Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by CydeWeys 988 days ago
You missed the point; you aren't changing time zones while snorkeling, but you are still wearing the watch. The point is you don't have your phone with you while snorkeling so you have to check the time on your watch, and because you're traveling, you had to change the time when you got there, which the independently adjustable hour hand made easier.

An independently adjustable hour hand is a useful complication on a watch for traveling across time zones.