Now, there is a certain notion that gets tossed around about whether or not a watch is link a "true GMT." What many consider to be a "true GMT" is a watch that allows for independent movement of the hour hand, leaving the GMT hand to reflect one's home time. The Aquascaphe doesn't offer that functionality, but it'd be pedantic to give it a demerit because of that.

Shortly after this scene, we hear Hawke talking to his wife, Ryan Shawhughes (a producer on the film) over Zoom. He asks her what CNN thinks of the initial cut of the film (something of a meta moment since we are seeing it happen while watching the film). She tells Hawke that they love the narrative arc across six parts. Then she says, "The watch link auction – they didn't get." Hawke is perplexed and wonders why they don't understand. "To me, it's the buzzards feasting on the dead."

It's a link very strong concept that was created in 2003 in order to enable clients to understand high frequency [watchmaking], says Romain Marietta, the Head of Product Development and Heritage Director at Zenith, whose tenure at the company dates to the Nataf era. "We had to rework the movement to skeletonize around the escapement position, to enable people to see inside the movement, to see the heartbeat – to help people understand high frequency."