RAF G-Shock Watch
The Breitling Aerospace does seem to have become more expensive and altogether more bling-bling than the models sold earlier. I don't like any of the current models - far too gaudy.
Mine (identical to this):
started playing up after almost 17 years of no more attention than a few battery changes. So off it went to Switzerland for 3 months for a major overhau£.....
It is now better than new! A newer, more precise movement and the alignment of the new hands to the minute marks is now exact. Better still, it now keeps time to about 0.5 s per month.
Mine (identical to this):
started playing up after almost 17 years of no more attention than a few battery changes. So off it went to Switzerland for 3 months for a major overhau£.....
It is now better than new! A newer, more precise movement and the alignment of the new hands to the minute marks is now exact. Better still, it now keeps time to about 0.5 s per month.
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Nice watch BEagle, is that the one with the ELT?
Given TTN's location and seniority, I doubt he's even aware of the idiom. Good spot nonetheless.
Something to do with 'sterling service' ? Do tell.
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I suspect that its because you wrote
Coming out (of the Closet), is perhaps what diginagain and abbey road saw.
...I reverted to my Hong Kong bought £10 Seiko automatic which gave me sterling service till I came out.
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The Breitling Aerospace uses a balk standard, un modified eta 988.333 movement. They cost £30 trade.
The Tissot PR50 is identical in every way(i had one for £70) including functions. It would do, it also uses exactly the same movement.
£2,400!!! SUCKERSSSSS
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The Tissot PR50 is identical in every way(i had one for £70) including functions. It would do, it also uses exactly the same movement.
£2,400!!! SUCKERSSSSS
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Needs a new battery every 5 years and a new strap every 2.
Absolutely. The last two replacements it has been cheaper for me to get a new $10 time only watch (on sale next to the $30 straps), and swap straps.
That's the current consumer society for you!
That's the current consumer society for you!
Hi,
thought I'd jump in here, there adapters so that the nylon NATO type straps can be used on many G-Shock models for $12 per pair........
http://www.broadarrow.net/newstuff.htm
(and some other suppliers)
cheers,
-John
thought I'd jump in here, there adapters so that the nylon NATO type straps can be used on many G-Shock models for $12 per pair........
http://www.broadarrow.net/newstuff.htm
(and some other suppliers)
cheers,
-John
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It doesn't cost £2330 to thermocompensate what is still, a digital watch.
Oh hang on, oh my god its backlit. That explains it
ETA 988.333 Breitling Caliber 56 Movement (Can replace 988.332) | eBay
This ones a classic, unless you've just bought one and wonder whats inside.
Oh hang on, oh my god its backlit. That explains it
ETA 988.333 Breitling Caliber 56 Movement (Can replace 988.332) | eBay
This ones a classic, unless you've just bought one and wonder whats inside.
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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. Since then it has had several batteries, several straps, and is used daily as an alarm and when I'm out running. I'm sure there has been a thread about the most useful item of kit one was ever given - this was it for me. I also have a Breitling B1 which I wear when I need something flash and heavy - it's also a lovely watch; but too bulky for everyday use. I also have a Seiko that reminds me of the watch they took off me when I left - keeps wonderful time (better than the B1)
Despite owning a very small watch for decades, I have not experienced any growth in that department.
So I guess one may as well get whatever watch one likes, and it would be hard to fit a readable E6B and chronometer on something small.
So I guess one may as well get whatever watch one likes, and it would be hard to fit a readable E6B and chronometer on something small.
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The above costs £63 from here and is Civvy version of this
Which will set you back a cool £220 from here.
The only difference (apart from price) which I can see is the slightly modified (pointy) ends on the hour and minute hands on the MoD version, the lack of a letter 'L' within a circle on the face of the Civvy version, which will of course lack the MoD "crow foot" and serial# on the rear casing.
Apart from these three minor differences, its the same beast.
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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.
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
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AZ,
IIRC the Pulsar was withdrawn from Issue as the crown was prone to falling out and constituted a FOD hazard in cockpits.
I lost my Pulsar Chrono, however it wasnt worth a penny, let alone over £200. An awful watch.
IIRC the Pulsar was withdrawn from Issue as the crown was prone to falling out and constituted a FOD hazard in cockpits.
I lost my Pulsar Chrono, however it wasnt worth a penny, let alone over £200. An awful watch.
....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....
The switchology to turn the things off was a bit complex - press this, twiddle that etc., so most people just left them to keep beeping until a battery change was needed. Although a watch change was simpler. If you walked past the aircrew clothing area, it was like a Star Trek tribble nest every half hour as all the watched started peeping away in unison!
But, like the mythical Russian space pen, the little Casios did the trick very well indeed.