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The stubby hour hand is taken from the original MoD pilot watch spec, and is possibly a matter of taste - I love it. The bracelet and end links are great, and the whole thing is really well made; from people that have owned both, the Speedbird is about 90-95% as good as an IWC flieger, but at 10% of the cost.
The GMT is a bit busy for my tastes, which is why I didn't buy one, but I don't think it's terrible.
Thrustvector
Stonehedge
Not a fan of this at all. Looks like a huge mess. GMT complication is necessarily busy, but this is just badly executed IMO. The stubby GMT hand, the stubby and awful shaped hour hand, the second hand and minute hands are too long, the date window is too small, the end links and bracelet look wrong.
I’m not a designer, but I’d like to hear a designer’s opinion, positive and negative.