Disclaimer: I've read the post "which watch" in entirety and found a lot of useful information there, just looking with general watch experience here. All advice is welcome though.
I'm winging on Friday and my parents were offering to get me a gift for winging, I told them they didn't need to get anything, but that I was looking to get a nice watch if they wanted to pitch in on it. I don't expect them to shell out 600+ on a gift. Up until now I've worn a 50 dollar timex Ironman "shock" (my brother got it for me after OCS and picked the shock model incase I ever had to eject =]). It's served me well but its the only watch I own and I'd like to have something I can also wear out. Anyways on to the question.
I'm looking to get something nice, not rubber, that will still be ok in the cockpit. I'm happily over in helo land so I don't think the rules about certain watches degloving you on ejection are a concern, but what experiences does everyone have wearing their nice watches (600+ dollar ones) in the cockpit. I don't want to buy it and just leave it on my dresser, if I don't wear it everyday I'll probably lose it. I like the idea of having a nice watch to pass on one day that has litterally traveled the world with me.
On another note, I don't know if this is still flightschool talking, but I don't mind using a CR-2 and carry one with me on every flight. I can figure things out pretty quick and think it would be a nice feature on a watch. Are things about to change once I hit the "real navy"?
P.S. If anyone has a reccomendation, I'm looking for a minimalist watch, not something with 10 dials. The things that matter to me are local+zulu time and an alarm incase I oversleep, thats about it.
I'm winging on Friday and my parents were offering to get me a gift for winging, I told them they didn't need to get anything, but that I was looking to get a nice watch if they wanted to pitch in on it. I don't expect them to shell out 600+ on a gift. Up until now I've worn a 50 dollar timex Ironman "shock" (my brother got it for me after OCS and picked the shock model incase I ever had to eject =]). It's served me well but its the only watch I own and I'd like to have something I can also wear out. Anyways on to the question.
I'm looking to get something nice, not rubber, that will still be ok in the cockpit. I'm happily over in helo land so I don't think the rules about certain watches degloving you on ejection are a concern, but what experiences does everyone have wearing their nice watches (600+ dollar ones) in the cockpit. I don't want to buy it and just leave it on my dresser, if I don't wear it everyday I'll probably lose it. I like the idea of having a nice watch to pass on one day that has litterally traveled the world with me.
On another note, I don't know if this is still flightschool talking, but I don't mind using a CR-2 and carry one with me on every flight. I can figure things out pretty quick and think it would be a nice feature on a watch. Are things about to change once I hit the "real navy"?
P.S. If anyone has a reccomendation, I'm looking for a minimalist watch, not something with 10 dials. The things that matter to me are local+zulu time and an alarm incase I oversleep, thats about it.