Back in 1990 the Queen gave me a nice little Casio digital to stick in my earpiece to remind me to change something every half hour or so.
Made my chuckle because I'd forgotten all about that. The Yanks had the fancy IFF that would change itself every half hour and we had a Casio, with a 30 minute alarm velcroed into our helmets to do the same thing. I'm now trying to recall what happened if you didn't launch on the hour or half hour. Maybe we adjusted it in the brief, I really can't remember. British ingenuity (cheapskates) at its best again
I'm always losing, smashing or otherwise disabling watches, so I stick to the cheapo Casios etc out of necessity. Always did like the Aerospace but couldn't justify the inevitable 900 notes (I found a good deal in Dubai quite a few years back) it would have cost when it went the way of all my other timepieces
