Hi all,
I am currently flying in the military and looking to purchase a quality watch for work every day. I am new to luxury, high end watches.
We get issued Casio G Shocks, and I am sure they are entirely fit for purpose, but nobody I know even wears them, and that includes me.
I want something fit for purpose for use daily at work - on the ground and in the air.
Needs:
- Nothing showy - so no bling or chrome etc. Definitely prefer the black, dark titanium look, with contrasting very clear Arabic numerals.
- Cloth or NATO strap.
- Not huge - need to be able to pull up flight suit sleeve/gloves to access. Can wear outside the suit, but prefer not to for ergonomic reasons and also FOD concerns if it comes off.
- Can't have anything 'connected' (or even capable of this) - if so, would not be able to take this inside a brief, let alone inside any secure building - which pretty much would mean leaving it at home.
- Legible and simple (but still modern) - no giant, cluttered bezel with superfluous crap on it that will be entirely unreadable during an aircraft sortie. There are many 'pilot watches' that are unfortunately like this.
I suppose a superquartz movement is the best option given time loss in a mechanical watch - although I would love a mechanical. Have seen plenty of Breitlings that COULD fit the bill - exospace, aerospace, avenger, airwolf, 50, B1, B2, however some of these are either super cluttered, and/or 'connected' watches which rule them out. Also, the staggering array of models from all the manufacturers in the last 20-25 years has me a bit lost.
I would love to hear any advice the wise heads here may have for me.Would ideally like to make one purchase and make it a good one. Thank you in advance!
I am currently flying in the military and looking to purchase a quality watch for work every day. I am new to luxury, high end watches.
We get issued Casio G Shocks, and I am sure they are entirely fit for purpose, but nobody I know even wears them, and that includes me.
I want something fit for purpose for use daily at work - on the ground and in the air.
Needs:
- Nothing showy - so no bling or chrome etc. Definitely prefer the black, dark titanium look, with contrasting very clear Arabic numerals.
- Cloth or NATO strap.
- Not huge - need to be able to pull up flight suit sleeve/gloves to access. Can wear outside the suit, but prefer not to for ergonomic reasons and also FOD concerns if it comes off.
- Can't have anything 'connected' (or even capable of this) - if so, would not be able to take this inside a brief, let alone inside any secure building - which pretty much would mean leaving it at home.
- Legible and simple (but still modern) - no giant, cluttered bezel with superfluous crap on it that will be entirely unreadable during an aircraft sortie. There are many 'pilot watches' that are unfortunately like this.
- One touch chrono for nav, time on target etc redundancy (is this called a 'flyback' in a mechanical watch?)
- Any other neat features that could prove useful as a watch that will see almost daily flying.
I suppose a superquartz movement is the best option given time loss in a mechanical watch - although I would love a mechanical. Have seen plenty of Breitlings that COULD fit the bill - exospace, aerospace, avenger, airwolf, 50, B1, B2, however some of these are either super cluttered, and/or 'connected' watches which rule them out. Also, the staggering array of models from all the manufacturers in the last 20-25 years has me a bit lost.
I would love to hear any advice the wise heads here may have for me.Would ideally like to make one purchase and make it a good one. Thank you in advance!
