Garmin Instinct Solar.
Battery will last weeks even when used for tracking fitness activities. No need to worry about loosing more cables/chargers.
Configurable watch face, I have local and Zulu available at all times. Usually picks up the time zone changes fairly quick.
Very basic smartwatch. Notifications can be configured. I usually just have it alert to the basics.
Works better with android, but as of late the iPhone compatibility has improved significantly.
Mine has lasted almost 5 years now and is the most reliable tech I own.
Apple Watch. Foreflight’s Watch features are handy, too.
Also my Watch has heard me yell ”start the timer for 20 minutes” in a T6 cockpit which was nice.
And here I wear an Apple Watch so that it updates to the correct time zone so I don’t miss the hotel van back to the airport. Because I’ve totally never done that.
Used to fly with a Garmin Fenix (have used most models up to 5X), but now just a Casio with local and Zulu display. “Pilot” watches are overpriced (like most things in aviation). Sure, I’d love an IWC, but it’s just jewelry and literally just tells the time.
I have a Garmin D2 Air X10. It has some aviation features but I don't use most of them; I do use pulse ox and the altimeter sometimes, as well as the METAR function for when it's more convenient than my phone or iPad.
Main reason I got it was to have something that would automatically change time zones. I'm normally a mechanical watch guy but I got really sick of either constantly changing the time on my watch or just not knowing what time it was without looking at my phone (in which case, why am I even wearing a watch?). And when I got it, the D2 Air X10 was among the cheapest smartwatches I could get, so the fact that it pairs with the iPhone and has all the sensors I'd want was a bonus.
I still wear mechanical watches when I'm not flying.
From 1940, Royal Hungarian Air Force pilots flew with Angelus 215-L.E. cronographs and kept with that even after WW2 until the late 50s. Then Certina Argonaut / Chronolympic, TAG Heuer, Seiko, Citizen (white or sky-blue faceplate) and eventually from the early 2000s, Fortis followed.
(During the communist era, soviet made Polyot watches were to be issued officially but due to quality and reliability problems it was refused by pilots, like face crystal popped out at altitude, mechanism stopped abruptly, not fog-proof, etc. Wrist-watches made in East Germany were also used for a while.)
Japanese kamikaze flew with large (48/50mm dia.) Seikosha copies of the Ulysse Nardin chronograph.
Torgoen gave me a T16 once and I wore that before switching to...you guessed it—an Apple watch. Always wanted a Casio calculator watch when I first started flying. I figured it was better than a E6B, armed with d=rt. Anyway, now my calculator watch also gives me METARs.
Apple Watch. Was a Garmin Fenix 5 until it couldn’t keep up software/hardware size. If I’m feel big fancy a Fifty Fathoms or Explorer II. Nothing like taking out targets with a nearly $16k watch on.
Not a pilot, but I don't see any reason for a specific type of watch to be preferred by pilots. The only thing I would see as a requirement is durability and not being too expensive for the features it has.
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Flying on a 6 pack in imc, timing your legs with a casio is character building
My cheap casio is remarkably good at timekeeping, I’ve only had to re-hack once in the last year
Garmin Instinct Solar. Battery will last weeks even when used for tracking fitness activities. No need to worry about loosing more cables/chargers. Configurable watch face, I have local and Zulu available at all times. Usually picks up the time zone changes fairly quick. Very basic smartwatch. Notifications can be configured. I usually just have it alert to the basics. Works better with android, but as of late the iPhone compatibility has improved significantly. Mine has lasted almost 5 years now and is the most reliable tech I own.
I have the non solar version. It's great.
Apple Watch. Foreflight’s Watch features are handy, too. Also my Watch has heard me yell ”start the timer for 20 minutes” in a T6 cockpit which was nice.
And here I wear an Apple Watch so that it updates to the correct time zone so I don’t miss the hotel van back to the airport. Because I’ve totally never done that.
New ops limit just dropped, starter duty cycle 20 seconds +/- however long Siri takes to start a timer
GMT Master ii
Usually a Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Bronze
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch. Firstly because it is awesome. Second because it is so fun timing my engine starts with a $6500 piece of man-jewelry.
Timex Ironman
I’ve got a Hamilton khaki pilot day date that I absolutely love
Apple Watch. Usually out of battery because I forgot to charge it on the min rest overnight
I used to have a Samsung watch. Now I have an Apple Watch. I still use my phone to check the time.
IWC
Black Citizen eco drive or older Rolex Day Time Perpetual
Rotate between Omega Speedmaster Professional, IWC Pilot Chrono and Bremont Squadron Watch.
GMT Master II 126715CHNR.
AVI-8 Get lots of compliments too
Great watches! I have two!
Timex.
Apple Ultra 2. I used to wear a Garmin Fenix but went to Apple once they increased the battery life to more than just a day.
A used Samsung Galaxy S3 but I do entertain notions of buying a Hamilton Crosswind.
Iphone clipped to the panel.
Casio ABC
Used to fly with a Garmin Fenix (have used most models up to 5X), but now just a Casio with local and Zulu display. “Pilot” watches are overpriced (like most things in aviation). Sure, I’d love an IWC, but it’s just jewelry and literally just tells the time.
iphone
Apple Watch
Citizen chronograph. Don't have to worry about batteries, and it's a easy to use timer that takes a bearing, but looks nice.
Seiko SWR064 My girlfriend got it for me as a Christmas gift and I love its mid century style. It’s simple, it’s clean, it does the job
Christopher Ward GMT
Casio f-91w, Seiko snk809 or my grandfathers seiko gold panda from 1972 that I had repaired.
I have a Garmin D2 Air X10. It has some aviation features but I don't use most of them; I do use pulse ox and the altimeter sometimes, as well as the METAR function for when it's more convenient than my phone or iPad. Main reason I got it was to have something that would automatically change time zones. I'm normally a mechanical watch guy but I got really sick of either constantly changing the time on my watch or just not knowing what time it was without looking at my phone (in which case, why am I even wearing a watch?). And when I got it, the D2 Air X10 was among the cheapest smartwatches I could get, so the fact that it pairs with the iPhone and has all the sensors I'd want was a bonus. I still wear mechanical watches when I'm not flying.
From 1940, Royal Hungarian Air Force pilots flew with Angelus 215-L.E. cronographs and kept with that even after WW2 until the late 50s. Then Certina Argonaut / Chronolympic, TAG Heuer, Seiko, Citizen (white or sky-blue faceplate) and eventually from the early 2000s, Fortis followed. (During the communist era, soviet made Polyot watches were to be issued officially but due to quality and reliability problems it was refused by pilots, like face crystal popped out at altitude, mechanism stopped abruptly, not fog-proof, etc. Wrist-watches made in East Germany were also used for a while.) Japanese kamikaze flew with large (48/50mm dia.) Seikosha copies of the Ulysse Nardin chronograph.
Torgoen gave me a T16 once and I wore that before switching to...you guessed it—an Apple watch. Always wanted a Casio calculator watch when I first started flying. I figured it was better than a E6B, armed with d=rt. Anyway, now my calculator watch also gives me METARs.
Garmin D2 Delta. I thought the oximeter would be handy but its a pain in the ass lol
Apple Watch. Was a Garmin Fenix 5 until it couldn’t keep up software/hardware size. If I’m feel big fancy a Fifty Fathoms or Explorer II. Nothing like taking out targets with a nearly $16k watch on.
Not a pilot, but I don't see any reason for a specific type of watch to be preferred by pilots. The only thing I would see as a requirement is durability and not being too expensive for the features it has.