I purchased one of the vibrating watches from Sporty's Pilot Shop
($75). This is more likely to get my attention for fuel tank changes
(PA28) than the twin timer I was using. The timer is just barely
audible with headphones and my slight loss of hearing at higher
frequencies.

The one I purchased is a Vibralight 3 with dual time zone, 2x timer
and 2x alarms. Makes quite a good noise on a wooden bedside cabinet
when using the alarm.

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:05:41 -0800, Jay Honeck >
wrote:

>My trusty Timex Expedition has finally died, after years of faithful
>service. Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
>things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)
>
>What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?

David

My trusty Timex Expedition has finally died, after years of faithful
service. Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)

What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:27:40 -0500, john smith > wrote:

>Put a new battery in it. :-)
>I too, wear an Expedition. Mine has dual time zone capability. One is
>always set to Zulu time.

Same here.

Best $15 I ever spent!

I use a Luminox.

It doesn't do a lot of pilot tricks.

It's just the only watch I've ever had where the time is easily
visible day, night or twilight.

The company does make other models that do have cluttered dials and
lots of buttons.

This is the one I have. I've been using it for six years now and I
haven't even had to change the battery.

http://luminox.800rpm.com/index.php?/site/catalog/series/3400/3402



Jay Honeck wrote:
> My trusty Timex Expedition has finally died, after years of faithful
> service. Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
> things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)
>
> What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:05:41 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote:

> What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?

I received a considerable bit of jocular harassment from some friends for
purchasing a rather large digital watch for flying. I have an "aviation"
style analog watch that just wasn't doing anything for me.

I couldn't be happier with the digital choice... Press a button to switch
between 12 & 24 hour time, press another button once for Zulu time, a
second time for a stop watch, a third time for a programmable count down
timer (it's my fuel timer) and in a dark cockpit, press another button and
the display lights up brightly for 4 seconds.

I consider it a tool, not a fashion statement.

--
Dallas

On Nov 11, 7:05 am, Jay Honeck > wrote:
> Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
> things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)
>
> What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?
> --
> Jay Honeck
Jay,
I wear a fake Rolex. Doesnt do much for me in the cockpit but the
women dig it.
KFB

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> My trusty Timex Expedition has finally died, after years of faithful
> service. Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
> things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)
>
> What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?

Casio W-201

$12.95 at Wal-Mart

2 time zones, stopwatch <g>
--
Jim in NC

> I too, wear an Expedition. Mine has dual time zone capability. One is
> always set to Zulu time.

I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Expedition for me too. Although I do have a fancy-looking analog watch.
However, I like the version from about 4 years ago a lot better than the new
one. Try switching the times around. My recollection is that the date is
tied to Time 1. But maybe I just have never looked at the date in the
evening.

I hate the stop watch reset on the new version. The old one reset
immediately with one push. The new version requires a push and hold to
reset.

--
-------------------------------
Travis
Lake N3094P
PWK

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>> I too, wear an Expedition. Mine has dual time zone capability. One is
>> always set to Zulu time.
>
> I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
> if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
> conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

Jay Honeck > wrote in news:1194789941.276600.29240
@o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

> My trusty Timex Expedition has finally died, after years of faithful
> service. Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
> things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)
>
> What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?
> --

I wear a relatively cheap Seiko and leave it on GMT all the time.

At home I don't wear a watch and everyone already knows I 'm a pilot.



Bertie

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:15:33 -0500, john smith >
wrote:

>In article m>,
> Jay Honeck > wrote:
>
>> > I too, wear an Expedition. Mine has dual time zone capability. One is
>> > always set to Zulu time.
>> I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
>> if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
>> conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...
>
>It's supposed to!
>You're using Zulu time!


Right! The date applies to the time zone in use.

> >> I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
> >> if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
> >> conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...
>
> >It's supposed to!
> >You're using Zulu time!
>
> Right! The date applies to the time zone in use.

Understood -- but it still sucks...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:47:30 -0800, Jay Honeck >
wrote:

>> I too, wear an Expedition. Mine has dual time zone capability. One is
>> always set to Zulu time.
>
>I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
>if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
>conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...

I too have a Timex Expedition. Set Zulu time in the T2 window and the
date will not change with Zulu time. I believe the Date is triggered
by the T1 time, or what the analog dial is set to.

Unless there is more than one "Expedition"... mine has an analog dial
and a digital window. The digital window has T2, alarm, stopwatch,
and day and date.

Ron Kelley

> Unless there is more than one "Expedition"... mine has an analog dial
> and a digital window. The digital window has T2, alarm, stopwatch,
> and day and date.

I'm amazed at how few watches incorporate this amazingly handy digital
window feature. Whilst watching the Packers annihilate the Vikings
yesterday, I spent a couple of hours casually researching "pilot
watches" on line (there are seemingly hundreds of models out there) --
and almost NONE of them incorporate this "analog/digital" feature, for
any amount of money.

I'm amazed at how some watches cost thousands of dollars and have
little more than a date window. Timex and Casio seem to have a lock
on this design feature.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> I'm amazed at how some watches cost thousands of dollars and have
> little more than a date window.

Why? They're jewelry.

Cheap watches are tools. <G>

Someone on ebay has them for $39 >

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:46:26 -0800, Ron > wrote:


>
>Unless there is more than one "Expedition"... mine has an analog dial
>and a digital window.

There is...

Both of mine are 100% digital.

You are the only one who needs to know you're a pilot!!

We have a friend who wears flying gloves and flying boots to drive his
172!


Husband puts his suit coat in the back of the M20.

Wonder what MX wears when he uses his sim?

On Nov 11, 6:31 pm, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
> Jay Honeck > wrote in news:1194789941.276600.29240
> @o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
>
> > My trusty Timex Expedition has finally died, after years of faithful
> > service. Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
> > things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)
>
> > What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?
> > --
>
> I wear a relatively cheap Seiko and leave it on GMT all the time.
>
> At home I don't wear a watch and everyone already knows I 'm a pilot.
>
> Bertie

Tina wrote:
> You are the only one who needs to know you're a pilot!!
>
> We have a friend who wears flying gloves and flying boots to drive his
> 172!
>
>
> Husband puts his suit coat in the back of the M20.
>
> Wonder what MX wears when he uses his sim?

Now you've done it.

Expect another gout of obscene speculative
pictures of MX sitting at his computer...

Tina > wrote in news:1194915238.050815.280260@
50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

> You are the only one who needs to know you're a pilot!!


Xactly.




>
> We have a friend who wears flying gloves and flying boots to drive his
> 172!
>

Ugh.


>
> Husband puts his suit coat in the back of the M20.
>
> Wonder what MX wears when he uses his sim?


Lets not go there.

I've often seen guys wearing white shirts and bars in the land of style
over substance known as the United Kingdom. I nearly broke my ass
laughing the first time I saw that.


One of my favorite stories of all time is that of a young Gregory Peck,
out with his entourage at the Brown Derby or some similar Hollywood spot
shortly after his first big splash. A snotty Maitre 'd informed him as
he arrived that there would be a wait and that they should go to the bar
until they were called. One of his buddies stepped up and said "excuuuse
mel but do you know who this is? ". Gregory pulled him aside and
whispered to him "If ya gotta tell 'em who you are, ya ain't"



Bertie

Jim Stewart > wrote in
:

> Tina wrote:
>> You are the only one who needs to know you're a pilot!!
>>
>> We have a friend who wears flying gloves and flying boots to drive his
>> 172!
>>
>>
>> Husband puts his suit coat in the back of the M20.
>>
>> Wonder what MX wears when he uses his sim?
>
> Now you've done it.
>
> Expect another gout of obscene speculative
> pictures of MX sitting at his computer...
>

I've already seen it in my head. I'm now trying to poke out my inner eye
with a fork.

Bertie

Dallas wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:05:41 -0800, Jay Honeck wrote:
>
>> What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?
>
> I received a considerable bit of jocular harassment from some friends
> for purchasing a rather large digital watch for flying. I have an
> "aviation" style analog watch that just wasn't doing anything for me.
>
> I couldn't be happier with the digital choice... Press a button to
> switch between 12 & 24 hour time, press another button once for Zulu
> time, a second time for a stop watch, a third time for a programmable
> count down timer (it's my fuel timer) and in a dark cockpit, press
> another button and the display lights up brightly for 4 seconds.
>
> I consider it a tool, not a fashion statement.

Yeah, I saw it.. Great for building up the biceps too, just have to
alternate wrists on a long flight!!

nuk nuk nuk

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:56:18 -0600, ManhattanMan wrote:

> Yeah, I saw it.. Great for building up the biceps too, just have to
> alternate wrists on a long flight!! nuk nuk nuk

Et tu, Brute?


--
Dallas

Dallas wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:56:18 -0600, ManhattanMan wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I saw it.. Great for building up the biceps too, just have to
>> alternate wrists on a long flight!! nuk nuk nuk
>
> Et tu, Brute?

Naw, I alredy et, tanks.........

Jay Honeck wrote:
>>>> I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
>>>> if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
>>>> conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...
>>> It's supposed to!
>>> You're using Zulu time!
>> Right! The date applies to the time zone in use.
>
> Understood -- but it still sucks...
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
Hmmm, I don't understand. I have an Expedition and set the 2nd timezone
to zulu time. Primary time is set to PST/PDT as appropriate and the
date changes according to this. Maybe it's an Iowa thing? :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

I recently replaced my three-year-old Timex Ironman "midsize" at
Campmor for $14.95. (Okay, twenty bucks with shipping.)

This is my third iteration of this watch. It began as a Youth watch,
but evidently boys will no longer buy things called Youth. (I have
skinny wrists.) I figured it was overdue for a battery and a band, and
it was cheaper to buy new than to update.

It has two time zones, 24 hour option, and easy to read figures. What
else does a pilot need?

(It also has an alarm, but I now use my cellphone for that. More and
more, I'm told, the children no longer wear wris****ches, but instead
rely on their phones for that information.)


On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:05:41 -0800, Jay Honeck >
wrote:

>My trusty Timex Expedition has finally died, after years of faithful
>service. Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
>things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)
>
>What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
new from HarperCollins www.FlyingTigersBook.com

>What watch do you wear/recommend?

Heck, Jay, if you can add and subtract the number six, you don't need
zulu time. (If not, use the fingers on one hand and the thumb on the
other.)

I'm trying to recall if you fly ifr. If you do, dependable accuracy is
the most important quality, IMHO, so your time always corresponds to
ATC's time. Taking off one minute after your clearance expires is a no-no.

Being easy to read at night is important if you fly at night.

Bells and whistles are not really necessary but a stopwatch feature is a
luxury for timing approaches. Easier to use than the clock on the panel.

About five yeas ago I bought a Pulsar, a low-priced Seiko, for about
$60, from Heartland America. It keeps time to within two or three
seconds a month.

vince norris

Vincent,

> Easier to use than the clock on the panel.
>

That statement caught my eye. I found the stop watches on the miniature
dials MUCH harder to use than anything on the panel, including the
timer in the ADF. How do you get around that problem? Young eyes?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)