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Erin
95 posts |
#41436 2008-05-17 02:00 GMT |
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This fall, I will start my training to be an airline pilot. I would like a non-digital watch to help keep track of time. Do yall have any suggestions as to what would be a great aviators watch?
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StoneHenge
83 posts |
#41437 2008-05-17 02:05 GMT |
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Any old Timex has kept pretty good time for me. However I think you just want to make a statement at happy hour.
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PrehistoricSwimmer
89 posts |
#41438 2008-05-17 03:29 GMT |
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I used digital ones as they are easier to glance at, and see elapsed time/time to go etc. Later, I used ones that autosync'd with the Naval Observatory so I didn't have to rehack them.
If you want a non-digital watch, I'm thinking you REALLY don't want it for work: do you really want to wear a $800-1000 watch that's going to get banged around as you climb into and out of the cockpit every day? |
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Cheesybite
104 posts |
#41439 2008-05-17 06:00 GMT |
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One with a second hand, and a good batt.
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Dolphinswimmer
87 posts |
#41440 2008-05-17 08:07 GMT |
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For what it is worth - i bought a Seiko Aviator watch in 1986. I'm still wearing it 24/7. It keeps good time too.
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Shrouded
85 posts |
#41441 2008-05-17 09:38 GMT |
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Haven't worn a watch for ten years. With cellphones and clocks all over the cockpit and in my car watches have become a pain in the ass
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MorningAfter
87 posts |
#41442 2008-05-17 11:03 GMT |
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Tag-Heuer
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Gunship
103 posts |
#41443 2008-05-17 11:51 GMT |
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A Citizen Skyhawk! It is the best! I have looked at them all.
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LoveVolleyball
87 posts |
#41444 2008-05-17 13:06 GMT |
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I have become a huge fan of my Wenger Aerograph Day/Date.
http://www.wengerna.com/browse/product.jsp?prod_id=9873&cat_id=5&cat_name=Wenger%20Watches&sub_cat_id=6 It has a large, easy to read face and a second hand. A great, inexpensive watch that looks good. |
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SpikeyDesert
90 posts |
#41445 2008-05-17 22:43 GMT |
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I used a Timex most of my flying career.
My son found it in the sand at the beach in Hawaii and I traded him for my Boliva. Worked for me for years. |
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