Best Pilot Watch for $100

Jay Honeck wrote:
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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"

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
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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

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

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Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote in
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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.


Yes, I remember that. Snoopy was "in" then, of course..


Girls loved that dog!! Got me a BEAR!!! Girls love
bears better than dogs!!

Yep. Also it's a long standing tradition. A lot of pilots from WW1 had
teddy bears, and some even carried live animals with them (presumably to
keep them warm)


Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote in
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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.


Yes, I remember that. Snoopy was "in" then, of course..


Girls loved that dog!! Got me a BEAR!!! Girls love
bears better than dogs!!

Yep. Also it's a long standing tradition. A lot of pilots from WW1 had
teddy bears, and some even carried live animals with them (presumably to
keep them warm)


Bertie

Roscoe Turner even had a pet Lion. Some guys will do ANYTHING to attract
girls, but I have to admit.....that Bear created some GREAT times!!
:-))

--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

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!! :-))

I was going to carry a gigantic beaver, but my wife threatened me bodily...

"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

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!! :-))

I was going to carry a gigantic beaver, but my wife threatened me
bodily...



I doubt you could fit Jay into your flight case.. (think about it)

Bertie

"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!!