Aviation Watches

One other comment on my earlier post. The Swiss Army Cavalry watch no longer
comes in an officer's version with a stopwatch.

They do have "Air Boss" and "FA-18" watches that look promising.

here is a classic B-Uhr (observationwatch) replica:
http://www.laco.de/indexe/flieger-uhren/index.html




"C J Campbell" schrieb im
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One other comment on my earlier post. The Swiss Army Cavalry watch no
longer
comes in an officer's version with a stopwatch.

They do have "Air Boss" and "FA-18" watches that look promising.

Buy a cheap one and complain to everyone you know how crappy it is. Then
get someone to buy you a nice watch for x-mas or your birthday. Worked for
me. My Brother bought me a Breitling.

"BoDEAN" wrote in message
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Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky

I wear a Vibralite--I think Sporty's and/or King has them in their
catalogs. Try a search.

Digital, dual time zones, dual alarms, countdown timer. Has a vibrating
mode. When IFR, I set the countdown time for 15 minutes (it repeats
automatically) and it reminds me to check the DG.

Dave Reinhart


BoDEAN wrote:

Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky

Forgot to mention. The backlighting can be set so it comes on with a quick
turn of the wrist, no button pushing necessary.

David Reinhart wrote:

I wear a Vibralite--I think Sporty's and/or King has them in their
catalogs. Try a search.

Digital, dual time zones, dual alarms, countdown timer. Has a vibrating
mode. When IFR, I set the countdown time for 15 minutes (it repeats
automatically) and it reminds me to check the DG.

Dave Reinhart


BoDEAN wrote:

Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky

I have this Casio dive watch, $90 at Wal-Mart:

http://www.casio.com/index.cfm?fusea...direct&id=6055

It's big diameter-wise (just large enough to make people think you're
compensating for a small penis) but not bulky, and has a couple features
useful for flying; a small secondary digital display with day/date, alarm,
and dual-time in 12/24 format for zulu time, and around the bezel is a
compass rose in 10 degree increments, useful for figuring runway or radial
reciprocals or just remembering your assigned heading! :-)




"BoDEAN" wrote in message
...
Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky

Mate, I umm'd and arr'd about the same thing.

Ended up scoring a Suunto X6 from Wris****ch dot com ... very happy
with it.

Cheers,
Kit. PPL.



On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:47:34 -0500, BoDEAN
wrote:

Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky

Check out ebay. There are a few watch businesses that sell very reasonably.
I got my brand-new navihawk for $75, and I've had it for a year or so now,,,
works fine.

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"BoDEAN" wrote in message
...
Suggestions?

A few cfi's i know have the citizen one, that is like 300 bucks.
They like it, but it's bulky