Aviation Watches

Cheaper he
http://www.upintheair.com/navihawk.htm

If you look at the Navihawk which is normally around $300,
compare it to this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V44A51466

Similar...but no E6B on the outside, though this one has:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H25A42466

I prefer these:
http://www.poljot.com/html_chronos/b...tor_chrono.htm

Paul

"BoDEAN" wrote in message
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Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky

In a previous article, BoDEAN said:
Suggestions?

I like the AOPA watch. It's cheap, and it has both hands and digits.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
....if you squeeze a MS product into a small enough memory footprint there may
not be sufficient space for it to fall over, thus giving the impression it's
reliable. -- Geoff Lane

"BoDEAN" wrote in message
Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky


What do you need other than accurate time?

Suggestions?

They are not stylish, but my recommendation is a Casio calculator watch.
They are functional, accurate, and inexpensive. When they stop functioning,
drop by Wal-mart and buy a new one. Although far from the majority, you
will find many professional pilots wearing these.

John Bell
www.cockpitgps.com

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:47:34 -0500, BoDEAN
wrote:

Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky

I received a Citizen Navihawk as a gift about six years ago. It looks
impressive. Having Zulu time in the digital window and local time on
the analog face is convenient. The alarms are nice but not loud
enough to hear in a cockpit. I had to have it cleaned after one year
because the main function button quit working. The same thing
happened in another year. And a year later it happened again and
couldn't be fixed so Citizen gave me a new watch under warranty. The
same thing happened with the new watch. I would not buy another
Citizen.

Previously I had two Casio $39 watches that lasted about six to eight
years each with no service except for new batteries,

- John Ousterhout -

One night at a hotel where many airline crews overnighted a captain
had to pee, and slightly drunk, opened the door to the hallway instead
of the bathroom and locked himslef out of his room. Naked, and in
panic he knocked on the room next door.

The Flight Attendent in that room looked through the peephole and
seeing the naked man, picked up the telephone and called the front
desk, "There's a naked man outside my door" she cried.

"Does he have a little dick and a big watch?" asked the front desk.

"Why yes" the Flight Attendent answered.

"It's just a pilot" relied the front desk.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:47:34 -0500, BoDEAN
wrote:

Suggestions?

I got a Pulsar chronometer (made byh Seiko) from an outfit called
"Heartland" something-or-other a year or so ago, for a mere $63. It
keeps time to within a second or two a month. I'm very pleased with
it.

If you go to Google and type in "Heartland," I'm sure you'll find it.
If not, email me and I'll track it down for you.

vince norris

Paul Tomblin wrote:
I like the AOPA watch. It's cheap, and it has both hands and digits.

And if you go over to any Target or WalMart, the same watch (it's
a Timex) without the AOPA logo is about $40 or less.

Personally, I use a $15 Timex with the backlight button. Perfect
for night flights. And if something goes wrong with it, or it gets
damaged, it's not a crisis.

With big numbers for my fading close-in eyesight...

"blanche cohen" wrote in message
...
Personally, I use a $15 Timex with the backlight button. Perfect
for night flights. And if something goes wrong with it, or it gets
damaged, it's not a crisis.

suunto observer

pretty accurate altimeter and vsi and flux gate compass to boot.
you even set the altimeter setting, though in .05 increments, 29.90,
29.95, etc.
a little large but much smaller then the other suunto watches
dual time so you can have zulu display as well,
has light and battery life is pretty good.

I wouldnt bother with watches with e6b type
dials, too small to read or monkey with
when bumping around

I found it cheapest here........
http://www.jomashop.com/suunto.html



On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:47:34 -0500, BoDEAN
wrote:

Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky

What do you need other than accurate time?

Zulu is nice. Two-zone watches are in the $30 range from Casio and
Timex.

Mine is Timex Expedition , though I appreciate that names & features
change with great regularity. I recently replaced it with an Ironman
that was on sale for $15, but it proved not to have the second zone,
and the numbers are smaller, so I wear it only for best.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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