--- title: "Sophisticated Folk Wear the Chevy GMT800’s Gauge Cluster on Their Wrist" date: "2025-01-21" modified: "2025-01-21" authors: - name: "Ronan Glon" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/ronan-glon.md" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/sophisticated-folk-wear-the-chevy-gmt800s-gauge-cluster-on-their-wrist" categories: - "Culture" - "News" tags: - "watches" --- # Sophisticated Folk Wear the Chevy GMT800’s Gauge Cluster on Their Wrist ![GMT800-inspired watch face]() *\Mordco\* It seems like every new supercar is accompanied by [a matching, limited-edition watch]() that costs as much as a late-model crossover. Wearing your passion (and, ultimately, your money) on your wrist is a thing, but you don't need a fat wallet to show off your love of cars. The much cheaper alternative to, say, a Ferrari-themed Richard Mille is a General Motors GMT800-inspired display for smartwatches. While your wealthy uncle is waxing poetic about ultra-flat manual winding movements, titanium baseplates, and mainspring delta curves, you can get the time from a watch face shaped like the speedometer found in General Motors' GMT800-generation pickups and SUVs that first hit the scene in 1999. That's the Chevrolet Silverado, [Tahoe](), and Suburban and their GMC-branded equivalents, among other trucks. The second-generation Cadillac Escalade was GMT800-based as well, but it featured a more upmarket, model-specific instrument cluster. ![GMT800-inspired watch face]() **Mordco** Mordco, the company that designed the watch face, offers several designs. All start with a surprisingly accurate rendition of the speedometer that anyone who has ever driven a GMT800-generation truck will immediately recognize. A second needle joins the orange speedometer needle to show the time, which also appears on the odometer. The shift pattern changes from design to design. It's either printed on the gauge face, like the speedometer numbers, or digital, like the odometer. There's also a version of the pattern that humorously shows "PRNNNN," and a separate variant with the updated speedometer fitted to later GMT800-based models. That one goes up to 120 mph! The GMT800-inspired watch face is compatible with devices running [Google's Wear OS software]() and with [Garmin devices](). It doesn't look like it can be added to Apple-powered watches yet. [Pricing]() is surprisingly reasonable: $5! If a GMT800-gen truck isn't fancy enough for you, the site also sells a Cadillac V-inspired watch face for the same money. *Got tips? Send ’em to [tips@thedrive.com]()* ## Author Ronan is a contributing writer for The Drive. He draws on over 15 years of experience to cover breaking industry news, cool one-off builds, and anything in between. He began writing for The Drive in 2021 and stepped into his current role in 2024. His obsession with cars started when a relative gave him a Majorette die-cast shortly after his first birthday. It hasn't flickered since. Ronan lives in France; He swapped Utah's Rocky Mountains, where he grew up, for the Alps. He's an avid hiker, mountain biker, and musician. He also restores classic European cars and mopeds, including a 1978 Citroen 2CV that he's rebuilding from the ground up. ### Author social links [Twitter]() ## More - [Like-New GMT800 Chevy Silverado Single-Cab Unearthed, and You Can Buy It]() - [2000 Chevy K5 Blazer Concept Was the Best GMT800 That Never Made It]() - [The Cadillac Escalade Turns 25. Happy Birthday to the SUV That Shaped Pop Culture]() - [Retro 2024 Chevy Suburban Build Is the Vintage Trim GM Should Bring Back]() - [New Bugatti Tourbillon: 1,800-HP V16 Hybrid, Coolest Gauge Cluster Ever]() - [World’s Junkiest Chevy Silverado Tow Rig Has 500,000 Miles and Counting]() - [Is That Just a Motorcycle Helmet on the Bad Guy in Star Wars: The Acolyte?]() - [This ’90s Chevy Truck With a Bird Beak Body Kit Has a Mysterious Backstory]()