Hot on the heels of their successful collaboration with the US Olympic curling team (yes, that really happened, and there?s really a piece of curling stone in the casebacks of these watches) Oak & Oscar is back with a new iteration of their much loved Humboldt sports watch. The Humboldt GMT takes the classic three-hand layout of the Humboldt 12hr to the next logical step, adding an actual GMT function, and replacing the handy 12 hour bezel with a more complication-appropriate 24 hour bezel. Besides the added functionality of the new movement and layout, the Humboldt GMT also introduces a new clasp design to the Oak & Oscar bracelet (as well as some other refinements), which should make this watch even more wearable than earlier versions. 
The Humboldt was always conceived as a classic explorer?s watch. The Arabic numerals at cardinal positions (12, 3, and 9 here) are in the same spirit, if not the exact layout, of the classic Explorer, made by Rolex and associated with adventure of all sorts. The name of the watch was inspired by Alexander von Humboldt, an 18th century explorer and scientist, and major influence on Charles Darwin, who is credited with popularizing the idea that the South American and African continents were once joined and have been slowly moving apart for millenia (hopefully this comes in handy at your next round of pub trivia). In any event, it?s clear that Oak & Oscar?s goal here is to imbue the Humboldt with the spirit of curiosit...