The neon one, and why I'd still wear it
By Rafael Ortiz, Mexico City ยท
I'll admit it: the neon green and white bezel made me laugh the first time I saw it. Then I imagined it on a layover at Lisbon airport at 6 a.m., and suddenly a 24-hour scale you can read through jet lag made a lot of sense.
The movement is the Soprod C125, a Swiss automatic with a GMT hand and 42 hours of reserve. Zodiac first made a GMT in 1966, and this one keeps the 40 mm case and the 200 m rating of the dive range. The white dial is crisp, and the date at 3 is easy to see.
One thing to know: the C125 is a 'caller' style GMT, which means the GMT hand is the one you set separately and the local hour doesn't jump on its own. For frequent flyers who change the local time a lot, a flyer GMT is handier.
At $1,695 it's a fun, honest travel watch. Sofia says it looks like a highlighter. She is not wrong, and I still like it.