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Bought one of these a while ago and for the price, can't fault it. Has a backlight for night ops.
NEW Pulsar Men's Dual Time Watch | eBay
NEW Pulsar Men's Dual Time Watch | eBay
g-shock. Lots of varieties, relatively cheap & displays UTC time + local time + date and day. I like functional, not "classy". I find the expensive ones stupid. These also do Adelaide time zone, many don't.
It does not have dual timezone though!
I have a Citizen Skyhawk, bought as a grad present from my family. Great watch, titanium and dual zone plus the "slide rule bezel" (which I never use), super light and looks great without being over sized and wanky. However, its major down fall is it wont do half zones, aka central time which is a gripe seeing as I fly in the NT.
So if your east or west coast only and want something "piloty" its a good buy, however my next watch will be a dual time G-Shock that does half zones!
So if your east or west coast only and want something "piloty" its a good buy, however my next watch will be a dual time G-Shock that does half zones!
I'd go for the Ulysse Nardin Tellurium Johannes Kepler watch:
The flexible bar spring rotates around the map in the middle, bending with the time of year, and indicates time of sunset, sunrise and area of daylight (in the Northern Hemisphere - the map is the Earth seen from above the north pole.)
The lunar symbol displays the phase and position of the moon. The dragon head and tail indicate eclipses of the sun and moon, respectively. The perpetual calendar ring rotates to display the date, month and current zodiac sign below the "12 o'clock" position. Completely mechanical and self winding (UN-87 workings) and it's water resistant to 30 meters
Yours for just $120,000
The flexible bar spring rotates around the map in the middle, bending with the time of year, and indicates time of sunset, sunrise and area of daylight (in the Northern Hemisphere - the map is the Earth seen from above the north pole.)
The lunar symbol displays the phase and position of the moon. The dragon head and tail indicate eclipses of the sun and moon, respectively. The perpetual calendar ring rotates to display the date, month and current zodiac sign below the "12 o'clock" position. Completely mechanical and self winding (UN-87 workings) and it's water resistant to 30 meters
Yours for just $120,000
Last edited by Checkboard; 5th Dec 2012 at 11:57.
Promaster
its major down fall is it wont do half zones, aka central time
There is a work-around on the Promaster - you can re- align the hands (procedure in the manual) and use that function to re-align the hands 30 minutes out of whack to the digital display. I have my digital display on UTC and the Analog presentation on local time.
...and I use the slide rule all the time cos its quicker than pulling out my phone and trying to open the calculator
I have one of these. Looks sort of manly watchy and is a phenomenal timekeeper.
I also have one of these. Looks smart contempory - I bought it in Gib in 1970 - but is not now such a good timekeeper.
I also have one of these. Looks smart contempory - I bought it in Gib in 1970 - but is not now such a good timekeeper.
Last edited by RedhillPhil; 5th Dec 2012 at 20:50. Reason: Additions
These days you don't need the slide rule thing. Personally, I use the phone for day / date. I use the phone for alarm too. I don't use it as a stopwatch (the ADF or aircraft chronometer or iPhone will do that). That leaves the only thing for a watch to do is tell the time.
I do still like the forth GMT hand. So, I have a Wenger (Swiss Army) one that looks nice and a Luminox for my everyday one. The Luminox has baby LED's on the hands and all hour points, so its excellent at night. There are very few GMT watches.
I'd just get the one you like that's easy to read.
I do still like the forth GMT hand. So, I have a Wenger (Swiss Army) one that looks nice and a Luminox for my everyday one. The Luminox has baby LED's on the hands and all hour points, so its excellent at night. There are very few GMT watches.
I'd just get the one you like that's easy to read.