"Brinks" writes:

I've been off looking for a good aviation watch. I've looked at Citizen
Skyhawk watches, which look cool, but they don't have a backlight, which I
thought would be bad (good?) for flying at night. And I've seen some
others that are all digital, but I like having the hands for a timer. And I
found one that vibrates, which I thought would be really handy for switching
tanks and things, but it didn't have hands. So, I was wondering, what would
everyone like to see as a minimum set of features in an ideal watch? Here's
my list -

1) Analog hands and second hand for timing things
2) Digital clock set to Zulu time so I don't have to bother my small brain
with those pesky conversions
3) Backlight so I can see it when I'm flying at night
4) Vibrating alarm so I remember to do routine things like switch tanks.
5) Nifty E6B ring around the outside that I really can't see, but really
impresses the chicks at the bar

What say you?

Q: What do you get if you cross a pilot with a gorilla?
A: An ape with a big watch

In the middle of my instrument training, I bought a $40 Casio watch
which had analog hands that I set to local time, and a digital readout
which I set to UTC. I eventually switched back to the Seiko analog
watch I got as a high school graduation present from my parents, which
is the watch I still wear.

So, let me answer your questions:

1) Yes, got that
2) The panel clock in my Skylane has two time zones and a timer with an alarm
3) You should have some cockpit lighting to look at charts, etc, no?
4) See (2) (It's a Davtron M-800)
5) Hm

-jav