...........pilots prefer analogue to digital readouts,...........
Agree.
I long ago threw away one of those new-fangled Seiko World Time digital watches, one looks at The Picture on a normal watch, don't have to 'read' and assimilate the information.
Mind you, I then went for one of those Glycine jobs where the hour hand goes around only once in 24 hours, so that 12 Noon is at the bottom - that threw me for awhile !