Pilot watches

[HuggyU2]

5 hours ago, Warrior said:

The weapons school is getting ready to place an order for WIC custom Breitlings. Tart Ehlers is the POC in the 8 WPS

So, he will get to work with Susan at Breitling USA.  Ping him in 6 months and see how he is enjoying the experience.  

[matmacwc]

31 minutes ago, HuggyU2 said:

So, he will get to work with Susan at Breitling USA.  Ping him in 6 months and see how he is enjoying the experience.  

I think they’re running out of choices, gotta get that watch into a vault.

[pawnman]

On 10/14/2017 at 3:07 PM, HossHarris said:

Check out the citizen gps watches. 

Not quite tritium, but the hands glow long time. 

Can confirm.  I have a Citizen Skyhawk and it's great.

[cragspider]

15 hours ago, pawnman said:

Can confirm.  I have a Citizen Skyhawk and it's great.

Second this. It’s taken a beating from me as well and held up great. 

[MooseClub]

Breitling. Get the best. Forget the rest 

[duece123]

Any advice where to sell a used Breitling?? All the online sites charge a huge premium or undercut the heck out of the owner and eBay is just a spam machine.

Trying to sell my damn near mint Aerospace avantage that I thought would sell quickly.

 

Edited June 23, 2019 by duece123

[RegularJoe]

15 hours ago, duece123 said:

Any advice where to sell a used Breitling?? All the online sites charge a huge premium or undercut the heck out of the owner and eBay is just a spam machine.

Trying to sell my damn near mint Aerospace avantage that I thought would sell quickly.

 

The problem with trying to sell that watch on an AF forum is that it looks like it has Navy wings on the face. 

I would try the navy site, they have a tread just for watches as well. 

[ThreeHoler]

That is the Breitling symbol found on all their watches.


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[AC&W]

17 hours ago, duece123 said:

Any advice where to sell a used Breitling??

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/ 

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/ (requires forum activity)

Ultimately posting in either site (among others) will get you on the following site...

https://www.watchrecon.com 

 

[Prozac]

Thread Revival:

I've given up on my Apple Watch after two years.  I mostly liked it (with the exception of having to charge it EVERY night) but in typical Apple fashion it's gone on the fritz & is constantly resetting itself and/or freezing despite being fully charged and current on all updates.  Time to escape the shackles of the Cupertino overlords.  So I'm looking for a decent automatic, swiss made piece with a GMT or second time zone complication.  Prices seem to have gone up significantly recently (like everything else) so value is a major consideration.  Looking to keep it under a ~$2K cap.  Really like some of Hamilton's offerings but a lot of the models I like seem to be quartz only.  Any other watch snobs have some recommendations?

[herkbier]

I bought a Christoper Ward a few years back, wore it every day for 6.9 years til my squadron bought us Garmin Fenix 6X    
 

https://www.christopherward.com/int/dive-watches/C60-Trident-GMT-600/C60-42AGM3-S0KK2-HK.html

[Grabby]

I have the same Christopher Ward watch.  It’s fantastic, and a steal for the money.

[di1630]

Garmin Fenix 5…., super functional, allowed in the vault love it.

My breitling/bremont/citizen/astrozavia pilot watches all get rotated occasionally for show only.

[pawnman]

Love my Garmin Tactix Charlie and Citizen Skyhawk.

[Standby]

It’s never been a problem in the past…but does anybody have recommendations for a watch (not a g shock) that’s permitted in a SAPF/SCIF? I thought a Garmin Instinct would be approved, but apparently not. 

[brabus]

25 minutes ago, Standby said:

It’s never been a problem in the past…but does anybody have recommendations for a watch (not a g shock) that’s permitted in a SAPF/SCIF? I thought a Garmin Instinct would be approved, but apparently not. 

Garmin Fenix 5/6/whatever model they’re on now. Great watch all around. Just don’t get the model with wifi.

[HossHarris]

Cheaper and electronic… but my citizen satellite wave has been phenomenal. And a sapphire crystal 

[Boomer6]

40 minutes ago, brabus said:

Garmin Fenix 5/6/whatever model they’re on now. Great watch all around. Just don’t get the model with wifi.

Not all vaults, it depends where you’re at. We’ve been fighting this battle for 3 years in my corner of the AF.

[Standby]

1 hour ago, Boomer6 said:

Not all vaults, it depends where you’re at. We’ve been fighting this battle for 3 years in my corner of the AF.

That’s my problem. Previous units…no problemo. Now it’s an issue. Apparently the wearables memo from years back is vague enough to not be standardized.

[1969RPOL36]

6 hours ago, Prozac said:

Thread Revival:

I've given up on my Apple Watch after two years.  I mostly liked it (with the exception of having to charge it EVERY night) but in typical Apple fashion it's gone on the fritz & is constantly resetting itself and/or freezing despite being fully charged and current on all updates.  Time to escape the shackles of the Cupertino overlords.  So I'm looking for a decent automatic, swiss made piece with a GMT or second time zone complication.  Prices seem to have gone up significantly recently (like everything else) so value is a major consideration.  Looking to keep it under a ~$2K cap.  Really like some of Hamilton's offerings but a lot of the models I like seem to be quartz only.  Any other watch snobs have some recommendations?

I recommend the Tudor Black Bay GMT. It's about double what you want to spend, but it's what Rolex was before Rolex became impossible to obtain. It's an amazing watch from their sister brand, and IMO, it's worth the premium you'd pay.

[AC&W]

14 hours ago, Prozac said:

So I'm looking for a decent automatic, swiss made piece with a GMT or second time zone complication...Looking to keep it under a ~$2K cap...Any other watch snobs have some recommendations?

Tudor black bay GMT is an excellent recommendation if your budget allows. 

Here are some more,

This is fantastic option, minute markers with a countdown bezel and GMT make this the ultimate tool watch. 

https://www.ashford.com/hamilton-h76755135.html

Here is a similar watch with the added comfort benefit of titanium and 4 o'clock crown.

 https://www.muehle-glashuette.de/en/watch/seebataillon_gmt/

More affordable titanium piece. 

https://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/flieger-watch/nav-b-uhr-44-dual-time-titanium.html

Unconventional design from Stowa with GMT. Stowa has some excellent, and more affordable non-GMT models.

https://www.stowa.de/en/Flieger+Verus+Klassik+Chrono-GMT.htm

A straightforward Sinn model.

https://www.sinn.de/en/Modell/856_UTC.htm

 

Edited April 24, 2022 by AC&W
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[brabus]

9 hours ago, Boomer6 said:

Not all vaults, it depends where you’re at. We’ve been fighting this battle for 3 years in my corner of the AF.

it does come down to the PSO for that vault. But I assure you, fenixs are allowed in very high level vaults (albeit with PSOs who aren’t douches).

@Standby Did you switch MAJCOMs? I’ve hit ACC, NGB, PACAF, AFSOC, other service/org, and only come across one time I had to leave my fenix outside…and it was due to that specific PSO being a typical tight ass GS. There are industry places that dont allow smart watches (again, PSO driven), but usually not an issue since civ attire is standard/people generally wear more dressed up watches in business attire. 

Edited April 24, 2022 by brabus

[Standby]

17 minutes ago, brabus said:

it does come down to the PSO for that vault. But I assure you, fenixs are allowed in very high level vaults (albeit with PSOs who aren’t douches).

@Standby Did you switch MAJCOMs? I’ve hit ACC, NGB, PACAF, AFSOC, other service/org, and only come across one time I had to leave my fenix outside…and it was due to that specific PSO being a typical tight ass GS. There are industry places that dont allow smart watches (again, PSO driven), but usually not an issue since civ attire is standard/people generally wear more dressed up watches in business attire. 

This is a different MAJCOM. I’ve got the Apple Watch, Fenix, titanium Pathfinder and a bunch of other non-smart watches. I’ve come to like the HR and SPO2 functions. I thought the Garmin Instinct was going to be OK, particularly because it has a mode to disable all connectivity functionality. 

[StrikeOut312]

Bremont has some nice automatics and they have options with silhouettes of most military aircraft on them if you’re into that.

[M2]

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