What do you get when you put swelling strings, adventure travel, and sped up images of men in lab coats together? Marketing gold for an otherwise unassuming watch brand.
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Bibletoter at the PMWF created this custom Vostok. Very cute idea: print out a face, glue it on, and you’ve got a brand new watch. Who needs enamel when you’ve got paper?

Check it out here.

OK. So this isn’t a GMT, but it has a 24 hour dial and, technically, shows two time zones, so it appears to fit the bill. Like many Vostoks, this piece feels like something that fell through the cracks in the 1980s – something post-Communist and pre-Mafiya that would be worn by mid-level bureaucrats and farmers alike, and perhaps the occasional cosmonaut during his long, post-outer space stint as a Moscow taxi driver.

That said, this is one of the nicest 24-hour pieces for less than $50 you can find.
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