Watch for Pilots - what function U ever use?

[SASless]

I will stick to my Rolex GMT Master thank you very much. Math is to be done on the FMS or within one's noggin. In time Heliport...you will not be able to read the teeny weeny hands on the special function displays!

(Hint....cardinal numbers are easier...60/90/120.....)

[eagle 86]

You know what they say - "Big watch, little dick"!!
GAGS E86

[Outwest]

Yeah, what's your point?

[B Sousa]

Eagle 86. Used to be in the Army,Helicopter Pilots were listed as Big Watch, Corvette, and a Hardon..... Times have changed.....
No Corvette

[Gunship]

SAAF pilots in my time :

Big watch (normally Seiko)

Big Tear Drop Ray Ban's ..

small di s

[on21]

Watches

A woman walked into a Police station and said she'd been sexually assaulted by a Pilot.

The Police Officer asked her how she was so sure the offender was a Pilot.

The lady said

"Well Officer he had a big watch, a little dick and he couldn't stop talking about himself"

All that said I've an Omega Seamaster and they don't come much bigger than that!!!!!!!

[ground effect]

watches...

Here is one of many good sites for generally unbiased product research

http://www.timezone.com/

Many well known watch makers use `standard movements` produced by companies who only make movements. Although that said some swiss companies do make entire watch (including movement) from scratch.

I have an OMEGA Speedmaster - the only watch worn on the moon!! (not that I am going there any time soon...)


http://www.omegawatches.com/omega/wo_space_history1


Will last me until the day I die!!

[Stringfellow Dork]

Pardon my ignorance but why so much money?

I would have hoped £300 would be enough to spend on a watch (Citizen Titanium Skyhawk or similar) to be sure of a level of quality. But 1500 quid?!

What's so good about them that warrants such a whacking price tag?

Is the price increase really commensurate with quality?

[wishtobflying]

All right, seriously now ... how many of you who own a watch with a slide rule actually use it ... 1. While flying ....2. Ever, at all

I bought that Breitling watch off the guy that had it on ebay, yeah it's a ripoff but I paid next to nothing for it. It doesn't work properly - but the slide rule works.

It's so damn heavy though, why wouldn't you just have a flight calculator handy ... at 1/50th the weight!?

So seriously ... how many of you have found yourself flying with your knees while peering at the tiny numbers on the dial trying to work out your fuel burn?

[Genghis the Engineer]

For that matter, how many people actually use the stopwatch on their wristwatch? I do, but not many pilots I've flown with do, they usually use a separate item.

G

Happy Seiko Military wearer, with no desire for anything even heavier or more expensive (but do wish the stopwatch went on longer than 30 minutes before resetting).

[anjouan]

Over 40 years of flying and never needed anything but a cheap ordinary watch. Aircraft normally has a stopwatch if I need it, and I use a very old Jeppesen rotary version of the E2B which fits in my shirt pocket and can be operated with one hand if I need it in flight. I find it much better to keep my brain alive by the simplified use of good old fashioned mental arithmetic. I like a good alarm clock though as at my age it's a bit difficult getting up in the morning soemtimes

[ASMUS]

There are watches dedicated specially for pilots with function may be usefull in the air.
But, did U ever use any of them?
What is No1 watch in your opinion and why this is Breitling ?
Regards
Tomasz

[212man]

I have one where the quick moving thin hand points at the seconds, the big hand points at the minutes, and the little hand points at the hours. I find it great for being able to tell the time (it's also got a rotating bezel and a second hour hand for GMT or time zone info which I find useful too)

[Floppy Link]

Haven't worn a watch for years. There is a big clock tower beside the pad for noting lift / landing times!

[rotorspin]

Ok, I will take the bait and open myself up for ridicule. Breitling Emergency

Never used it in an emergency and hopefully never will...

Bit of a gimmick really...

[Rotorbike]

Rotorspin..... snap!

[Disguise Delimit]

I got one wif a compass, barometer, altimeter, and thermometer in it, and it even tell the time and has an alarm and everyfink.

The time comes in really handy, the rest just go to prove that pilots are the ones with big watches and little .... umm.... bank balances.

[sir.pratt]

citizen titanium skyhawk eco-drive - i use it (the rotating bezel) all the time when doing vfr cross country flying. only hassle is that it does not have a light, but the glowing stuff is very efficient

http://www.princetonwatches.com/shop/JR3060-59F.asp

[SHKpilot]

Originally Posted by sir.pratt

citizen titanium skyhawk eco-drive - i use it (the rotating bezel) all the time when doing vfr cross country flying. only hassle is that it does not have a light, but the glowing stuff is very efficient

Got one of these too, got some great gizmos on it (mostly unused) but the fact it never ever needs batteries is cool

[Pandalet]

I never use my watch for flying, as it's small and dainty and somewhat difficult to read quickly; plus there's a perfectly good clock in the instrument panel which is easier to look at anyway...