Best watch for pilots?

[Mxsmanic]

What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

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On May 13, 7:14*am, Mxsmanic > wrote:
> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

It has Mickey Mouse on it pointing at the numbers...

[Steve Foley]

"Mxsmanic" > wrote in message
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> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

I dunno. I have a personal preference, but I wouldn't presume to speak for
all pilots.

[Darkwing]

"Mxsmanic" > wrote in message
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> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?


I prefer to wear an alarm clock around my neck with a gold chain like Flavor
Flav.

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On May 13, 8:01*am, "Darkwing" <theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Mxsmanic" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>
> I prefer to wear an alarm clock around my neck with a gold chain like Flavor
> Flav.

Sweet!!!!

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Mxsmanic wrote:
> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

No best really. Pilots usually prefer function and clarity over fancy
design although my experience has been that these two things can be
present at the same time.
I seldom used or even needed a watch for navigation. I have noticed that
some of the pilots I know who fly internationally favor watches that
show different time zones while allowing them to keep their watches on GMT.
I own a Brietling Chronograph that has lived upstairs unused for years
(a gift) and next to that the Rolex Submariner that was my personal
preference through most of my tenure as an active pilot.

--
Dudley Henriques

[Jay Maynard]

On 2008-05-13, Dudley Henriques > wrote:
> I seldom used or even needed a watch for navigation. I have noticed that
> some of the pilots I know who fly internationally favor watches that
> show different time zones while allowing them to keep their watches on GMT.

I hauled off and bought a Citizen Skyhawk AT. Yeah, it's got all the fancy
features on it, bu it's also got nice big hands, nice big hour marks, and
can display the time in three time zones at once (two plus GMT). It's easy
to change from one time zone to the next, something I use more than any
other feature on the watch, and will set itself automagically from WWVB,
DCF77, or JJY. All that means I know it's showing me the right time, and
when I change time zones, it keeps doing so (because changing the time zone
is independent of setting the watch).

Getting the titanium version was purely consumption for its own sake,
though.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 2 June)

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Jay Maynard wrote:
> On 2008-05-13, Dudley Henriques > wrote:
>> I seldom used or even needed a watch for navigation. I have noticed that
>> some of the pilots I know who fly internationally favor watches that
>> show different time zones while allowing them to keep their watches on GMT.
>
> I hauled off and bought a Citizen Skyhawk AT. Yeah, it's got all the fancy
> features on it, bu it's also got nice big hands, nice big hour marks, and
> can display the time in three time zones at once (two plus GMT). It's easy
> to change from one time zone to the next, something I use more than any
> other feature on the watch, and will set itself automagically from WWVB,
> DCF77, or JJY. All that means I know it's showing me the right time, and
> when I change time zones, it keeps doing so (because changing the time zone
> is independent of setting the watch).
>
> Getting the titanium version was purely consumption for its own sake,
> though.

Sounds like a fine watch. I've had offers of thousands of dollars for
the Breitling and one of these days I'll let it go I guess. It has an
E6B outer and inner bezel that I've never used. The thing weighs a ton.
I wore it for a few days and took it off. That was 40 years ago I think.
:-)

--
Dudley Henriques

[Steve Foley]

"Jay Maynard" > wrote in message
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> On 2008-05-13, Dudley Henriques > wrote:
> > I seldom used or even needed a watch for navigation.

> I hauled off and bought a Citizen Skyhawk AT.

I had a Casio that a friend of mine gave me. He got sick of me asking him
what time it was. I wore it for fifteen years before I accidentally went
swimming in Nantucket Sound with it on. The next day, I gave the rusty
remnants a burial at sea.

I went to Wal-Mart and picked up a $15 watch while I decided what watch to
buy. Eight years later, I decided on a Casio Waveceptor. Solar powered, and
automatically sets the time from the atomic clock in Ft Collins. Big
numbers, and will turn on the light if you rotate your wrist 90 degrees, so
you can turn it on with one hand.

Two years later, I'm back to the Wal-Mart $15 watch. The battery in the
Waveceptor won't hold a charge any more. I leave it in the window all
weekend (While I wear the $15 one) and it often makes it until the next
weekend before shutting down again.

Skin cancer runs in my family, so I avoid the sun. That may be a large part
of the problem.

[comanche driver]

for you a simulated watch....

"Mxsmanic" > wrote in message
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> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

[Jay Maynard]

On 2008-05-13, Dudley Henriques > wrote:
> Sounds like a fine watch. I've had offers of thousands of dollars for
> the Breitling and one of these days I'll let it go I guess. It has an
> E6B outer and inner bezel that I've never used. The thing weighs a ton.

I pondered a Rolex Submariner, but decided that $6K for a watch was
overdoing things. The Breitling is probably in the same class.

The Citizen has an E6B bezel, too; I use it occasionally, just to remind
myself how. I'm not sure it's big enough to be usable in flight, though. The
watch would weigh a ton if I'd gotten the stainless version, but, instead,
it weighs about the same as a significantly smaller Citizen Eco-Drive in
stainless I bought a decade ago. It's pretty comfortable.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 2 June)

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Jay Maynard wrote:
> On 2008-05-13, Dudley Henriques > wrote:
>> Sounds like a fine watch. I've had offers of thousands of dollars for
>> the Breitling and one of these days I'll let it go I guess. It has an
>> E6B outer and inner bezel that I've never used. The thing weighs a ton.
>
> I pondered a Rolex Submariner, but decided that $6K for a watch was
> overdoing things. The Breitling is probably in the same class.
>
> The Citizen has an E6B bezel, too; I use it occasionally, just to remind
> myself how. I'm not sure it's big enough to be usable in flight, though. The
> watch would weigh a ton if I'd gotten the stainless version, but, instead,
> it weighs about the same as a significantly smaller Citizen Eco-Drive in
> stainless I bought a decade ago. It's pretty comfortable.

It's funny. I don't even wear a watch any more. Both are upstairs
gathering dust. Come to think of it, I'm gathering some dust myself :-)

--
Dudley Henriques

[Darkwing]

"comanche driver" <spamawayassh.ole> wrote in message
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> for you a simulated watch....
>
> "Mxsmanic" > wrote in message
> ...
>> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>
>

Just double click in the lower right hand portion of your desktop, it has
all sorts of features.

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

Mxsmanic > wrote in
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> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?


One that works
>

but in your case a semen proof one.


Bertie

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

nobody > wrote in
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> MXASSHAT WROTE:
>
>>What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>
> If anyone ever doubted that Anthony Atkielski is a troll, this should
> convince you, once and for all.
>
>

I resent that. There's no way we'd ever let him into the lodge.


Bertie

[Gig 601Xl Builder]

Mxsmanic wrote:
> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

Feel free to use a wall clock.

[Gig 601Xl Builder]

comanche driver wrote:
> for you a simulated watch....
>
> "Mxsmanic" > wrote in message
> ...
>> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>
>

And unlike Anthony it will be right twice a day.

[Steve Foley]

"Gig 601Xl Builder" > wrote in message
m...
> Mxsmanic wrote:
> > What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>
> Feel free to use a wall clock.

A Cuckoo clock seems fitting.

[Stefan Hueneburg[_2_]]

Steve Foley wrote:

>> Feel free to use a wall clock.
>
> A Cuckoo clock seems fitting.

I doubt these choices would fulfill the desired purpose.

cu

[Steve Foley]

"Stefan Hueneburg" > wrote in message
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> Steve Foley wrote:
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> >> Feel free to use a wall clock.
> >
> > A Cuckoo clock seems fitting.
>
> I doubt these choices would fulfill the desired purpose.

The OP is not a pilot, but simply pretends with Microsoft Flight Simulator.
A Cuckoo Clock would be perfect
for his purposes.

If he was a pilot, we wouldn't have to read his postings, as one of his
recent flights ended 'tragically.

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On May 13, 11:06*am, "Steve Foley" > wrote:
> "Stefan Hueneburg" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Steve Foley wrote:
>
> > >> Feel free to use a wall clock.
>
> > > A Cuckoo clock seems fitting.
>
> > I doubt these choices would fulfill the desired purpose.
>
> The OP is not a pilot, but simply pretends with Microsoft Flight Simulator..
> A Cuckoo Clock would be perfect
> for his purposes.
>
> If he was a pilot, we wouldn't have to read his postings, as one of his
> recent flights ended 'tragically.

Ahhh, now there is a needed upgrade for his simulator to increase the
realism level. He needs to install a double barrel 12 guage shotgun
in the panel aimed directly at his pilot chair. If he crashes, it
blows him away...

[Benjamin Dover]

Mxsmanic > wrote in
:

> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

A sundial.

[Helen Waite]

Mxsmanic > wrote in
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> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

It doesn't really matter, you can't affort one anyway.

[Maxwell[_2_]]

"nobody" > wrote in message
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> MXASSHAT WROTE:
>
>>What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>
> If anyone ever doubted that Anthony Atkielski is a troll, this should
> convince you,
> once and for all.
>

Indeed, but watch the idiots gobble it up.

[Maxwell[_2_]]

"Dudley Henriques" > wrote in message
...
> Mxsmanic wrote:
>> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>
> No best really. Pilots usually prefer function and clarity over fancy
> design although my experience has been that these two things can be
> present at the same time.
> I seldom used or even needed a watch for navigation. I have noticed that
> some of the pilots I know who fly internationally favor watches that show
> different time zones while allowing them to keep their watches on GMT.
> I own a Brietling Chronograph that has lived upstairs unused for years (a
> gift) and next to that the Rolex Submariner that was my personal
> preference through most of my tenure as an active pilot.
>
> --
> Dudley Henriques

You should include pictures on your wikipedia page.

[xxx]

On May 13, 6:14 am, Mxsmanic > wrote:
> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?

This one. The others are insufficiently accurate for real pilots.

http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/atomic-bill/

[Dave[_19_]]

Agreed on the Citizen Eco-Drive!

I have the Blue Angels version cause I find the contrast of the white
lettering against the dark background easier for these eyes.

3rd yr with it, still like it very much...

Dave


On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:18:48 GMT, Jay Maynard
> wrote:

>I hauled off and bought a Citizen Skyhawk AT. Yeah, it's got all the fancy
>features on it, bu it's also got nice big hands, nice big hour marks, and
>can display the time in three time zones at once (two plus GMT). It's easy
>to change from one time zone to the next, something I use more than any
>other feature on the watch, and will set itself automagically from WWVB,
>DCF77, or JJY. All that means I know it's showing me the right time, and
>when I change time zones, it keeps doing so (because changing the time zone
>is independent of setting the watch).

[Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]]

"Maxwell" <luv2^fly99@cox.^net> wrote in
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>
> "Dudley Henriques" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Mxsmanic wrote:
>>> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>>
>> No best really. Pilots usually prefer function and clarity over fancy
>> design although my experience has been that these two things can be
>> present at the same time.
>> I seldom used or even needed a watch for navigation. I have noticed
>> that some of the pilots I know who fly internationally favor watches
>> that show different time zones while allowing them to keep their
>> watches on GMT. I own a Brietling Chronograph that has lived upstairs
>> unused for years (a gift) and next to that the Rolex Submariner that
>> was my personal preference through most of my tenure as an active
>> pilot.
>>
>> --
>> Dudley Henriques
>
> You should include pictures on your wikipedia page.
>

What you got, an egg timer? Stand on your head to wind it?


Bertie

[Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]]

"Maxwell" <luv2^fly99@cox.^net> wrote in news:SknWj.42274$KJ1.41368
@newsfe19.lga:

>
> "nobody" > wrote in message
> ...
>> MXASSHAT WROTE:
>>
>>>What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>>
>> If anyone ever doubted that Anthony Atkielski is a troll, this should
>> convince you,
>> once and for all.
>>
>
> Indeed, but watch the idiots gobble it up.
>
>

Snort!

irony, so swwwweeeeeeeeetttt.



Bertie

[Fred Sanders]

On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:47:06 GMT, Benjamin Dover wrote:

> A sundial.

Perfect, please, fly at night you st00pid ****.
--
Anyone who says I suck Eastern Indian dick has never met my Irish lover
Kevin O'Neill. YUMMIE!

[Benjamin Dover]

Fred Sanders > wrote in
:

> On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:47:06 GMT, Benjamin Dover wrote:
>
>> A sundial.
>
> Perfect, please, fly at night you st00pid ****.

For the OP (Anthony Atkielski, aka MXSmoron), the sundial would work fine.
He doesn't fly. He just plays with MSFS while stroking his joystick. Happy
now, you dumb ass st00pid ****?

[Stealth Pilot[_2_]]

On Tue, 13 May 2008 18:19:00 -0700 (PDT), xxx >
wrote:

>On May 13, 6:14 am, Mxsmanic > wrote:
>> What's the best wris****ch for a pilot?
>
>This one. The others are insufficiently accurate for real pilots.
>
>http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/atomic-bill/



gods I love the humour.

in mxbuffoons case it doesnt matter because he cant read the time.
he'd need a speaking clock.
Stealth pilot