Which watch do you wear?
 

Hi,

Although i'm just about to start my PPL(H) i've always had a love of watches and was just wondering which watch you, as a pilot, wear whilst flying?


K77.

Sorry, I realise that this question has been posed elsewhere on PPRUNE.ORG but it looks like never in the Rotorheads section.

One that tells the time accurately, unlike Brietling. Wouldn't bother with one that has a whizz wheel on, most are way too small.

Knievell,

With posts like this and your declaration about waiting for a personal number plate on another thread, people may start to form an opinion of you :}

FNW

FNW, not sure if that was a tongue in cheek comment but I have edited my first post accordingly just for you! :ok:

KN13 VEL!

Ole failthful
 

I wear inexpensive watches.

If its more than $30 I didnt buy it.

No bling or flash or even emergency locators or built in E6B's or GPS's.

Nope just something that shows the time and date at the same time.


A simple Casio ( anything really, they make great watches ) but I am happy with the newish Casio HD.

Has several international time zones ( important info for ensuring I wake someone up when I do the international drunk dialing ), and a heap of other crap that I dont use, countdown timer, phone number storage... right.. just in case the phone dies.:yuk:

IT DOES HAVE a great hard case that surrounds the face so that I dont smash the glass or scratch it badly.

It was cheap, around $13 on sale.

The other watch is a Lorus sports, really old has ( as all my watches had done to them ) had the utter crap beaten out of them & they keep on ticking.

No point having something super flash when it gets beaten, dropped, scratched, whacked, the crap shaken out of it, covered in water, fuels, oils & beer from time to time.

And if I had the money for something really expensive I am sure it would not be on a watch.

When was in Vale Colorado a few years back I saw some watches that were up to around $70,000 and a few over that.

:yuk: :mad: :mad:

I thought I had mis read the price tags & had the decimal place in the wrong spot but after looking closer & going into the shop and asking it was confirmed, it was not a decimal place but a comma.
I had to video a few of them through the window outside just to back it up.

It made me very sad to see that someone can have the cost of my training on their wrist.
:uhoh:
Good lord folks, dont they know there are starving students and instructor pilots out there.
:{

Please, give to the poor.

:E

HF

If I were to buy one for myself, any old Timex would do, but my wife bought a Seiko Aviator with white face for me about 11-12 years ago and it is still ticking and lloks good still.

Monk

A BIG shiney ONE:p

Still use my issue seiko chronograph watch with bio-hazzard velcro watch strap I still dont know what the little dials do...! It was free and it keeps ok time there is better out there but i guess I cant be bothered to change it.:)

Go Cheap
 

Buy one that has big digital time numbers with a momentary back light, as well as date. You'll be happy and if you lose it, it won't be a tragedy.

Knievel,

Very tongue in cheek.

FNW

A watch on the wrist is great for getting you to the field or pub on time as long as it works reliably.

If you want the watch for flight timing then it is no use on your wrist which is down by the collective (or cyclic, depending on which wrist you wear it). If time in flight is important then make sure you have a clock / stop watch on the panel in front of you and of sufficient size so you can read it.

Oh...... and me - I wear an old divers watch so i can take a shower without removing it. That way i don't forget to put it on later and then wind up being late for work :D

I bought a Breitling Bentley about a year ago.

Runs great, looks really cool on my thin wrist and sure is an attention-magnet.

Did I mention it's a replica, paid $ 15 for it after tough negotiations.
People just want to be fooled:):):)

Im looking for a Co Pilot Module for my Breitling Emergency if anyone has one for sale!

I have tried a wide range of watches over the years. I have found the following to work best for me:
1. quartz movement (electric);
2. analog dial with large, easy to read numerals; white on black background;
3. no buttons, or timers, or whiz wheels - never get used
4. leather strap for comfort
5. relatively inexpensive (no gold, diamonds, etc)

It is said that the size of the watch is inversely proportional to the size of the penis.

My current everyday watch is the best I have found for general purpose use and flying. A Citizen Night Hawk with Eco Drive - no winding and practically no battery replacement. The only concession to features is a 2nd time zone hand (somewhat useful) and a calendar (not useful as it is never correct unless you remember to adhust it monthly)

EN48

I have one with Alpha waves on it:

A Helicopter pilot walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman. He gives her a quick glance then casually looks at his watch for a moment.
The woman notices this and asks, "Is your date running late?"
"No," he replies, "I just got this state-of-the-art watch, and I was just testing it."
The intrigued woman says, "A state-of-the-art watch? What's so special about it?"
The Helicopter pilot explains, "It uses alpha waves to talk to me telepathically."
The lady says, "What's it telling you now?"
"Well, it says you're not wearing any panties...."
"The woman giggles and replies, "Well it must be broken because I am wearing
panties!"
The Helicopter pilot smirks, taps his watch and says, "Damn thing's an hour fast."

.........................................an hour later the helicopter pilot asks her "Are you sure that's not an adam's apple you've got there?".

Brilliant!

Fosset
 

Heard Steve was wearing a watch with built-in ELT. Didn't help him though.

Monk

Bladeslapper!

Boring!!!!!!!!!

Do yourself a favour...Go and buy a big watch, its a extention of your :mad: you know:ok:

Big watch small :mad: shout your own name when you :mad: horaaaaaar!

Mate of mine had a wind up watch guaranteed for life.

When the main spring went it slashed his wrist!!!:O

SWATCH

I've been wearing either that or a Casio Calculator Watch since I was a teenager.

I heard a couple of flight attendants that work for the same airline I do (I fly the helicotper side) say watch size in a pilot is inversely proportional to his private parts :)

BRASSEMUP

Haven't you noticed that divers watches are almost all big or VERY BIG :ok:

Perfect watch for K77
 

Found the perfect watch for you on ebay K77!

check link:


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PENIS-JOKE-LEA...sid=p1638.m118

Enjoy when you are down the pub and you say out load

"oh dear me, I seem to have dropped my PILOTS LICENCE " on the floor.

Go on, I know you do that:D

I like the fact the advert says it's a 'UNISEX WATCH' :D:D:D

Only in America
 

I hear that Mickey Mouse wears a CAA watch!!!

Apparently a guy from work thought the G Shock was a good pilots watch, then read this thread and became self conscious as I found one in the chopper and it became my new watch. Everyone start bagging on expensive gold watches, maybe someone else will read this and abandon one of them for me to find.

Mike

"Vibralite 3". The "stainless" wear longer than the black all plastic ones. The unabashedly plastic black ones last about a year for me.
Dual times, w/date and day of the week (I keep UTC & local).
Audible/"silent"/ and visual, dual alarms.
Repeating countdown timer w/separate stopwatch.
Illumination can be set to activate with wrist motion only, AND of limited duration.

http://www.globalassistive.peachhost..._PRvl300ss.htm

It's ugly but it does everything I want except make coffee.

Got a free red plastic Citroen watch back in 1987 for taking a test drive in a crappy Citroen AX at the Aberdeen dealer. I used that for a couple of years on the North Sea.
What the hell, there was always a clock in the cockpit!

Use a Seiko now. http://i.1asphost.com/whoateallthepies/pie.jpg

From a previous post "it is said that the size of a watch is inversely proportional to the size of one's penis"

I think huge watches look great but then I do have a little chopper...........a R22 in fact! :O

Skagen - Titanium :}

Same one I bought 28 yrs ago....pretty good value.;)

I keep breaking the damned things, so cheap and cheerful for me. At work I don't even wear a watch, the police have paid a fortune to put a very expensive clock on the instrument panel. If it stops, tune in the ADF to radio 5 and wait for an update!!

Seiko....
 

This one is what I have... been grat for years and has an e6b which is great for fuelltrs/gals lbs/ and speed/dist/time calcs... i use it quite a lot, now mainly to keep me uptodate on the whizwheel

Fossil do rather pretty ladies watches, and the face gradually changes colour over the years, so you don't get bored!

They also tell the time.

buy one of mine and help my flying fund :E www.davis.fr

:}m i c k e y m o u s e !

Have been using the Breitling Airwolf for a few years now, easy to read, good functions, UTC, 2nd time zone, 2 stopwatches, countdown timer, 2 alarms, good whizz wheel but getting a bit hard to read with my old eye sight. But over all a great watch with an NVG compatible back light. Check out at http://breitling.com/en/ then click on 'models' then 'professional' finally 'Airwolf'

Jetscream 32,

Love your watches especially the Monster!!!!!

they come in a lovely wooden presentation box - all serial numbered with a personal credit card type warranty card - loads of people like mine!! sensible price too :D - pm me if you want one - not free tho.... :ok:

Jetscream,

I'm actually trying to thin down my watch collection, i've got 5 on Ebay at the minute!

Your watches aren't disimilar to a Bell & Ross and a U Boat watch that i've got, although my Breitling Emergency is the current favourite.

I'm actually looking for a Co Pilot Module for it and also a Breitling Chrono Avenger M1!

Have you seen the ESQ Beacon, a bit similar to your Monster?

Would you class your watches as 'design' watches or are thet much better than just fashion items?

For the the love of GOD!!!. You need a timepiece that works, that is easy to read and if flying at night one that glows in the dark at all times. If you fly in multiple Time Zones it is nice to have one that has Universal Time on it as well. (Not to mention those early morning flights while talking to the weather man and you can't add/ subtract that fast!:}) An alarm is also handy if you travel alot, live in the bush and have a tendency to work where electricity is not readily available. :ok:

Me?!..Timex Indiglo Atlantis. Water Resistant. Dual Times. BIG NUMBERS (You are a pilot after all:E). Lap times (just in case the one in the machine just craps out). Alarm. and a little patch of velcro underneath the face to put it on the knee/chest of my flight suit when the clock in your machine does crap out...it will!. Price=65$ Can. That was when we were worth 65c American.

You have enough dials in front of you as it is...why complicate matters?