Stuhrling Men's GMT Watch: The Classic Two-Tone Dive Look, Without the Price Tag

A stainless steel GMT watch with a blue and red dive bezel and a Jubilee-style bracelet. This is the kind of two-tone GMT design usually associated with watches costing many times more — here's a close look at how it actually holds up, and what owners tend to notice after wearing it.

First look

The two-tone bezel is the detail that grabs attention first — a deep blue paired with a dark red, split down the middle, the same style seen on classic GMT dive watches. The dial is black, and the case is polished stainless steel with a screw-down crown. Watch the unboxing clip and the blue and red halves of the bezel pick up glare at different angles — something a single product still tends to flatten.

The dial and GMT function

This is a dual-time (GMT) watch, not a simple three-hand piece. Alongside the regular hour and minute hands, a separate GMT hand with an arrow tip tracks a second time zone against the numbered bezel, so you can read two time zones at a glance. A date window sits at three o'clock. The dial uses light-colored hour markers against black for contrast.

Case, crown and bracelet

The case is stainless steel with a screw-down crown, which is what actually makes the water resistance work — the crown has to be screwed fully down for the seal to hold, not just pushed in. The bracelet is a Jubilee-style stainless steel design, a five-link pattern that sits differently on the wrist than a simple three-link band, with a more dressed-up, layered look.

Rated water resistant to 10 ATM (100 metres), so this one is built for actual swimming and diving depths, not just splash resistance.

What comes in the box

The watch arrives in Stuhrling's branded box, with a cleaning cloth, an authenticity card, and an instruction manual specific to setting the dual-time and date functions (worth reading before adjusting the date, since quickset date functions on GMT watches typically shouldn't be used during certain night-time hours to avoid damaging the movement).

Who it suits

If you want the look of a classic GMT dive watch — the two-tone bezel, the Jubilee bracelet — without the price of a Swiss original, this is that style. It suits someone who travels across time zones and wants to track a second time at a glance, or simply likes the aesthetic.

Because the bracelet runs long out of the box on most wrists, expect to remove a few links before it fits properly — this is normal for Jubilee-style bracelets and takes a few minutes with the right tool.

What owners notice

The design is the clear highlight. Owners consistently mention that it reads as a much more expensive watch at a glance — the two-tone bezel and Jubilee bracelet combination is instantly recognizable as a classic GMT dive-watch look, and several note it draws compliments. The screw-down crown genuinely does its job for water resistance, as long as it's screwed all the way down before wearing it in water — most reported leaks trace back to that step being skipped.

A few things are worth knowing going in. The bracelet ships sized for a large wrist, so plan on removing links before it fits properly. Build quality is consistent but not flawless — some owners have run into a misaligned date lens or a bezel that spins more freely than expected, and there are occasional reports of a clasp pin wearing out after extended daily use. None of these are dealbreakers for most owners, but they're the kind of detail worth knowing about a watch at this price point.

Key details

• Brand: Stuhrling Original
• Model: 3968.2
• Case: stainless steel, 42mm
• Dial: black with GMT hand and date window
• Movement: quartz with GMT (dual time) function
• Bracelet: stainless steel Jubilee-style, adjustable
• Water resistance: 10 ATM / 100 metres