No difference for me. I still use my watch.

My trusty 5 bucks egg timer from Target does the job fine. Plus you can tap in a time in minutes and seconds then press start to start the countdown. Great for timing approaches.

Besides why do you even need the time these days when VFR, wot with GPS and all that? Just keep you head in the cockpit, follow the arrow and when you arrive it'll tell you :}

Cyer
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Stopwatch - I bought a basic one when I did my IMC, together with a yoke clip and a gripper to hold the IFR plate. Never fly without it. Excellent value at £20 the lot.

Clock - I think it's a C of A requirement that all aircraft must have a clock, and that it doesn't work. Ours is clockwork, I think electrically wound - but the electricity to wind it comes from the "cold" side of the master switch so the clock runs down after two days unless the aircraft is flown. It has a winder on the front, which gives that warm feeling of contributing something when I wind it up. It then ticks erratically while we're airborne.

Age and humidity/vibration have taken their toll, and it no longer ticks while on the ground, whatever is done to it. I did ask if I could fit one of those simple, reliable battery and quartz clocks like the missus has in the kitchen. Answer was NO - they're not certified airworthy. It's more important that the clock is airworthy than that it works.

I wear a watch. I have a Breitling whose stopwatch doesn't work (long, sore point) but the stopwatch above does sterling service.

Don't know about that fancy imc/ir stuff. I just have a basic ppl :}

But for VFR, I have never used anything other than my wrist watch. It is graduated in minutes, but doesn't have a second hand.

A stopwatch is only something I'd drop in the cockpit, and have to go searching for :hmm:

dp