Best Pilot Watch for $100?

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:15:33 -0500, john smith
wrote:

In article om,
Jay Honeck wrote:

I too, wear an Expedition. Mine has dual time zone capability. One is
always set to Zulu time.
I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...

It's supposed to!
You're using Zulu time!


Right! The date applies to the time zone in use.

I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...

It's supposed to!
You're using Zulu time!

Right! The date applies to the time zone in use.

Understood -- but it still sucks...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:47:30 -0800, Jay Honeck
wrote:

I too, wear an Expedition. Mine has dual time zone capability. One is
always set to Zulu time.

I really like the Expedition. However, one problem with it is that
if you set the dual time (digital) to Zulu time, the date changes in
conjunction with Zulu time. That's a PIA...

I too have a Timex Expedition. Set Zulu time in the T2 window and the
date will not change with Zulu time. I believe the Date is triggered
by the T1 time, or what the analog dial is set to.

Unless there is more than one "Expedition"... mine has an analog dial
and a digital window. The digital window has T2, alarm, stopwatch,
and day and date.

Ron Kelley

Unless there is more than one "Expedition"... mine has an analog dial
and a digital window. The digital window has T2, alarm, stopwatch,
and day and date.

I'm amazed at how few watches incorporate this amazingly handy digital
window feature. Whilst watching the Packers annihilate the Vikings
yesterday, I spent a couple of hours casually researching "pilot
watches" on line (there are seemingly hundreds of models out there) --
and almost NONE of them incorporate this "analog/digital" feature, for
any amount of money.

I'm amazed at how some watches cost thousands of dollars and have
little more than a date window. Timex and Casio seem to have a lock
on this design feature.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

I'm amazed at how some watches cost thousands of dollars and have
little more than a date window.

Why? They're jewelry.

Cheap watches are tools. G

Someone on ebay has them for $39

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:46:26 -0800, Ron wrote:



Unless there is more than one "Expedition"... mine has an analog dial
and a digital window.

There is...

Both of mine are 100% digital.

You are the only one who needs to know you're a pilot!!

We have a friend who wears flying gloves and flying boots to drive his
172!


Husband puts his suit coat in the back of the M20.

Wonder what MX wears when he uses his sim?

On Nov 11, 6:31 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote in news:1194789941.276600.29240
@o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

My trusty Timex Expedition has finally died, after years of faithful
service. Although it had many features I liked, it was missing a few
things that would be nice in the plane. (Zulu time, for example.)

What's the group-think on this? What watch do you wear/recommend?
--

I wear a relatively cheap Seiko and leave it on GMT all the time.

At home I don't wear a watch and everyone already knows I 'm a pilot.

Bertie

Tina wrote:
You are the only one who needs to know you're a pilot!!

We have a friend who wears flying gloves and flying boots to drive his
172!


Husband puts his suit coat in the back of the M20.

Wonder what MX wears when he uses his sim?

Now you've done it.

Expect another gout of obscene speculative
pictures of MX sitting at his computer...

Tina wrote in news:1194915238.050815.280260@
50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

You are the only one who needs to know you're a pilot!!


Xactly.





We have a friend who wears flying gloves and flying boots to drive his
172!


Ugh.



Husband puts his suit coat in the back of the M20.

Wonder what MX wears when he uses his sim?


Lets not go there.

I've often seen guys wearing white shirts and bars in the land of style
over substance known as the United Kingdom. I nearly broke my ass
laughing the first time I saw that.


One of my favorite stories of all time is that of a young Gregory Peck,
out with his entourage at the Brown Derby or some similar Hollywood spot
shortly after his first big splash. A snotty Maitre 'd informed him as
he arrived that there would be a wait and that they should go to the bar
until they were called. One of his buddies stepped up and said "excuuuse
mel but do you know who this is? ". Gregory pulled him aside and
whispered to him "If ya gotta tell 'em who you are, ya ain't"



Bertie