Breitling watches

Kyle Boatright wrote:
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I would like to extend an offer to you or any other pilots that might
be interested in the Breitling watch line. This is a great watch for
professionals. Some features include slide rule, emergency tracking,
chronograph and many more. I can mail you a catalog or your visit
www.breitling.com
We are the local representative of the watch line.

Romance Diamond Co. Jeweler
248 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479-443-9289
www.romancediamond.com

Thank you,
Brittany Adair


I had the pleasure of being gifted with a Breitling watch from my wife.
Unfortunately, that also stuck me with the bill and responsibility for
keeping the thing maintained, which is no small order.

Before anyone goes off and buys one of these watches, ask a few questions
from this list:

1) If the watch is battery powered, what does it cost to have the battery
replaced?*
2) How often does it need factory service?
3) What is the turnaround time on factory service and/or cleaning?
4) What does a factory service and/or cleaning cost?

* This is a trick question. Breitling won't "only" replace the battery on
your watch. Instead, they will offer you two options: 1) Have the XX
service performed, which is likely to cost $100 or better. OR 2) Take the
watch elsewhere to get the battery replaced, thus voiding the warranty on
your very expensive watch.

I received a Citizen Navihawk as a gift about ten years ago. It looks
impressive. It was fun to play with all the functions. 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 -


During the night at a hotel where many airline crews stayed overnight 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 desk clerk.

"Why yes" the Flight Attendent answered.

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