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do you own an aviation watch, if yes, which one ? Are they to be recommended or are they the same as ga folks wearing pilot bars etc on their shirts ?? Oh... and Happy Easter fellow ppruners
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This has been done sooooo many times old boy!
Just go back a couple of weeks on this forum alone.
Oh and for the record, there are three aviation watches I would recommend:
Breitling, Breitling and Breitling
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(Sat here in my white dressing gown complete with epaullettes and 3 gold bars!)
Just go back a couple of weeks on this forum alone.
Oh and for the record, there are three aviation watches I would recommend:
Breitling, Breitling and Breitling
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It's been covered in Jet Blast within the last week.
Personally, I fancy a Chase Durer.
tKF
It's been covered in Jet Blast within the last week.
Personally, I fancy a Chase Durer.
tKF
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If you've got £1500 to spare on a label, then Breitling's for you. I've got a Breitling. When I fly, I don't use it. They've tried to make it work right so many times that I gave up on it. It looks great, though. It keeps time within a second or so a month, but the stopwatch stops and starts (and has a fit every so often), which makes timing an instrument approach "interesting".
I got a "Super Luminova" German pilot's watch, new, no box cos they're not "green", off Ebay for £75 and it's excellent.
I got a "Super Luminova" German pilot's watch, new, no box cos they're not "green", off Ebay for £75 and it's excellent.
Breitling Aerospace. The biz. Preferably a classic model without the italicised numerals. Reliable, accurate, good looking.......
...and makes chicks moist. Ooops - did I say that. Sorry!
...and makes chicks moist. Ooops - did I say that. Sorry!
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Had a Colt, an Aerospace (always go for the titanium model and strap!) and now a Blackbird (essentially a Chrnomat GT)
They are excellent. Simple!
(BEagle - only moist eh? You are slackin' old boy!)
They are excellent. Simple!
(BEagle - only moist eh? You are slackin' old boy!)
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I have an Omega Speedmaster "moon watch" which is pure swiss class, V accurate for a mechanical movement and it's very pretty but only tells the time and has a single stopwatch function (but to be fair the design is about 40 years old.
I recently bought a titaniaum Citizen Eco- Drive Skyhawk, it has more menus than a chinese takeaway is very clear and is about 1/3 the price of a new Omega. It also has a very good time zone function and whizwheel slide rule bezel.
Wunper
I recently bought a titaniaum Citizen Eco- Drive Skyhawk, it has more menus than a chinese takeaway is very clear and is about 1/3 the price of a new Omega. It also has a very good time zone function and whizwheel slide rule bezel.
Wunper
I wear a Seiko military.
Looks okay, runs forever, keeps excellent time. No idea who thought that we only want 30 minute stopwatches. Also everybody replaces the straps, which are incredibly uncomfortable.
Frankly, if it packed up, I'd not spend more than £50 on a replacement. Basically I want hands, reliability and a stopwatch and you don't need to spend hundreds of pounds for that.
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Looks okay, runs forever, keeps excellent time. No idea who thought that we only want 30 minute stopwatches. Also everybody replaces the straps, which are incredibly uncomfortable.
Frankly, if it packed up, I'd not spend more than £50 on a replacement. Basically I want hands, reliability and a stopwatch and you don't need to spend hundreds of pounds for that.
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Got a Breitling Aerospace (the one Beagle refers to, without the italicised numerals) for my 40th.
A great watch, with a titanium bracelet.. who's only oddity was to go slightly berserk when the battery was running low... at one point the LCD portion of the watched claimed it was 13:92pm
A great watch, with a titanium bracelet.. who's only oddity was to go slightly berserk when the battery was running low... at one point the LCD portion of the watched claimed it was 13:92pm
On the subject of Breitling batteries, DON'T be tempted to have one changed by anyone other than a Breitling dealer approved to do the work. Several people I know had batteries changed in Bahrain; Breitling tell me that their warranties will be invalid as a result.....
2-tone titianium/titanium nitride Aerospace with titanium face and 2-tone braclet, no italicised numerals and no 'repetition minutes' or '16 valve turbo intercooler full time four wheel drive' script on the face - the best looking Aerospace they ever made!
2-tone titianium/titanium nitride Aerospace with titanium face and 2-tone braclet, no italicised numerals and no 'repetition minutes' or '16 valve turbo intercooler full time four wheel drive' script on the face - the best looking Aerospace they ever made!
Between the Aerospace and the B-1, the B-1 wins hands-down (sic). Although it is heavier, it has a better range of genuinely useful functions. I do wish they'd orientate the sliding bezel clockwise instead of anti- and get rid of the navigation computer; otherwise it's brilliant.
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never seen the fascination with posh watches myself...I bought an Avia Tec (£4.99 from Argos) in 1996, still going strong
It has two special features, it has a stopwatch and tells the time
It has two special features, it has a stopwatch and tells the time
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Watches, watches, watches... like 'em, got loads (around 50 at the last count).
Depends what you are going for - let's face it Breitlings are a little 'passe' aren't they? How about an Omega Speedmaster Pro - any watch used to time critical burn on the Apollo 13's re-entery is good enough for me!
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Depends what you are going for - let's face it Breitlings are a little 'passe' aren't they? How about an Omega Speedmaster Pro - any watch used to time critical burn on the Apollo 13's re-entery is good enough for me!
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