Letter FROM Santa!

The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!

But need to know what would be most suitable!

What should I suggest! (brand / model etc. )

Dave

These look nice.

http://www.watchbuys.com/Yaeger.htm


"Dave" wrote in message
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The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!

But need to know what would be most suitable!

What should I suggest! (brand / model etc. )

Dave

I've been flying for 10 years and never understood the need for a pilot
watch. A garden variety digital watch has everything you need. One
feature that I look for is a push button on the face instead of its
side to turn the backlight on. Timex CR1620 has this. It cost $40. It
also has a digital compass, which at first sight may appear to be
useful, but it is useless.

"Dave" wrote in message
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The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!

But need to know what would be most suitable!

What should I suggest! (brand / model etc. )

Dave

Others may disagree with me, but I'd stay away from a 'pilots' watch.

I bought a Citizen WR 100 pilot style watch a few years ago. It has a lot of
features/dials/etc., but not really practical to use while flying. I then
bought a Timex dual-time zone watch (digital & analog) and use it for every
day while the Citizen sits collecting dust. On the Timex, I set the analog
to the local time and use the digital for Zulu time. The Timex is less than
a fourth of the cost of the Citizen.

A similar Timex can be found he
http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl....roduct_id=6356
or on eBay...

-Greg B.

I agree too, I've got a nice little lightweight Casio quartz watch with
a regular analog dial and glowing hands plus a small digital LCD window
at the bottom for the same reason as you. It works great for flying
purposes.

I once had a big old "Aviator's Chronograph" watch with four different
dials and a heading bug ring and it was way too big, heavy and
cumbersome to fool with. The massive stainless steel watchband kept
painfully ripping the hairs out of my arm too.

Wifey got me a Seiko Pilot Chronograph w/ white face when I got my
ticket. It's got E6B bezel and a BUNCH of little dials, a "little
watch inside the big watch that I've set to GMT. Ten years now and
still ticking. I swim with it on in the pool and at the beach with my
girls every summer since I got it.

Never had any trouble w/ it except for one time when I took it to a
kiosk at the mall to get the bat changed. The girl at the watch kiosk
had trouble putting the back plate back on she turned around to where I
couldn't see what she was doing and gave me the watch back when she was
done. Four months later I swam w/ it and got the watch "foggy". I
took it to a jewler and he said that the girl musta left out the O-ring
gasket because there wasn't one in there. He cleaned it up, put in new
bats and O-ring and it's been fine ever since.

The dumb B*tch and the kiosk itsn't there anymore.

Everyone who's look at my watch likes it. I'm very happy w/ it.

Everyone who's look at my watch likes it. I'm very happy w/ it.

Yes, but can you tell what time it is at a glance?

In my experience, every so-called "pilot's watch" does a great job of doing
everything but telling time.

I finally opted for a simple Timex Expedition, with a nice, bold blue analog
face, big white numbers, glow-in-the-dark hands, and the digital
day/date/timer/dual time window.

With a light, of course. Thirty bucks, indestructible, and I can tell what
time it is at a glance.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Everyone who's look at my watch likes it. I'm very happy w/ it.

Yes, but can you tell what time it is at a glance?

In my experience, every so-called "pilot's watch" does a great job of
doing everything but telling time.

I finally opted for a simple Timex Expedition, with a nice, bold blue
analog face, big white numbers, glow-in-the-dark hands, and the digital
day/date/timer/dual time window.

With a light, of course. Thirty bucks, indestructible, and I can tell
what time it is at a glance.

That's the one I have, and you're certainly right about the "indestructible"
part! :~)

A few years ago my wife bought me a Pulsar Pilots Chronograph. Probably
about $350 or so. E6B dial, the works. The numbers and all are so small as
to be unreadable. I wear it for everything EXCEPT flying.
--
Matt

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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

I as much a cheap ******* as the next guy :) but I'm not gonna look a
gifted horse in the mouth. I bought a simple Timex for myself when I
was single, had a Real Rolex once (a gift from a middle-eastern friend
who asked for it back and pawned it while we were loosing our arse in
Vegas). The Timex still worked up to a few years ago, if I shake it,
it is one 'o them that you have to keep in motion to wind-up. The
housing(plated cast zinc I believe) got all corroded and wifey finally
threw it out w/o my knowledge.

I recently bought a Casio G-Shock Waveceptor. Solar powered, atomic.

I don't have to wind it. I don't have to replace batteries. I don't have to
set it. It even changed to EST from EDT at the correct time.

Cost me $69. It's got big enough numbers for me to read, and has a
backlight.


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I as much a cheap ******* as the next guy :) but I'm not gonna look a
gifted horse in the mouth. I bought a simple Timex for myself when I
was single, had a Real Rolex once (a gift from a middle-eastern friend
who asked for it back and pawned it while we were loosing our arse in
Vegas). The Timex still worked up to a few years ago, if I shake it,
it is one 'o them that you have to keep in motion to wind-up. The
housing(plated cast zinc I believe) got all corroded and wifey finally
threw it out w/o my knowledge.