Breitling watches

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
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John,

Did you ever actually use your watch for some aeronautical purpose while
flying?

Jon


(Thread Jumping...sorry...)

I have a Citizen "Wingman" that I've owned since 1990 and I can actually
claim to do something aeronautical with it:

If I push the upper right and lower left buttons at the same time, the
digital display changes from local time to UTC. I can then set the watch to
24HR time and voila!, I can tell FSS what time I was wheels up in UTC
without having to do the converson from MST to UTC in my head!

Quite handy actually...

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

Larry Dighera wrote in
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:41:14 +0100, "S." wrote
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.........or, of course, there are these :-

http://www.famousbrandwatch.com/proList.asp?classID=56

;-)


Trademarks mean nothing to the Chinese:


If you go to their warranty, the very first line reads
"1.All products are replica."

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:41:14 +0100, "S." wrote
in ::

.........or, of course, there are these :-

http://www.famousbrandwatch.com/proList.asp?classID=56

;-)


Trademarks mean nothing to the Chinese:


Which is why I put .................


;-)

What am I doing here? This thread is dead....

However, I used to do the same thing on my Citizen "whatever". Very
cool. Since ditching it, I have 2 world time programs on my Treo for
'chauffeured' travel overseas and have learned that I can give ATC local
time and get away with it just fine.

Jay Beckman wrote:

I have a Citizen "Wingman" that I've owned since 1990 and I can actually
claim to do something aeronautical with it:

If I push the upper right and lower left buttons at the same time, the
digital display changes from local time to UTC. I can then set the watch to
24HR time and voila!, I can tell FSS what time I was wheels up in UTC
without having to do the converson from MST to UTC in my head!

Quite handy actually...

"Jay Beckman" wrote in message news:z_1Be.29486

If I push the upper right and lower left buttons at the same time, the
digital display changes from local time to UTC. I can then set the watch
to 24HR time and voila!, I can tell FSS what time I was wheels up in UTC
without having to do the converson from MST to UTC in my head!

Quite handy actually...


I guess my synapses aren't firing too swiftly today. Would you explain how
the procedure above is easier or more convenient than simply adding 7?

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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I guess my synapses aren't firing too swiftly today. Would you explain
how the procedure above is easier or more convenient than simply adding 7?

I haven't found converting from local to UTC difficult. However, it's
certainly more complicated than adding an integer to the hours.

You have to account not only for Daylight Saving Time (which would
presumably be accounted for in such a watch), but also for roll-over of the
time (e.g. if you're in a UTC-7 time zone, any time after 1700 will require
the subtraction of 24 from the resulting number to get the actual time).

Furthermore, if you are a pilot, you can easily find yourself in a different
time zone, with a different integer to add. Having a watch do the
calculation for you may avoid accidently adding the wrong integer, or adding
the correct integer wrongly. UTC will be UTC no matter what time zone the
primary display of the watch is set to.

How useful having to push a few buttons to do that computation rather than
doing in oneself, I suppose that depends on the individual. Your mileage
may vary. But obviously for Jay, it's something he finds useful, so
it's good he has a watch that does that for him.

Pete

What Peter said
and;

Hitting a button (two simultaneously in this case) to obtain the correct
UTC conversion is both faster and more accurate for this pilot

My synapses just aren't that good at taking local time, which I would
perceive to be say, 8:15pm EST, and convert it to UTC military time
which (I hope) would be 0115 UTC. What's simple, swift or straight
forward about that conversion unless you do it 10 times a day or
otherwise walkaround spouting the time in military format?

So for this casual pilot, I've come to rely on the simple shorthand we
all use at some time or another "...at 15 after the hour".

For reference, the way my brain works, the conversion from 8:15 EST to
UTC goes like this in my head - "8:15pm = 20:00, 20 + 5 = 25, no, =24+1
or 1, 0100+15=0115UTC, was that EST or EDT?" A button is faster and
more consistently accurate.

Did I do the math right?

Peter Duniho wrote:
"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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I guess my synapses aren't firing too swiftly today. Would you explain
how the procedure above is easier or more convenient than simply adding 7?


I haven't found converting from local to UTC difficult. However, it's
certainly more complicated than adding an integer to the hours.

Kyle Boatright wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

I would like to extend an offer to you or any other pilots that might
be interested in the Breitling watch line. This is a great watch for
professionals. Some features include slide rule, emergency tracking,
chronograph and many more. I can mail you a catalog or your visit
www.breitling.com
We are the local representative of the watch line.

Romance Diamond Co. Jeweler
248 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479-443-9289
www.romancediamond.com

Thank you,
Brittany Adair


I had the pleasure of being gifted with a Breitling watch from my wife.
Unfortunately, that also stuck me with the bill and responsibility for
keeping the thing maintained, which is no small order.

Before anyone goes off and buys one of these watches, ask a few questions
from this list:

1) If the watch is battery powered, what does it cost to have the battery
replaced?*
2) How often does it need factory service?
3) What is the turnaround time on factory service and/or cleaning?
4) What does a factory service and/or cleaning cost?

* This is a trick question. Breitling won't "only" replace the battery on
your watch. Instead, they will offer you two options: 1) Have the XX
service performed, which is likely to cost $100 or better. OR 2) Take the
watch elsewhere to get the battery replaced, thus voiding the warranty on
your very expensive watch.

I received a Citizen Navihawk as a gift about ten years ago. It looks
impressive. It was fun to play with all the functions. Having Zulu
time in the digital window and local time on the analog face is
convenient. The alarms are nice but not loud enough to hear in a
cockpit. I had to have it cleaned after one year because the main
function button quit working. The same thing happened in another year.
And a year later it happened again and couldn't be fixed so Citizen
gave me a new watch under warranty. The same thing happened with the
new watch. I would not buy another Citizen.

Previously I had two Casio $39 watches that lasted about six to eight
years each with no service except for new batteries,

- John Ousterhout -


During the night at a hotel where many airline crews stayed overnight a
captain had to pee, and slightly drunk, opened the door to the hallway
instead of the bathroom and locked himslef out of his room. Naked, and
in panic he knocked on the room next door.

The Flight Attendent in that room looked through the peephole and
seeing the naked man, picked up the telephone and called the front
desk, "There's a naked man outside my door" she cried.

"Does he have a little dick and a big watch?" asked the desk clerk.

"Why yes" the Flight Attendent answered.

"It's just a pilot" relied the desk clerk.