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http://www.dodane1857.com/
Aviation watch
I feel the need for a Aviation watch, has to be cool. It can be anything from new or old, classic or techno, mechanical or auto, large or small, super complicated or simple. It can be from Casio to IWC. I just don't know..
My passion is running low so need a boost. A energy watch. Something with oomph.
Ladies and Gentlemen, suggestion please by showing your pilot watch on or off the wrist.
ismaaeel
Last edited by speedish; 14th August 2014 at 01:39.
chuck my next incoming in as a starter for ten...
http://www.dodane1857.com/
Nice. I like it.Originally Posted by deerworrier
ismaaeel
Not sure what defines an aviation watch but this is the cheapest but the best quality that I have <GBP100
So discrete, but oh so cool.
How about one of Eddies, a Speedbird 3.
Its pretty broad. Those looks great.
An E6B calculator is a kind of aviation slide rule so any watch with one of those around the bezel would qualify. Although I wonder how many pilots would ever actually use it.
The Breitling Emergency watch is pretty interesting.
A couple of Airmans from Glycine, independent Swiss company with a decent history and the 24 hour format makes them a little different from the norm:
Bell&Ross are all about cockpits/aviation.
Iv had several over the years and settled on this one..
The design and shape mimics cockpit instruments, they have taken it to the Nth degree lateley with stuff like this...
Which isn't for me! The originals are best imo.
Or if its pilot style watches you mean then here's a Steinhart I had (and sorely miss!)
There's plenty other brand names out there doing this style, but for me the Steinhart had bulletproof build quality, good price, choice of movements/decoration level and clear caseback so you can oggle it! and their customer service was over and above (they custom made my watch to order, adding the diamond shape crown which was no longer available but had some left in the parts department).
Last edited by Osian85; 14th August 2014 at 07:26.
These two should be on your radar.
Maybe a French Type 20, like my current aviation watch, a French (and a bit German) Vixa:
Or maybe a Swiss German (an ex)?
Look into the Lemania's, the Italian CP-1 + CP-2 (Leonidas, Breitling, Zenith, UG), the brilliant Hanharts + Tutima Glashüttes from WW2. I love those chrono's!!!
Isn't that Vixa's hour hand on upside down?
Its central seconds hand shape is gorgeous!
Nah, the guy who relumed it had a bit too much cognac the day before I guess.This watch has been in service for about 30 years and to keep it according to requirements, the hands had to stay luminous. It was a tool after all! The nice thing is that these watches have their service history on the back:
It really is indeed. I love this watch!
Last edited by Eddy C.; 14th August 2014 at 09:23.
Ive not been the biggest G-shock fan in the past, but ive got the urge for one of these.
http://www.g-shock.co.uk/premiumlist.aspx?cat=1
Best looking Gs ive seen IMO.
I must confess to looking at these myself. Torgoen have some nice models; well worth a look and at some reasonable prices too.
Regards
Yumma
I've seen a few commercial aircrew wearing Breitling Aerospace - not sure whether that qualifies or not TBH.
Pretty much the only requirements for a cockpit-suitable watch, IMO (and as a pilot) would be H/M/S hands, and at-a-glance legibility. I find the latter more attainable with analogue than digital. I've tried anadigital - with the Casio GW-2500, and the Tissot T-Touch II, but found them too complicated to use when the brain is being stretched by the demands of the flying, or the hands and eyes can't be taken off the job in had for more than a second. RAF pilots used to be issued with simple, 3-hander, CWCs. RN pilots got CWC/Precista/Hamilton chronos, then later Seiko quartz models.
Depending on the kind of flying I'm doing, a chrono can be useful - eg, for timing holding patterns during instrument flying. A centre-minute chrono is better for legibility than a 30 minute sub-register type, at least for those of us over 30. A bezel can also be good for navigation; in my view, a count-down bezel is better than the 0-60 type, since you simply set your ETD at the 0 marker and can reset the bezel as you pass waypoints, to give you a revised ETA without any need for mental arithmetic.
Few aircraft have really spacious cockpits; in my Pitts I found that the Fortis B-42 Cosmonaut Chrono LE, with the Lemania 5100 - probably my favourite watch, was a little too bulky, at 45mm across and 16mm tall. In that environment, its little brother the Revue Thommen Airspeed Titanium Quartz Chrono - around 38mm across, and 10.5mm tall, fared better and got knocked around less. There was also a Lemania 5100 auto version, with a countdown bezel, which I had but foolishly sold.
If I were buying a new watch for aviation today, I'd avoid most chronos except for those with centre minute chrono hands. I'd probably focus on a nice model with the Lemania 5100, the ETA 251.262 found in the Revue Thommen, or the HAQ version of this in the Breitling M1.
Revue Thommen Airspeed Auto (Lemania 5100) on the left; and Quartz on the right. I think I've had about 6 of these now.
However, if a chrono doesn't matter (and the OP didn't mention actually doing any aviation; just that he wanted an aviation watch) I'd have a look at either the Sinn 104, with nice clear display, day/date, and countdown bezel; or the Rolex 16710 GMT II,w hich has real pilot heritage, classic style and desirability, and practical real world functionality, for when aviation means flying the seat back video in seat 38A.
Sinn 104
Got to be a vintage Navitimer !!
What's the others in the background?Not sure what defines an aviation watch but this is the cheapest but the best quality that I have <GBP100
ismaaeel
I really like that Orient but it's a bit big for me. Does anyone know if they did something similar but smaller in the past?
I don't think you should overlook a Sinn. My first arrived this week and I love it.
Steve .
I really like the 104. Well done Sinn!However, if a chrono doesn't matter (and the OP didn't mention actually doing any aviation; just that he wanted an aviation watch) I'd have a look at either the Sinn 104, with nice clear display, day/date, and countdown bezel; or the Rolex 16710 GMT II,w hich has real pilot heritage, classic style and desirability, and practical real world functionality, for when aviation means flying the seat back video in seat 38A.
Sinn 104
Iconic!Got to be a vintage Navitimer !!
A lot of watch for not a lot of money...
http://www.archimede-watches.com/arc...0-b-watch.html
SGR
A wise choice sir. Only ever flew a kite (a kids one at that) but hey....here's a few of my current/ex fleiger's.....
You did ask!
Last edited by bongo; 14th August 2014 at 20:27.
There is only one:
To me, when you think of aviation, you think of Breitling. For example:
Last edited by Christian; 14th August 2014 at 20:39.
Do you have a budget in mind? May help to narrow it down a little!
The OP say a cheapo Casio to an IWC......
Had a nibble at this the other day, could be a result for the buyer if it just needed a crown & stem to fire it up, but if it was the movement.......?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vinta...vip=true&rt=nc
While I'm here, I want me Calculator back.......and the Hamilton 0552........and the Wempe B-uhr..........
Haha! Better to have loved and lost......
I know he said Casio to IWC, but there's not a lot you can't get within that range.
Those are just China made items.
Love the big crown on the steinhart!
I really like the bremont alt p blue dial and IWC big pilots but they are slightly too big for my wrist...
Sorry, I don't have any pics
One of my favourite styles of watch, especially without an overly complicated bezel. Hopefully these count:
Excuse the lighting on the chronograph pic, at least it shows the stepped dial on the speedy. How about the reverse of the navigator for some added oomph!
I really like the first one with the inner bezel - is that a vintage or current model?
Looks vintage, got a thing for cushion-cased 70`s stuff at the moment, really cool...
Dial looks blue - or black?
Manual wind?
Hour hand turns once a day a la Cosmonaute?
Putting one of those on `the list`..
Nice.
Hope this is going to get an incoming thread with gratuitous pictures!
The Sinn 104 shown a few posts below looks a great vfm proposition, I'm sorely tempted (although I'd have to change that strap). Occupying the middle ground I'd shoot squarely for a Breitling Navitimer. Once we're into the big bucks I really do like the IWC Big Pilot (especially the Miramar Top Gun! - i know, there's no accounting for taste!) however I'd value it at about 40% of what it retails at..
[QUOTE=JYvdK;3231886]Got to be a vintage Navitimer !!
Agreed, but there's also this:
[QUOTE=Top-Time;3234297]Lovely looking Omega, really suit's the bund :)Got to be a vintage Navitimer !!
Agreed, but there's also this:
Some interesting G Shock aviators have been released recently.
Then there are the very successful Citizen 'Skyhawk' watches.
Mitch
A lot of interesting watches..
Apologies for the absence as I was at the Red Bull Air Races.
ismaaeel
Just spotted this on Creations website. This is the best price I have seen on one of these. Anyone seen a better deal?
http://www.creationwatches.com/produ...-1a3-4332.html
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