A shiny Breitling for my cockpit me thinks
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Originally Posted by VigilantPilot
Has anyone actually used a wrist watch in a cockpit, aside from checking the cockpit clock is correct?
Originally Posted by VigilantPilot
The Breitling selling point of having more numbers on a dial than you can shake a stick at is humorous.
Originally Posted by VigilantPilot
How about their circular slide rules!? Maybe I don't have enough capacity!
If you want non-fussy, then look at the range from Tutima (German) - they're a bit too much like the RAF Seikos for my liking.
I think you 'knock' too quickly ...
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Just a thought, the slide rule is only really of use if you are away from your nav bag and you have brain stall.
If you are fast jet just think, 180gms of wristwatch at 7 g is, let me see - 18 against 10, look at 7 on the inner ring and it is 1250 on the outer. Now in English that is 12.5 on the outer against 10 on the inner then read against 22 on the inner is 274 on the outer.
Now where were we? Oh yes, somewhat over a kilo under 7 g, or about 3 lbs.
Just don't try and look at your Breitling under 7gs.
If you are fast jet just think, 180gms of wristwatch at 7 g is, let me see - 18 against 10, look at 7 on the inner ring and it is 1250 on the outer. Now in English that is 12.5 on the outer against 10 on the inner then read against 22 on the inner is 274 on the outer.
Now where were we? Oh yes, somewhat over a kilo under 7 g, or about 3 lbs.
Just don't try and look at your Breitling under 7gs.
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Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator
Now where were we? Oh yes, somewhat over a kilo under 7 g, or about 3 lbs.
Just don't try and look at your Breitling under 7gs.
Just don't try and look at your Breitling under 7gs.
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What about issue watches? I have never been sure why the navs get the seiko, whereas pilots get....the pulsar. It wasn't even so bad when it was the CWC G10 - they were at least half decent and fairly robust. The pulsar hand never ticks to the indices, it always needs hacking at met, if you shake it you can see the hands wobble....
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Has anyone read the small print about these watches? Like accuracy??? I am pretty sure that it's something like plus or minus 8 seconds per day! Yes, they look very cool, but at that price, you'd expect some kind of accuracy closer to the 1 second per day!
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What I want to know is whether or not they can perform the important task of contraception as described in the film If
Apparently the procedure was to strap the watch around the base of the manroot for a while and let the radiation from the phospherous kill off all the little swimmers.
Great idea, but where would I get a big enough strap?
Apparently the procedure was to strap the watch around the base of the manroot for a while and let the radiation from the phospherous kill off all the little swimmers.
Great idea, but where would I get a big enough strap?
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The BeeKeeper my Citizen SkyHawk does 1 second per year, or better, that good enough?
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Nath, are you a pilot? If so,
A). Go to watch shop.
B). Hold out watch.
C). Hold out willy.
If B) is bigger than C), buy it.
It's easy.
A). Go to watch shop.
B). Hold out watch.
C). Hold out willy.
If B) is bigger than C), buy it.
It's easy.
Avoid imitations
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No, a sundial! 
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Nath, or, judging by the question, should that be Naff ? Take a long, cold, hard look at them, they look awful ! They may be well made, they may be great time pieces, but they're just overpriced bling !
Just my worthless opinion of course.
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I got a Casio digital [£14], rated down to 30m underwater. It's my third in 20 years. This one gains about a second per week - is this good enough for flying/navigational accuracy?
Or should I spend £humungous on an omigod huge Breitling that keeps Breitling time?
Or should I spend £humungous on an omigod huge Breitling that keeps Breitling time?
Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator
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I have a Casio titanium eco-drive (not batteries) only 97 gms and the MOST accurate watch I have ever owned. This bugger is on better than a second per year.
I have a Casio titanium eco-drive (not batteries) only 97 gms and the MOST accurate watch I have ever owned. This bugger is on better than a second per year.
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FJJP, and there was I, thinking that you had recently come into possession of said Breitling.......tsk........must be mistaken !!!! The only problem with the Breitling that I have obtained is that it has an automatic winding system. Any length of time off my wrist means reseting everything. The watch winders available on the market are close to £100 (for a decent one).
If your self-winding wrist needs some exercise, see Navaleye's piccies of Gabrielle Drake in the 'Television in FI - what format?' thread......