I've wanted a nice watch since before I started flying for money. Then I did start flying for money and I definetly can't fork out the cash for one now. I keep putting a Yachtmaster down on my Christmas list but it hasn't showed up yet.
Agreed with DOC, no real need for e6b on your watch, however a reliable
watch is needed, you always need it when you dont have it.Mine are fortis gmt for everyday, and the oysterquatrz for when im not humping fueldrums and drill steel, 6 years and it still looks brand new.next one is a seadweller...
A watch should cost more more than a good dinner for two, at the KEG! Otherwise, it hurts too bad when some piece of freight snags it on the way out the door!
This topic seems to come up from time to time. I don't know why pilots and big watches ever became synonymous. But to me, collecting watches is like collecting art. People do it all the time. People pay MILLIONS for old canvas and paint. It doesn't have to be justified. It is beyond justification (just ask my wife). I collect watches for reasons that are far beyond "just telling the time". Like art, I could go to Ikea and buy a picasso print for 10 bucks if all I wanted was something to fill a wall. If I just want a time teller, I have my Seiko (granted it still cost me 700 bucks). Either you understand the "passion"of collecting or you don't. It doesn't mean you are a broke-ass FO if you have a fancy watch. I know broke ass people and millionairs that have big honkin' Panerai watches. I am always amazed at how someone can hand craft 500 little pieces together and keep the time within 2 or 3 seconds a day- especially when there are 86,400 seconds in a day. Not bad accuracy as far as I am concerned.
Anyway, enjoy your Rolexes, Breitlings, Omegas, or whatever floats your boat. It beats crystal meth!
TTF
The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
