{"id":43127,"date":"2020-05-03T08:42:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43127"},"modified":"2020-05-03T08:42:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:42:23","slug":"kanwar-recommends-the-analog-torgoen-t9-gmt-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/kanwar-recommends-the-analog-torgoen-t9-gmt-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanwar recommends the analog Torgoen T9 GMT watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/T913_A_1000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43128\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/T913_A_1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/T913_A_1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/T913_A_1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/T913_A_1000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/T913_A_1000-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/T913_A_1000-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Kanwar Sandhu, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I want to share some information, which may be interesting for SWLers.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the <strong>Torgoen T9 <\/strong>GMT watch.<\/p>\n<p>It has a Swiss GMT movement manufactured by Ronda that allows to set the GMT hand to a different time zone, which in the case of a professional pilot would be the Greenwich Mean Time or GMT.<\/p>\n<p>This ability makes it a perfect fit for the shortwave listener.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for sharing, Kanwar. I love analog watches, but rarely wear them these days because I like tracking my activity levels (my current watch is the <strong>Garmin Instinct <\/strong>recommended by my friend S\u00e9bastien (VA2SLW).<\/p>\n<p>Analog watches, however, appeal to me <em>much<\/em> more than digital watches. I do like the design of the T9 watch face and the GMT hand. (Although I bet our friend Jeff over at <a href=\"https:\/\/herculodge.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Herculodge blog<\/a> would argue it&#8217;s not nearly beefy enough!)<\/p>\n<p>I checked prices and it appears the Torgoen T9 is widely available (with different colors\/bands) for about $140 &#8211; $190 US.\u00a0 Reviews seem mixed. At least, on Amazon, some models have a very positive review thread while others less so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retailers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/torgoen.com\/collections\/t9-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Torgoen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dcwotm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search Amazon<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate link)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=4&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337672000&amp;customid=&amp;mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm570.l1313%26_nkw%3DTorgeoen%2BT9%26_sacat%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search eBay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could easily become a watch collector if I had the funds to do so. For now, that&#8217;s not a rabbit hole I&#8217;m willing to venture down because my radio passion pretty much consumes all &#8220;fun&#8221; money! Oh but I can admire from a distance&#8211;!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Post readers:<\/em><\/strong> Any other recommendations of analog GMT watches? Do you have the T9? Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kanwar Sandhu, who writes: I want to share some information, which may be interesting for SWLers. It&#8217;s the Torgoen T9 GMT watch. It has a Swiss GMT movement manufactured by Ronda that allows to set the GMT hand to a different time zone, which in the case of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4199,3],"tags":[7317,8486,8485],"class_list":["post-43127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-news","tag-kanwar-sandhu","tag-torgoen-t9","tag-torgoen-t9-gmt-watch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bdB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41922,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/rti-french-service-and-space-line-test-broadcasts-feb-22-mar-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":43127,"position":0},"title":"RTI and Space Line test broadcasts (Feb 22 &#8211; Mar 1)","author":"Thomas","date":"February 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kanwar Sandhu, who writes: Following email was received by Radio Taiwan International, French Service: French service will collaborate with Space Line from Bulgaria for a daily broadcast of thirty minutes from 19:00 to 19:30 UTC from Sunday March 29, 2020. 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