When i got my PPL in 98 i bought a £200 Casio with a flight computer on it's bezel, 24 different time zones including UTC and a 24 hour stop watch!
Now i fly 737's round Europe i use the clock in the aircraft and an Wallace and Gromit egg timer for fuel balancing. How things change when at the coal face. Yes it's great if it looks nice and why not but 1. It has to be accurate and 2. You have yo understand how the thing works