I like silent watches with no moving parts, just electrons
and LCDs.



"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
news |I don't even wear a watch any more. Pain in the butt
really. I own a
| Brietling AOPA E6B bezel watch that I've had since it was
given to me in
| the 50's. Its in perfect condition but I never wear it.
I've had
| Rolex's, Accutrons, and God knows what else. Like you, as
long as it
| ticks it's fine with me :-)
| Dudley Henriques
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| A little watch, that keeps time accurately is all you
need.
| Of course, unless you are female, a dainty ladies watch
is
| out of place.
|
| When I was about 18, I bought a Rolex divers watch.
| Beautifully constructed, polished stainless steel, good
to
| 200 meters. Worst damn watch I ever had. Tried to use
it
| for about three years, it was back in Switzerland 3
times
| for a total of nearly a year of those three while they
tried
| to fix it. When it was nearly, new, the stem just
pulled
| out, kind of hurts the waterproof design. Back it went.
It
| came back in a few months and kept time so-so, until the
| stem broke again. Sent it back and had it completely
| refurbished with new crystal and such and put it back in
the
| box for 20 years. Sold it at a small profit a few years
| ago. Original cost was $135 [long time ago] and I got
most
| of that back. You want a good watch, buy a Seiko, Timex
or
| something else under $50 [well under] and be happy.
|
|
| "Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
| ...
| | One of the best fighter pilots I ever knew wore a
Mickey
| Mouse
| | watch....I mean a REAL Mickey Mouse watch!!!
| | Before you laugh, I can tell you from experience that
the
| watch broke
| | the ice with beautiful young ladies at the O club bar
on
| more than one
| | occasion :-)
| | Dudley Henriques
| |
| | BT wrote:
| | The fighter pilots skills are related to the size of
his
| watch.
| | The bigger the watch, the lower the skill.
| |
| | BT
| |
| | "BillJosephson" wrote in
| message
| |
|
ups.com...
| | Hi. I am a bit confused. I saw this watch on Amazon
and
| a reviewer
| | states it is not a real EB6:
| |
| | "The E6-B rule bezel is incomplete, however
| operational. For a perfect
| | calculation, you must have a "mirror" of the main
| functions of the
| | rule bezel printed within the watch, just like any
| Jeppesen Computer.
| | Although I knew this when I bought the watch, it's
| still important to
| | mention that. There are watches in the market with
a
| complete E6-B
| | rule bezel."
| |
| | for this watch:
| |
| |
|
http://www.amazon.com/Seiko-Mens-Tac...3932448&sr=8-4
| |
| | But I've looked at other watches, like the one I
want,
| and the "slide
| | rule" seems the same on all of them:
| |
| |
http://mymsn.qxl.no/accdb/ViewItem.asp?IDI=412615595
| |
| | I want a real EB6; what am I missing? Is this guy
| right? Is the
| | latter watch true EB6? How do you tell?
| |
| | Thanks a lot....
| |
| | Bill
| |
| |
| |
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