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Old 16th Apr 2008, 06:34
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Farrell
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At the risk of repeating myself....

A good pilot's watch contains the following:

A clean, high contrast face with all numerals and date showing. Non-reflective and non-polarised. (Especially if you are wearing polarised lenses!)

Good size difference between hour and minute and a clearly marked second hand.

Tritium markings on all points. Or high quality luminosity.

A hand to mark out the hour in Zulu time.

An alarm that could wake the dead.

No stopwatch, no slide rule, no compass, no baro, no altimeter.

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