrom for the dial, thus creating a perfect match between the bezel’s insert and the dial. The green GMT hand has been replaced by a silvered one for legibility and while the traveller’s capacities of this watch are not to be demonstrated anymore, the design is still as polarising as it gets at Rolex. I once again strapped it upside-down during our meeting at Watches and Wonders, showing that it really is puzzling. Some love it, though.

For more details, please consult our introducing article here.

Tudor Black Bay Pro GMT Polar White

This one is a bit more personal, as I am an absolute fan of the Rolex Explorer II with polar white dial – as you can see in this article. When Tudor released its Black Bay Pro GMT watch in 2022, the intentions were clear: offering a more accessible alternative to the Explorer II. Same concept, same fixed bezel, same GMT function, same robustness (even more actually) and a design inspired by vintage 1655 references. There were a few drawbacks to report, mostly about the thickness of the case (14.6mm), while the 39mm was simply great. Now, nothing has been solved on this side, but there’s this new “polar” edition, with a white opaline dial. And it looks fantastic (I’m nothing but objective here… not). Personal preferences aside, the white dial with black outlined hands and markers, and that bright yellow GMT hand, all look clean, purposeful and exactly how an Explorer-like watch should. And there’s no faux-vintage lume anymore, but crisp white inserts that look even better. The rest is the same as before, for better or worse.

For more details, please consult our introducing article here.