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Subject: Finding a Pilot's watch for a slender woman flight computer aviation whiz wheel
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: smithrc-ga
List Price: $3.00
Posted: 21 Apr 2005 08:25 PDT
Expires: 21 May 2005 08:25 PDT
Question ID: 512229
I'm a slender, female pilot with a day job.  I'd love to find a
pilot's or aviator's watch that *has* a whiz wheel (flight computer)
but is small enough to not make me look like a reject from the 80's. 
New, vintage, or antique, my only requirement is that it works and is
appropriate for a small woman's wrist.

This may not exist- but I'm hoping minds more facile than mine with
the internet will find it!  Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Finding a Pilot's watch for a slender woman flight computer aviation whiz wheel
From: omnivorous-ga on 21 Apr 2005 09:10 PDT
 
SmithRC --

The minute that you add the rotating wheel of an E6B to a watch you've
increased the size.  The best watch that I'm aware of is the Citizen
Skyhawk.  If that one's too big you're in trouble because the numbers
on it are already so small that it's hard to read (and if you're over
45 the term may be "impossible to read.")

I've owned one for years and recently went shopping for a new one. 
Use Froogle if you do because prices vary widely.  And there are some
special "Blue Angels" versions that actually may be less expensive
(and more readable) than the stainless steel cased Skyhawk.

One final note: the rotating calculator bands will bind up over time. 
I've never been brave enough to try any lubricants on them.  What the
heck, you use Flitestar anyways, don't you?

Best regards from a reject from the 80s,

Omnivorous-GA
Subject: Re: Finding a Pilot's watch for a slender woman flight computer aviation whiz wheel
From: omnivorous-ga on 21 Apr 2005 09:13 PDT
 
Regular version:
http://store.yahoo.com/sterlingtime/jr3000-51f.html

Blue Angels version:
http://store.yahoo.com/wristzone/jr3080-01l.html

FROOGLE search strategy:
Citizen Skyhawk watch
Citizen Blue Angels watch
Subject: Re: Finding a Pilot's watch for a slender woman flight computer aviation whiz wheel
From: cvenom-ga on 21 Apr 2005 10:40 PDT
 
I also have the Citizen Skyhawk, and will have to agree. If the
numbers were any smaller, there is no way I could read it at all. My
eye's are geting noticebly worse, and I expect that in a few years I
won't be able to read the numbers any more at all. I used to use it
all teh time, but now find it almost too difficult to do.

A whizz wheel on a womans watch (small face) would be probably next to
useless. Sorry.

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