Breitling watches

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:15:51 GMT, Maule Driver
wrote:

After wearing various aviation-styled watches over the years - mostly
moderately priced ones - I stopped wearing a watch all together.


You're not alone. When I quit wearing a watch I was never in doubt
about what time it was, or is, or used to be. Just look around. I
even get peeved when I see a wall clock that is not changed to
daylight or standard time. The jillion clocks at home, thanks to
Christmas past, in the car, on the cell phone, or wherever. It's
real easy to tell what time it is!

Flying. Well, I've got the clock(s) at the airport. FSS will tell
you the time to go, the stop watches will tell you how much fuel you
probably use(d). The GPS has phenominal time keeping. Within
nanoseconds. And, of course, the manual wind-up clock that our
friendly folks around (FAA) tell us must have has worked perfectectly
sincel last week. Just push one button on the GPS, NDB receiver,
pilot's yoke, passenger watch, or ... if you really want to know what
time it is, call 544-TIME.

Oh well, I've just driven a tractor in 120 F heat in Alabama. By the
angle of the Sun, and the number of dogs under the porch, I guess its
time to go back out one more time.

Hurricanes are coming. Don't ask me what time.

Mike Weller

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

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.

JG

John,

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

Jon

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
...

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.

JG

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
...
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

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

"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. :-)

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..."

What? Were you roasting a chicken under the cowling?

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message news:gWwze.1848

What? Were you roasting a chicken under the cowling?

No, some airplanes have galleys. But the cowling thing is not a bad
idea..... except for inflight access.

Ha, ha. That's what I thought.

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
...

"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.
:-)