Yep - like this design above, you should copyright that Farrell!

- Two or even three big digital time readouts - one for UTC, one for home time zone, and one for time zone you're presently in.
- Easy to read in all light conditions
- An alarm clock that'll wake the dead

And that's IT, nothing else. Less is more when it comes to watches.

You could do that with a Fossil Abacus PalmOS watch with a little app - same the battery life on them is terrible, but they're great for novelty value. You can still find them around for 30-40 quid.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Or maybe the Garmin Forerunner might be an interesting compromise? And it's got GPS (which might be handy for recording your track although no idea if it works at X,000 ft and +40kts seeing as you're unlikely to be running that fast).
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
or some kind of bastardisation along the shame theme?

Wonder if anyone should actually tell Breitling that pilots dont really make use of the fancy features in their expensive watches.....

Why? Nobody buys a Brietling for the features really - you buy it because it's a Breitling, and it looks fantastic.

I found the following features useful in my citizen skyhawk (old model not navihawk)

Stainless Steel (no sweaty rists)

Backlight.

Two alarms for those early reports.

UTC and 2 time zones (eg home and new destination)

A prominent digital display for an exact instant time for paperwork

But an analogue gauge just gives me a better overall picture when on a turnaround.

Stop watch for those things that you just wouldn't think of.

And finaly the slide rule....... one it can be an ice breaker "hay interesting watch you got there"

Or for those bar aviation conversations when you haven't memorised every conversion factor in the world and you want to explain how much fuel a chipmunk holds or how fast something goes in MPH.

The slide rule is a tiny bit poncey but since i dont have the 80's top gun Ray Bans i think im allowed this consession.

Bog standard Casio
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...jpg&imageText=
It cost me 8quid and does everything I need from a watch. Perfect for my job. :ok:

Fortis For Absolute Clarity
 

And their Pliot and Flieger ranges are better value than Breitling.

In no particular order:All but the last of these facilities are supported by the Breitling Aerospace.
DB

The Airwolf will get you the Alarm & Backlight too ;)

I used to have a citizen navihawk, but since that broke now have a Citizen Skyhawk:

http://www.citizenshop.co.uk/JR3080-51L%20S.jpg

Main reasons are:

• World times
• Several alarms
• Eco-drive (no need for new batteries)
• Slide rule (yes I do actually use it for calculations)
• Good deal from high street jewellers

Sorry...just stumbled in here from Rotorheads.

But now I'm here A340X...

Your design needs to sit well on the RIGHT wrist, because us helicopter boys can't see the left one...it being permanently slung low beside the left thigh as we heroically grip that collective thingy...you know, the one with the twisty bit on it that controls the noise level, and has all those impressive buttons on the end, that no-one tells you what they do.

Anyway...cavortingcatperson is quite right. Whatever it is, it's gotta look good on the RIGHT wrist, too.

Dan

PS...Check out FORTIS Watches. Nuff said!

47 years old Rolex Oyster Perpetual inherited from father. Never been serviced or repaired. Gains 1/2 minute/week. Style and class in one packet.

:eek:

Those who enjoy such exercises as flying over the North Pole will be delighted to know that Rolex have just reintroduced their Milgauss watch.
Given the price that the original ones make at auction, the new watch is quite a bargain at some £3,200.
One has to be a bit careful with older Rolex watches. Some of the older ones are irreplaceable and the value of them lies in small things. For example, a 1969 Rolex Submariner is no particular great shakes, but, were the word Submariner to be written in red, as a few of them were, it becomes much more collectible and hence valuable. Hence the reason why t'is is no longer, with regret, worn as a day to day watch.
There's another piece of timeless information, no doubt gone with the wind.;)

Farrell,

Did you purchase your Torgoen watches here in the UK or outside of the UK? I have searched all over the place trying to find a retailer that sells the T4 Zulu Time range, in particular, the T4.01.02.S02 model. Unfortunately I haven't had any success yet.

Thanks for any info.

Robert

I would like;
Round black face
Clear silver/gold numbers
Large silver/gold hands
Alarm
Accuracy +/- 4 seconds in 24 hours
stopwatch

When can you deliver?
:ok:

Fortis B42

3 Time zones and a stopwatch. All you'll ever need.

Arjay....

I bought them online when I was in the US.

I didn't hold onto the T4 for long because I found it to be too cluttered and impractical.

The T5 however, still goes with me on most flights.

Military Issue Navigators Watch
 

The watch I was issued with and still use and meets the majority of your needs is a Seiko. Bloody brilliant watch and as a Nav it does what you need - the pilots (who get talking baggage) only get a watch that tells the time. So, if you can find it this is what I class as the best pilots watch:

http://www.chronomaster.co.uk/B117_seiko_mil_1.JPG

Use velcro straps on it and just replace them every two years! LOL

Rolex Explorer Ii
 

The smart money is on a ROLEX EXPLORER II. Buy one slightly used, then use it for the next TEN YEARS, when you sell it, chances are the price will be the same or higher than when you bought it. Then buy another used Rolex and do it over and over again. Trust me, I've been doing this the past 15 years..and my best friend is a Watch dealer!

watchs define the man !

omega= wanna be james bond
brietling=wanna be richard branson or full of hot air like a balloon
seiko= still 18 and a mummys boy
casio= too cheap to shout at a bar
rolex=ancient trend setter living in the past
citizen divers= think they know where to find the g spot

the idea of big bulky gold watchs of extreme value dates back to when flyboys were shot down and needed something to trade,try a g shock ,plastic simple very unattractive but with the current pilot t&c yells ill take the hits just keep em coming.(have a laugh boys just some oz humor)