Best Pilot Watch for $100

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For those who may be in the market for a decent pilot watch, this
Timex Expedition is the best one I could find with all the features I
wanted, for a reasonable ($54) price.

It's got dual (actually triple) time with Zulu time accessible at the
push of a button, countdown and -up timers, several reminder alarms, a
built-in digital compass (that actually seems to work), and it's all
easily readable with my old(er) eyes.

The buttons are big, and the menu system is more intuitive than my
previous watch, which was also a Timex Expedition (but a different
model/version). It's pure digital, rather than analog/digital like I
wanted, but I discovered that if I wanted Zulu time easily accessible
without screwing up the date, pure digital was the only option.

I looked at every pilot's watch out there, up to and including the
Citizen, Torgoen, and all the other "hot shot pilot" watches, and IMHO
they all suck. What blew me away was how you could easily spend as
much as $5K on a watch that was absollutely not usable for telling
time! To me, that's just an IQ test waiting to be failed...

For $54, this relatively simple watch has every feature (well, except
for an altimeter) that a pilot could want, a comfortable band, and it
even looks decent. Best of all, I can buy roughly 100 of these watches
for the cost of a single "real" pilot's watch!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/37qd8w

For those who may be in the market for a decent pilot watch, this
Timex Expedition is the best one I could find with all the features I
wanted, for a reasonable ($54) price.

It's got dual (actually triple) time with Zulu time accessible at the
push of a button, countdown and -up timers, several reminder alarms, a
built-in digital compass (that actually seems to work), and it's all
easily readable with my old(er) eyes.

The buttons are big, and the menu system is more intuitive than my
previous watch, which was also a Timex Expedition (but a different
model/version). It's pure digital, rather than analog/digital like I
wanted, but I discovered that if I wanted Zulu time easily accessible
without screwing up the date, pure digital was the only option.

I looked at every pilot's watch out there, up to and including the
Citizen, Torgoen, and all the other "hot shot pilot" watches, and IMHO
they all suck. What blew me away was how you could easily spend as
much as $5K on a watch that was absollutely not usable for telling
time! To me, that's just an IQ test waiting to be failed...

For $54, this relatively simple watch has every feature (well, except
for an altimeter) that a pilot could want, a comfortable band, and it
even looks decent. Best of all, I can buy roughly 100 of these watches
for the cost of a single "real" pilot's watch!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I'm with you Jay. I have a Brietling vintage pilot's chronograph sitting
upstairs unused now for over 40 years. It's heavy, I have to wind it,
and it's always a possible loss of thousands of dollars if misplaced or
stolen.
Pilots just don't need these anchors on their wrist any more; not with
modern time technology. I have a digital that keeps absolutely perfect
time. I think it cost me 20 bucks years ago.
DH

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Dudley Henriques

On Nov 15, 2:37 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

I'm with you Jay. I have a Brietling vintage pilot's chronograph sitting
upstairs unused now for over 40 years. It's heavy, I have to wind it,
and it's always a possible loss of thousands of dollars if misplaced or
stolen.
Pilots just don't need these anchors on their wrist any more; not with
modern time technology. I have a digital that keeps absolutely perfect
time. I think it cost me 20 bucks years ago.
DH


But Dudley, the fancy "pilot watch" is part of the uniform (costume?)
You can't call yourself a real pilot if you don't have The Watch. You
know, one of those expensive, multi-faced hunks of unobtanium with a
built in ELT that makes women swoon and lesser pilots envious.

Kingfish wrote:
On Nov 15, 2:37 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

I'm with you Jay. I have a Brietling vintage pilot's chronograph sitting
upstairs unused now for over 40 years. It's heavy, I have to wind it,
and it's always a possible loss of thousands of dollars if misplaced or
stolen.
Pilots just don't need these anchors on their wrist any more; not with
modern time technology. I have a digital that keeps absolutely perfect
time. I think it cost me 20 bucks years ago.
DH


But Dudley, the fancy "pilot watch" is part of the uniform (costume?)
You can't call yourself a real pilot if you don't have The Watch. You
know, one of those expensive, multi-faced hunks of unobtanium with a
built in ELT that makes women swoon and lesser pilots envious.

That's what the stuffed Teddy Bear I always carried with me was for.
:-))

--
Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote in
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Kingfish wrote:
On Nov 15, 2:37 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

I'm with you Jay. I have a Brietling vintage pilot's chronograph
sitting upstairs unused now for over 40 years. It's heavy, I have to
wind it, and it's always a possible loss of thousands of dollars if
misplaced or stolen.
Pilots just don't need these anchors on their wrist any more; not
with modern time technology. I have a digital that keeps absolutely
perfect time. I think it cost me 20 bucks years ago.
DH


But Dudley, the fancy "pilot watch" is part of the uniform (costume?)
You can't call yourself a real pilot if you don't have The Watch. You
know, one of those expensive, multi-faced hunks of unobtanium with a
built in ELT that makes women swoon and lesser pilots envious.

That's what the stuffed Teddy Bear I always carried with me was for.

Absolutely. Can't fly without one. Mine's missing both his ears and has
quite a bit of crud on him, but he's kept me alive to date!





Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote in
:

Kingfish wrote:
On Nov 15, 2:37 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

I'm with you Jay. I have a Brietling vintage pilot's chronograph
sitting upstairs unused now for over 40 years. It's heavy, I have to
wind it, and it's always a possible loss of thousands of dollars if
misplaced or stolen.
Pilots just don't need these anchors on their wrist any more; not
with modern time technology. I have a digital that keeps absolutely
perfect time. I think it cost me 20 bucks years ago.
DH

But Dudley, the fancy "pilot watch" is part of the uniform (costume?)
You can't call yourself a real pilot if you don't have The Watch. You
know, one of those expensive, multi-faced hunks of unobtanium with a
built in ELT that makes women swoon and lesser pilots envious.
That's what the stuffed Teddy Bear I always carried with me was for.

Absolutely. Can't fly without one. Mine's missing both his ears and has
quite a bit of crud on him, but he's kept me alive to date!





Bertie

Clay Lacy, movie photographer, and race pilot, used to carry a HUGE
Snoopy Dog with him stuffed in the back of his Omni Insurance
Co.sponsored Mustang. Girls loved that dog!! Got me a BEAR!!! Girls love
bears better than dogs!! :-))
D

--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Kingfish wrote:
On Nov 15, 2:37 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

I'm with you Jay. I have a Brietling vintage pilot's chronograph sitting
upstairs unused now for over 40 years. It's heavy, I have to wind it,
and it's always a possible loss of thousands of dollars if misplaced or
stolen.
Pilots just don't need these anchors on their wrist any more; not with
modern time technology. I have a digital that keeps absolutely perfect
time. I think it cost me 20 bucks years ago.
DH


But Dudley, the fancy "pilot watch" is part of the uniform (costume?)
You can't call yourself a real pilot if you don't have The Watch. You
know, one of those expensive, multi-faced hunks of unobtanium with a
built in ELT that makes women swoon and lesser pilots envious.

That's what the stuffed Teddy Bear I always carried with me was for.
:-))

Teddy Bears!!?? We don't need no stinkin' teddy bears!!

Matt W. Barrow wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Kingfish wrote:
On Nov 15, 2:37 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

I'm with you Jay. I have a Brietling vintage pilot's chronograph sitting
upstairs unused now for over 40 years. It's heavy, I have to wind it,
and it's always a possible loss of thousands of dollars if misplaced or
stolen.
Pilots just don't need these anchors on their wrist any more; not with
modern time technology. I have a digital that keeps absolutely perfect
time. I think it cost me 20 bucks years ago.
DH

But Dudley, the fancy "pilot watch" is part of the uniform (costume?)
You can't call yourself a real pilot if you don't have The Watch. You
know, one of those expensive, multi-faced hunks of unobtanium with a
built in ELT that makes women swoon and lesser pilots envious.
That's what the stuffed Teddy Bear I always carried with me was for.
:-))

Teddy Bears!!?? We don't need no stinkin' teddy bears!!


Speak for yourself!! That darn bear attracted more gorgeous women than I
could shake a stick at. I mean it was absolutely"cruel" how helpless and
totally in my power and under my manly spell these beauties became when
they saw the bear. YES SIR!!!....he was all powerfull....all
potent......and girls swooned at the very sight of him. Mothers would
raise their hands and cover the eyes of their beauty queen daughters
lest they cast a chance glance upon his furry face.
He was everywhere.....a furry legend in his own time.
So powerful was his magic spell, that throughout the air show and flight
test kingdom, he was simply known and referred to reverently as,
"The Bear"!!!!

Nuff said. My wife has forbidded me to discuss the bear with you any
further lest you become enchanted and have to go out tonight looking for
your own Bear!!!!!



--
Dudley Henriques

On Nov 14, 11:51 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/37qd8w

For those who may be in the market for a decent pilot watch, this
Timex Expedition is the best one I could find with all the features I
wanted, for a reasonable ($54) price.
.......
model/version). It's pure digital, rather than analog/digital like I
wanted, but I discovered that if I wanted Zulu time easily accessible

Jay,

Nice watch but the lack of analog feature is a deal-killer for me.
What am I going to do if ATC tell me "Traffic at 2 o'clock" ;-)

I had a Timex Epedition but it died within a year or two (the same
with my very expensive Titanium dive watch and few other fancy
watches) The $5 Walmart analog watch with big numbers and very
visible second hand has served me well for the last several years. I
have a timer for my approaches and hold pattern etc. but I much prefer
glancing at the analog watch while doing the hold.

Of course this cheap watch does not have Zulu time but I don't find
doing a simple addition while flying a big challenge yet. I may
change my mind in a few years ;-)

Hia Longworth

http://tinyurl.com/37qd8w

Nice watch but the lack of analog feature is a deal-killer for me.
What am I going to do if ATC tell me "Traffic at 2 o'clock" ;-)

I *do* miss the analog hands, but I'm getting used to just reading the
number again. It's funny -- having a digital watch has become retro!

Of course this cheap watch does not have Zulu time but I don't find
doing a simple addition while flying a big challenge yet. I may
change my mind in a few years ;-)

Sadly, I find that I often have to check my watch just to know what
*day* it is nowadays.

;-)

Mary and I can never seem to remember whether Zulu is +5 or +6 hours,
cuz it changes with Daylight Savings Time. We also do a fair number of
x-country flights where we're not in our own time zone, so I really
like being able to push a button and see it.

Also, dual time is such a simple (for a digital watch) feature that it
seems silly *not* to have it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"