Letter FROM Santa!

The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!

But need to know what would be most suitable!

Depends on how rich your "dude" is, but such a watch doesn't have to
cost a lot of bucks. I bought myself a Pulsar--cheap version of the
Seiko-- for a measly $63 from Heartland, and it keeps almost perfect
time. Gains two or three seconds a month.

Only thing I don't like: It has a red sweep second hand and a black
face, and the contrast isn't great enough in some light conditions.
Don't get that color combination.

vince norris

I'm on my second Luminox with the tritium-illuminated dial. (Wore the
first one playing racquetball and slammed it into the wall -- no style
points for grace and beauty.) Its only trick is to be readable in
total darkness, but it does that extraordinarily well.

The first one was anonymous; got it at the Whole Earth store in
Berkeley, but neither anonymous watch nor store is around anymore.
This one is the "Navy Seal" version, bought at West Marine. I don't
chew broken glass and strive to get arrested by Tijuana cops for the
fun of breaking out of jail, but even in total darkness, I'm unlikely
to get mistaken for a Navy Seal, so I don't feel as if I'm sailing
under false colors.

Don

Have a Citizen Navihawk in use now for several years. Analog+digital (dual)
time, several useful options. Not cheap but I can recommend it.

Harald


"Dave" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!

But need to know what would be most suitable!

What should I suggest! (brand / model etc. )

Dave

Have a Citizen Navihawk in use now for several years

I got the same watch as a gift from my wife 7-8 years ago (Blue Angels
edition) I think she paid $250 for it - classy looking watch and not
too "wannabe" looking **thank god** but the rotating flight computer
bezel is totally unusable IMO. I have the analog set to local time and
the digital set to Zulu time.

Harald T wrote:
Have a Citizen Navihawk in use now for several years. Analog+digital (dual)
time, several useful options. Not cheap but I can recommend it.

Harald


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The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!

But need to know what would be most suitable!

What should I suggest! (brand / model etc. )

Dave



I have the Eco-drive SKYHAWK Citizen. It performed poorly until I got
glasses.

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Harald T wrote:
Have a Citizen Navihawk in use now for several years. Analog+digital
(dual) time, several useful options. Not cheap but I can recommend
it.

Harald


"Dave" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!


But need to know what would be most suitable!

What should I suggest! (brand / model etc. )

Dave



I have the Eco-drive SKYHAWK Citizen. It performed poorly until I got
glasses.

I have the Blue Angels edition of that watch. I love the fact that you
never have to replace the battery. Also, the ease with which you can
change time zones without changing the zulu time dial is great.

I have the Eco-drive SKYHAWK Citizen. It performed poorly until I got
glasses.

I have the Blue Angels edition of that watch. I love the fact that you
never have to replace the battery. Also, the ease with which you can
change time zones without changing the zulu time dial is great.


I too have the Blue Angel edition of the Skyhawk Eco-Drive and I am
happy with it.

Mike Alexander
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
See my online aerial photo album at
http://flying.4alexanders.com

"I have the Blue Angels edition of that watch".

This one seems to best bang (or "tick)" for the buck...

I don't care for the blue/yellow thing, but from the pix I
have, I think it would be easier to read the bezel, (white on blue)
than the all metal surface of the standard model..

Anybody like to comment on this?

Thanks to all who responded!

Dave

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:20:36 -0800, Mike 'Flyin'8'
wrote:



I have the Eco-drive SKYHAWK Citizen. It performed poorly until I got
glasses.

I have the Blue Angels edition of that watch. I love the fact that you
never have to replace the battery. Also, the ease with which you can
change time zones without changing the zulu time dial is great.


I too have the Blue Angel edition of the Skyhawk Eco-Drive and I am
happy with it.

Mike Alexander
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
See my online aerial photo album at
http://flying.4alexanders.com

Santa brought me one last year, unannounced, unrequested. It's one of the
Torgoen models that you see advertised in all the catalogs. Turns out it
wasn't very expensive and it's a fairly simple watch. 4 hands. Hour,
Minute, Second, and GMT. Nothing more. It's big enough to read at a
glance, numbers are huge, and everything glows in the dark. I love it.
Often tell Santa it's one of the best Christmas gifts she's given me.

Jim

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The dude offered to leave a "pilots" watch under the tree for me!

But need to know what would be most suitable!

What should I suggest! (brand / model etc. )

Dave