Watches to wear with your flight jackets...

[Pilot]

To me a watch is the only jewelery MAN may wear.
If an IPhone ( or others) does the job .. fine.... A real /chrono watch is more ... ... a lot of historical events happened thanks to a precise accurate watch... not thanks to an IPhone...IMHO....A real good watch gains value ... hahaha for a phone...For the records, I have an issued IPhone since its on the market.... and not sure I will like one after my very soon retirement...( any so called “ smart „ phone.) Watches nice one any time if no battery or no other electronics in there.
So... here...why discussing...buying ( or not) ELC, GW, Aero , BK, BR, RMZ and not only staying with all other kind of jackets available...? IMHO..

 

[CBI]

all I do is take the phone out of my pocket/back pocket and the movement of me doing that turns on the home screen with the time. Not much more effort than a glance at a watch AND I don't have to wear anything on my wrist which I prefer. That said not meaning for this to become a watch vs. phone thread!

 

[Pilot]

Thx ... great.. doing the same...
Possible or not time check in an airplane... does not work for me during a 12-14H flight...No military intervention takes place based on TEAM using Crapola ... they team time it with the real ( all automatic driven tools..)
Questions; What happens if :watch IPhone does not work if the battery is down and the charging is not available right „ now“ ... in many countries this happens every glims of time.
Not wanting to look at my IPhone when swimming in the pool or sea with my grandkids ...
IMHE

 

[A2 B3au]

My datejust and ELC roughwear 27752

 

[Pilot]

My datejust and ELC roughwear 27752

Love both...Great products...

 

[A2 B3au]

datejust and jacket but with actual pics

 

[zoomer]

The only drawback I find to my Laco: it's non-hackable. You can't stop the second hand unless you let the watch wind ALL the way down till it conks out completely.

Never had one that way in 40 years of watch wearing. Apparently all Lacos with the Type 21 movement are this way, and all the rest cost 4-5x as much.

 

[zoomer]

I don't work in live tv or radio so I don't need accuracy to the second. When the Laco gains more than a minute, I set it back a minute, and I'm happy.

 

[B-Man2]

Great watches , all of them..
Can be a little tough on the knits though.

 

[Pilot]

Greetings from Italy during THE Porsche Festival on the Misano race track/course...prior my “ home” trip to Korea. ( by Airbus ) ..Wearing a L-2A...and IWC Portugieser

 

[Saint-ex]

Less prestigious

 

[zetauno]

My Sinn Military Type II

 

[Royalcrown32]

My watch. An Oris Big Crown. My companion for the past 25 years.

 

[Saint-ex]

A friend of mine own a Oris Big Crown D.26 286 HB-RAG Limited Edition.

I like this watch and I think one day I will have one.

 

[Micawber]

Not aimed at anyone in particular but some watches strike me as being just so....

 

[stanier]

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love the leather on that jacket sleeve!

 

[crism1]

Bit of a boring choice I guess, but here's my Stowa Flieger with "original" german engraving

 

[DavidTen]

Not boring at all. My Laco Paderborn B-uhr paired with a Haveston USAAF camo strap. Kind of conflicting, I know!

 

[Carlos Fandango]

I am normally wearing one of my Helvetia collection. Pioneers of waterproof sports and pilots watches in the 1930s. Also supplied watches to G & M Lane for their Aero and Aeroplane lines. Couple of mine pictured below and an Aero ad.

Here is my site for those interested:

https://www.helvetiahistory.co.uk/

 

[Pilot]

Helvetia..great brand and quality...
Have two of them ( DH watches) on the market right now...
Very nice pieces of history...supporting the fact that even Switzerland supported actively the German war efforts during WWII.