Best watch for pilots?

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

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...

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
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.

"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.

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!!!!

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

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)

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

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)

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