Breitling watches

Interestingly enough, I just visited the Breitling website and after
the animated flash video finishes playing, a popup window appears
warning everyone to not buy any Breitling products over the Internet as
they are counterfeits and to only buy from authorised retailers.

I use a $7 Japanese no-name quartz watch which keeps perfect time and
runs for 3 years on a $2 battery.

wrote:
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

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
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John,

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

Jon


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When the big hand is on the left, switch to the left tank?

Gotta go fly.....

Stephen F. Pearce
Foley, Alabama

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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wrote in message

......Some features include slide rule, emergency tracking, chronograph
and
many more.

Yes..... but does it tell time?

I still wear a Timex Quartz purchased in 1980 for $12. Looks fine. It
flew
'round the world with me through the last 15 years of my career, and more
sedately in the ten years since. Never more than 1-2 seconds off in all
that time, according to WWV. New battery about $3-5 every 2-3 years.

Of course, ...... it won't impress anyone.

Nor will a Breitling impress those who really know watches. There are
dozens of small Swiss manufacturers that produce a better product at a small
percentage of what a Breitling will cost.

John Gaquin wrote:
wrote in message

I still wear a Timex Quartz purchased in 1980 for $12.

If you really want a pilot geek watch, the Citizen ones are awfully
nice, and large enough to cause your wearing arm to swell like a
fiddler crab's. Conversely, if you want to impress shallow women, Rolex
remains king. Unless you're hanging out with high-end shallow people, a
good fake one will more than suffice. The only people who recognize
Breitlings are other pilots, and all they'll do is make jokes about how
their Timexes keep better time.

My brother says his Rolex doesn't keep time worth a dam. It does look cool.
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John Gaquin wrote:
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I still wear a Timex Quartz purchased in 1980 for $12.

If you really want a pilot geek watch, the Citizen ones are awfully
nice, and large enough to cause your wearing arm to swell like a
fiddler crab's. Conversely, if you want to impress shallow women, Rolex
remains king. Unless you're hanging out with high-end shallow people, a
good fake one will more than suffice. The only people who recognize
Breitlings are other pilots, and all they'll do is make jokes about how
their Timexes keep better time.

Jon Woellhaf wrote:

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

I use the seconds hand to time approaches and hold (but then I could
also use the clock in the dashboard :-)

--Sylvain

About the same here.
Never wore a watch in my 39 years.

The only time I can remeber I really needed one was when I had to boil
something critical when out camping.
I believe it was eggs or rice or something like that, hard to do
without a clock.
Anyway, the problem was solved by running a song with the appropiate
length on a walkman. The song ended, the food was ok.

In the plane I've a $5 watch on the kneeboard.

-Kees

Aluckyguess,

It does look cool.


Define "cool" ;-)

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

about the only time I have a watch is at Oshkosh, if only so I can make
the forums I'm interested in. Even then, I keep in in my pocket.

Kind of a moot point though...if I have my cell phone with me, it has
the time...

John

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
John,

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

Of course, Jon.....

1. At brake release, takeoff, or when filling out paperwork, logs, etc, I
would routinely refer to my watch to determine the time. Occasionally I
would have to mentally add or subtract some factor to determine Z time.
This would often require a subsequent nap.

2. At random times enroute, I would refer to my watch, consider relevant
operational factors, and arrive at command conclusions such as "....dinner
should be ready soon..." or "....time for another coffee...".

3. On a few occasions I tried that thing with a watch where you point one
hand at the sun and you can determine North, or where the weather front is,
or some such thing, but the digital display rendered the procedure
problematic.

Fortunately, never in my career did I crash in a remote wilderness and have
to hike out 132 miles. And I always kept a real sliderule in my bag, so I
never needed to have one built into my watch. Just lucky I guess. :-)