Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
The very most important feature of a watch, pilot or otherwise, is that the time being displayed can be easily read. So, three quarters of the wrist watches I have seen fail, either because the face is so cluttered with un needed markings, or there is poor contrast between the face and the hands......In 50 years of being a pilot, I have never owned a "pilot watch", I never felt the need...
I agree. I have never wanted a "pilot" watch - I use the cockpit chronometer if I need one - but I like good tech design, so from purely a styling point of view; the Bretling Aerospace clean graphic layout of a big clear analogue face with the two LCD digital displays looks great to me.
But NOT at over £2 grand ! My Tissot
PR-50 titanium seven has a plain, slim case, but is otherwise an almost identical version of the Breitling Aerospace watch face - a large analogue display over two LCD digital displays. But no rotating bezel or any other clutter.
The Tissot cost me £250, so about a tenth of the cost of a Breitling. The Tissot also has non scratch glass and a titanium case, so it is practical, light and slim. I love it, (but I don't use it for flying).
My modern Casio waveceptor cost me about £130 from a shop in Stoke, so, no, not a knock-off from Hong Kong !
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