They just make believe theres one

Pilot, airplane instruments. LAWL
Isn't Breitling the pilot's watch

Talking about GMTs.. i like the Fat Lady...wow.. I sent an email to Watch Snob and he published it..but he didn't answer my question. LOL.

This post has been edited by Jason: Oct 25 2013, 01:55 AM

So got the Swatch YAS704 as a gift, it's a ETA2842. My first interaction with a swiss movement, there are something odd that I want to make sure with sifus here

1. I was hearing the pallet fork touching the escape wheel, the sound is like "chuck chuck chuck chuck" with "ding ding ding ding", these 2 sounds goes together, while on my orient, i didn't hear the "dings", is it normal?

2. I know that most sifu will advice not to adjust the time backwards, but from the box out, i didn't read the manual and goes on trying, i tried to move slightly backwards (very softly and slowly) I can see the second needle starts to jerk and move slightly backwards too, is this normal too?

Thanks in advance for anyone that could answer my question.

Hmm... IWC claims the pilot thing too and it seems just about every brand has a model that claims pilot heritage.

Even the Rolex Air King has supposed Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot provenance.

Is it because pilots buy a lot more watches than say.. an accountant?


1. Never heard a watch that chuck chuck chuck and ding ding dings like a train + bell tower crossover

2. That's the hidden "reverse hacking function". For non hacking watches, apply slight backwards pressure on the crown to stop the second hand for precision time synchronization.

No one can deny that Cartier Santos is the world first watch for aviation used.
http://www.monochrome-watches.com/worlds-f...er-santos-1904/

As for IWC's pilot line, yes, they is the original pilot watchmaker for WWII. Among others are Lange, Wempe, Stowa, Laco.
But no one can claim the copyright as the design and spec is from the military.
http://www.calibremagazine.com/node/305

first watch for aviation used?
someone should next wear a swatch, then make the world's largest roti canai...
then can claim 'first watch used for making the world's largest roti canai'.
the cronies at the malaysian book of records would be so proud

I don't know how to describe that sound but definitely heard some metallic sound, but most importantly, normal?

Not sure does it stops the second hand, but when i saw the second hand move abit backwards, i immediately stopped moving, scared it will hurt the movement.

i think you need to be more specific.
that sound you hear only happens when you shake it right?

no, it's the escapement sound i believe, it clicks 6 times per seconds, only can be listen if only i put my watch right beside my ears.

the ticking sound? that should be pretty normal...even on the orient i had.
maybe u need to listen to your orient a little closer

Both of the orient and swatch also got ticking sound, but the swatch's seems to have 2 layers of ticking, one like the orient's another is like something being hit by a metal.

i got a eta-2842 here, but i dont hear anything out of the ordinary.

But then the flieger's are really boring navigator/bombardier watches which is not nearly as cool as Messerschmitt fighter pilots but nobody goes harp about the Tutima and Hanhart chronographs that they wore while dogfighting Spitfire pilots sporting Air Kings over the skies of Britain.

And what about the Seikosha that the Zero kamikaze pilots wore. Seiko should really do a reissue since not many examples still exist for obvious reasons.

Or the Glycine Airman that the Vietnam F-4 pilots favor....or the.. the lists goes on.

Instead we get bombarded by IWC Miramar Top Gun that Tom Cruise didn't wear and B&R instruments strapped around a model "fighter pilot" wrist.

glycine airman is something that i've been interested in, especially the 1953 vintage reissue, but at almost rm7k with something i feel its novelty will eventually wear off...i think i'll pass and stick with divers

Haha, so in the end of the day, buy what we like

any doctor's watch to recommend?

doctors where can wear watch during surgery

Lets see.. a dive watch is out as to avoid causing further injuries to patients from sharpish bezel edge. And various dried up dna and bodily fluid could clog up the the rotating bezel.

pocket watch lo..

doctor doctor, whats the time now?
*takes out pocket watch*
*looks on in horror as watch drops into open stomach cavity*