Pilot's watches
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Bell and Ross do a nice 'altimeter' style, very clear face, choice of colours. Personally like the orange. Come in two sizes and one size is far too big for earth beings. Far too expensive for most earth beings too.
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Flash watches for peanuts!
Have a look at Werners Flying watches.com.They have loads of interesting stuff for virtually peanuts!.I have x2 of the Astroavia watches..cheap as chips and work really well.One of them even looks like a Breitling!..its also more accurate than my old Navitimer!.
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Yep, I like Farrel's design too.
I currently have a Casio tough solar watch which has two features that I really like - it is solar powered so you never need to change the battery, and it also picks up radio time signals so it is perfectly accurate and so always in perfect synch with the aircraft gps-clock. Other features of the watch are poor however - cheap finish, tiny digitial window, date only in US format, and fiddly knobology.
I would like to combine solar power and radio-time with Farrel's design. I'd also quite like a means to record block off/ block on UTC times.
I currently have a Casio tough solar watch which has two features that I really like - it is solar powered so you never need to change the battery, and it also picks up radio time signals so it is perfectly accurate and so always in perfect synch with the aircraft gps-clock. Other features of the watch are poor however - cheap finish, tiny digitial window, date only in US format, and fiddly knobology.
I would like to combine solar power and radio-time with Farrel's design. I'd also quite like a means to record block off/ block on UTC times.
Suprised no-one's mentioned the Breitling aerospace which of course was designed by Breitling in consultation with pilots. It's titanium and very light and quite distinctive. It has several features all of which I use. I've had mine ten years and it still looks like new.
The downsides are that too many pilots have on now, so they're far from unique and although it keeps pretty good time, it wasn't as accurate at my RAF issue Seiko. I had to give mine back when I left. The RAF is the only employer in the world who takes your watch off you when you retire!
The downsides are that too many pilots have on now, so they're far from unique and although it keeps pretty good time, it wasn't as accurate at my RAF issue Seiko. I had to give mine back when I left. The RAF is the only employer in the world who takes your watch off you when you retire!
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IWC
Do not buy one of those machine produced things that tell time, instead go for the true swiss time keeping piece. Like IWC Pilot Chronograph, hand made and went through twenty three pair of hands for assembly and then you have something that will stand out when someone asks you the time
Rolex Breiting stamp out over 700000 watches a year, and their attention to detail is only by the mechanical reproduction like you Ford Fiesta your driving
Just kidding, as long as you know what time you run out off fuel, get some runway under you beforehand.
Rolex Breiting stamp out over 700000 watches a year, and their attention to detail is only by the mechanical reproduction like you Ford Fiesta your driving
Just kidding, as long as you know what time you run out off fuel, get some runway under you beforehand.
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Brietling Watch/EPURB
Heartell that Steve Fossett was not wearing his EPURB watch when he disappeared - otherwise he may have been located.
Are these watches fitted with an activating g switch?
Heartell that Steve Fossett was not wearing his EPURB watch when he disappeared - otherwise he may have been located.
Are these watches fitted with an activating g switch?
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I love my Brietling. I have the SuperOcean Chrono.
Simple watch, has date, stopwatch and funnily enough tells the time. No more, no less, just a beautiful hand made piece of art.
The only problem is its an automatic and as such i have to correct the time every few months but i can live with that.
Simple watch, has date, stopwatch and funnily enough tells the time. No more, no less, just a beautiful hand made piece of art.
The only problem is its an automatic and as such i have to correct the time every few months but i can live with that.
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Breitling
My Navitimer used to get moisture under the bezel and fog up. The damp eventually lifted the figures and markings off the outer ring. It was so big it often got caught and pulled out the strap pins. One time it fell to the cockpit floor (rubber mat) and the balance staff broke - expensive repair. Decided it was a legacy of my PPL days I no longer wanted and ended up giving it to a loadmaster. I flew the next 10,000 hrs with a simple, 2 hands and 12 numbers, clear vision, Swiss made watch sold by the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Simple, reliable and very practical.
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Have a look at the Citizen Eco drive range. 15 minutes in bright sunlight runs it for up to 6 months and pro rata for indoor lighting. Displays one zone with hands, another on a digital display and UTC at all times on another small set of hands. 24 hour stopwatch, alarm, back light, radio controlled for time accuracy. When I was 2 weeks out of the radio reception area it was 2 seconds wrong when back in area so it is good worldwide really. Says resistant 200 metres so should be OK for some scuba diving. Simple conversion tables on a slide rule. Worth a look?
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Originally Posted by Dan Winterland
Suprised no-one's mentioned the Breitling aerospace which of course was designed by Breitling in consultation with pilots. It's titanium and very light and quite distinctive. It has several features all of which I use. I've had mine ten years and it still looks like new.
The downsides are that too many pilots have on now, so they're far from unique and although it keeps pretty good time, it wasn't as accurate at my RAF issue Seiko. I had to give mine back when I left. The RAF is the only employer in the world who takes your watch off you when you retire!
The downsides are that too many pilots have on now, so they're far from unique and although it keeps pretty good time, it wasn't as accurate at my RAF issue Seiko. I had to give mine back when I left. The RAF is the only employer in the world who takes your watch off you when you retire!
Well Dan,
Reputationwise I'm sorry I have to tell you that with an Aerospace you're way down on the list. It's even being used aft of the cockpit door!
Bought mine on a trip to Singapore years ago and have been using it ever since. I'm most thankful for the countdown timer, as it's obviously more convenient for pax to summon me to their seat and ask me what the remaining flight time is, than to check the airshow.
Hi Guys,
This is my first posting i thought i drop a line as an introduction.
This is a interesting topic, being a quality watch enthusiast myself always wanted to know what type of watches pilots prefer.
Has anyone heard the name Chase-Durer? A few years ago i picked up a US aviation magazine and i was blown away by a full page ad showing a special fighter pilots watch. I got on their website and let me tell you i was so impressed that i immedietly ordered a USAF B-52 weapons school model and within 7 days it was on my doorstep. And the price? US$499
The quality is amazing.
Check them out on www.chase-durer.com
Let me know what you think. Cheers.
This is my first posting i thought i drop a line as an introduction.
This is a interesting topic, being a quality watch enthusiast myself always wanted to know what type of watches pilots prefer.
Has anyone heard the name Chase-Durer? A few years ago i picked up a US aviation magazine and i was blown away by a full page ad showing a special fighter pilots watch. I got on their website and let me tell you i was so impressed that i immedietly ordered a USAF B-52 weapons school model and within 7 days it was on my doorstep. And the price? US$499
The quality is amazing.
Check them out on www.chase-durer.com
Let me know what you think. Cheers.
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My dreamwatch:
-Titanuim (so it doesn't beep in security)
-Thin profile
-Saphire glass
-Digital and analogue readout.
-A couple of alarms
-Timer
-Automatically resets itself for daylightsaving time.
Basically a Breitling Aerospace
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/LnS
-Titanuim (so it doesn't beep in security)
-Thin profile
-Saphire glass
-Digital and analogue readout.
-A couple of alarms
-Timer
-Automatically resets itself for daylightsaving time.
Basically a Breitling Aerospace
./LnS
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Bentley Special, it says so on the back.
BENTLEY
MOTORS
Special Edition
Certified Chronometer
100M/330FT
Manufactured in switchinternet
By BRIETLING
Far East Drive *& Irish Stu hahah lol - I got one too!! But from Soho in NYC, about 3 yrs back, I'm sure the "Switchinternet" means it's real!, It is a real poser watch, I know, good fun though, so good in fact I bought another in Soho last month!!
For a rip off - it has been a really really good watch.
BENTLEY
MOTORS
Special Edition
Certified Chronometer
100M/330FT
Manufactured in switchinternet
By BRIETLING
Far East Drive *& Irish Stu hahah lol - I got one too!! But from Soho in NYC, about 3 yrs back, I'm sure the "Switchinternet" means it's real!, It is a real poser watch, I know, good fun though, so good in fact I bought another in Soho last month!!
For a rip off - it has been a really really good watch.
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Pulsar - Argos £50 - replaced a U/S Timex which replaced a U/S Accurist
It has lots of time zones, Chronometer, alarms etc..
I usually leave the digits on zulu and the hands on local time.
It has lots of time zones, Chronometer, alarms etc..
I usually leave the digits on zulu and the hands on local time.
From Dusk Till Dawn
Come on dude!
Give ARTHURR a break! We are talking about pilots watches not one of those poofter plastic Casios that you worship
.
We all know that they are cheap and nasty and probably more suitable your paycheck but if He is brave enough to put His age on Pprune He is certainly deserves a Breitling Aerospace ( i am sure He already owns one ).
So forget the Scooby Doo
(whatever) diving watches because most of us" PILOTS " living above water not under and i prefer my watches rather altitude proof not "attitude" proof.
GROW A WING!!!!
Give ARTHURR a break! We are talking about pilots watches not one of those poofter plastic Casios that you worship
. We all know that they are cheap and nasty and probably more suitable your paycheck but if He is brave enough to put His age on Pprune He is certainly deserves a Breitling Aerospace ( i am sure He already owns one ).
So forget the Scooby Doo
(whatever) diving watches because most of us" PILOTS " living above water not under and i prefer my watches rather altitude proof not "attitude" proof.GROW A WING!!!!
From Dusk Till Dawn
That's cool, after all we are only pilots.
The Citizen Eco-Drive is a nice watch. As a matter of fact i have owned one for about three years, i have bought it in HK when they were first introduced but stopped wearing it because it has been gaining five minutes every month and no one seems to be able to rectify it. They are the most comfortable watches i have ever owned and being Titanium you can even wear it "Scooby" diving.
So, back to my Chase-Durer
The Citizen Eco-Drive is a nice watch. As a matter of fact i have owned one for about three years, i have bought it in HK when they were first introduced but stopped wearing it because it has been gaining five minutes every month and no one seems to be able to rectify it.
They are the most comfortable watches i have ever owned and being Titanium you can even wear it "Scooby" diving.So, back to my Chase-Durer