Breitling watches

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message

Ha, ha. That's what I thought.


Good to hear from you. How're the family and the Skylane - in that order?

"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

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

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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......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:
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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.

My brother says his Rolex doesn't keep time worth a dam. It does look cool.
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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.

Aluckyguess,

It does look cool.


Define "cool" ;-)

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

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