So, a perceived need to wear a 'big watch'... often followed by that killer chat-up line of "
Hi, I'm a pilot"... 'nuff said lads, 'nuff said!
If my pilot colleague turns up wearing some overtly expensive behemoth of a timepiece (
particularly if it's one of those 'pilot watches' with all those dials and, worse yet, one of those Breitling's with a built-in ELT), it somehow always puts me on my guard.
One can probably learn an awful lot about a chap's psych, based upon the watch he wears and / or the car he drives, i.e. of 'image' he's trying to project... along with those chaps that, given half a chance, would wear a leather flying jacket (
plus epaulets on the outside!) to go fly in his Boebus airliner... I'm sure you all know their sort; typically big on 'image' but short on ability?!
