Naval Aviator Talks Aviation Watches, What to Look for, Their Importance and Use in the Military
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- In this interview, I sit down with Chris a Naval Flight Officer. We discuss the importance of watches in the military and how they are used. Learn all about how to use a pilot/aviation watch from a currently servicing Naval Flight Officer in the US Navy.
If you are considering buying an aviation watch or a military watch you will find this very interesting, I know I did. What features are most important in a pilot's watch and what to look for if you want the best aviation watch. Learn about the history of aviator watches and how watches were used as navigation aids.
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This was a great interview, learning how horology is actually used in Naval aviation and why complications exist or may not be needed today. I think that Chris noting simplicity, legabilty, size and Lume as key parameters for his needs helps me confirm some of choices I make for myself. I would never have guessed that a WWII Flieger would be a desirable form to a modern aviator but, it makes sense now. I would vote for some more of this type of information almong the latest watch fad reviews. Also, good job letting him talk.......great video! Thanks to Chris for his service and contribution to this.
Hey, really glad you liked it. I find this stuff fascinating and usually the guests know a lot more than me about their subject so its not my time to talk over them. I would honestly do a lot more of this, I just really need the guests who are willing to come on like Chris did. I hear a lot of great watch stories but its a leap for people to want to tell them on camera and I totally understand that, for the first year of my channel I hardly ever appeared on camera.
What a great interview. Very interesting to hear what he thinks are basic desirable complications. Thanks Sam.
Yes totally agree. I had to know if all the scales and bezels were of use on those watches. They look so cool but are they functional!
crackin video Sam! one of the best you have done
Hi Steve, I really appreciate that, glad you liked it!
Great interview and real world perspective. Keep up the great interviews and content.
Hey, I appreciate than and you watching. I would so these all the tome but its just getting people who are comfortable with sharing their story on camera. If you know anyone let me know!
great video. I'm joining the air force and was looking for a reliable multifunctional watch and this helped me realize what I realistically need.
That’s great! TJ has become a regular on the channel and is active in our Facebook and discord group if you had any more question! Good luck in your new career!
Really excellent content. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment!
Great Video Sam thank you for your service Chris...
hey, appreciate the feedback and glad you liked it. Very cool to capture his story like this and even better that people are enjoying watching it
I really enjoyed this one thanks!
Thank you and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Nice interview. Would have loved to see some pieces from his collection though and any stories he might have attached to them. Maybe a follow up?
Hi Steven, yes we wanted to add some pictures of his collection but we had to be very careful it didn’t look like he was endorsing or discrediting a specific watch or brand. I added the citizen as its discontinued. Maybe when he retires from the Navy we maybe able to revisit it. Glad you enjoyed the interview, I’m really glad I got to capture that story for the channel.
Sam - just great 👍 very interesting, extreme informative, learned something new, diverting - please more vids with this kind of content - these are the videos from you I’ve missed 😉 all the best mate!
Hey, really glad you like it. Honestly I would love to do these all the time. I hear a lot of great watch stories but its a leap to convince someone to come on camera and tell them. If you or anyone else knows someone with a story to tell just let me know it would be awesome to interview them for the channel! I also started an audio only podcast with a few interesting interviews on.
BZ to Chris! This is an excellent discussion Sam, thanks for putting it together.
Hey Tod, yes this was a great story to capture. Very grateful to Chris for coming on. Add it to the list of interesting interviews I have done, like our one on the podcast!
Great interview! Super smart guy! Thanks Sam!!
Hey Miguel, yep a really interesting interview!
Aww man Sam....outstanding! Super fun video! Bravo! Maybe you can interview a diver next!
Hey Heriberto, its funny you say that, you nearly had a 2 for 1 as Chris is also a diver but we didn't go in to it and I cut what we had for time. So you may see Chris on again!
Very good interview
Thanks Brian, after the interview TJ now helps me on a lot more uploads. Anything military watch related. We did a combined review of a luminox watch most recently. We have another one planned
Thanks so much for a great interview. And remember it's better to to be on the ground wishing you were the air. Than be in the air and wishing you were on the ground!👍
Hey Michael, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Great interview. I wear a Citizen Skyhawks A-T I’m not a pilot I’m a aircraft engineer and I use the slide scale bezel for quick multiplication, division,percentages and currency exchange calculation along with dual time tracking pilot watches are great every day watches when you learn how to use the slide scale bezels
Thanks to both of you. 👍
Hi Michael, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching, appreciate your support on the channel and facebook group!
@@CasualWatchReviews my pleasure, buddy. keep up the good work. 👍
This is brilliant. Experienced and intelligent pilot yet very humble
Hey Terry, Chris became a good friend to the channel after this, he features on a few Episodes of our Podcast and is an admin on our 'Casual Watch Talk' facebook group if you want to ask him anything.
Sam, great video mate.
Hey, appreciate it!
Enjoyed it very much. And finally, someone who could explain the use of the German Flieger-Watch!
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. from your profile picture it looks like your in a similar profession? Yes I was totally ignorant to the way watches were used for navigation so I learned a lot doing this interview. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
@@CasualWatchReviews Honestly I am only an aviation and watch fan that also makes me an aviation watch fan.
No, I am not a pilot.
My avatar shows an F14 Tomcat Pilot of VF-84. I just loved the picture. That's all.
7rslender its a great profile picture! I recently went to the san diago space and aviation museum, used a little but of footage in a recent Mora strap review upload!
Good information 👍
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for commenting and watching!
I remember reading a news article about the movie Top Gun circa 1986 describing how Tom Cruise almost drowned with likely loss of his body at sea while filming the post ejection water rescue scenes. Cruise's parachute was filling with water and sinking with one of the parachute lines entangled around his arm and the "big aviator watch" he was wearing. Nearby divers saved him by cutting the chute away.
Pilot themed watches are more likely to be purchased by air travelers and/or people who simply like the look of those watches. The aviation themed watches that feature slide rule bezels are actually pretty handy for non-aviation day to day math situations. However, when asked, most people don’t know what that bezel is for let alone how to use it! Something along the lines of a Garmin D2 is more likely to be used by a pilot.
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I had not heard that Tom Cruise story, that would make for a good upload with the new film coming out. If you are interested in finding more out on this subject, Chris also joins us as a regular guest on the podcast and is also an admin on our 'casual Watch Talk' Podcast now
Great interview, new to the channel. It would be really cool to see this as kind of a series. Interviewing people from different branches and roles of the military. I'd love to hear what a military helicopter pilot's watch preferences are, or an Army Ranger, Navy Seal, etc, even more "mundane" but just as essential roles within our armed forces.
Yes that is a great idea, I can ask on the Facebook group but if you know any one in the military (who is a watch fan) let me know!
@@CasualWatchReviews ill definitely ask around and get back to you on here.
Soon-to-be pilot here. This helped a lot.
TJ is a regular contributor on our facebook group now also!
This is great because I'm trying to make a watch company and my first watch I plan to make is a pilot watch!!!
Great video! Awesome to have a real pilots perspective. I’d love to see you interview a Commonwealth Pilot, maybe the RAF or my country, the RCAF.
Hey Spencer, I would love too, do you happen to know any one? I would do these interviews all the time, I hear a lot of great stories but it can be daunting coming on camera for most people
The Casual Watch Reviewer Sam I agree with your last, it certainly is intimidating placing yourself out there. People can be pretty mean online. Very happy to see that your followers are good, positive people!
@@CasualWatchReviews I do not, but I'll be the fella you just interviewed does!
Hi Sam this one slipped passed me and very interesting it was.Great interview and really shows that the likes of the pilots watch being used as a tool are long obsolete and the most useful watch to Chris as a pilot was probably the most inexpensive of the so called aviation watches his choice was the Citizen Navihawk. I think the bling of the Breitling navitimer has gone the way of the Spitfire.Take care my friend 👍🏻
Yes a very interesting interview, there was another watch he uses but we were very careful not to mention a specific brand. Its one you have nor heard of likely and I'm hoping to review one soon.
The Casual Watch Reviewer hi Sam I was just thinking about what he said about uncluttered day,date count down and stop watch, for my money go German with Sinn perfect.👍🏻
Almost forgot, thanks for your service, Chris!! 👊🏻👊🏻
I will make sure Chris reads these comments!
Thanks I appreciate that. 👊🏻👊🏻
Great video and interview! I was so disappointed when the Navy did not issue us watches in flight school. But looking back on it, it probably would have been crap! The USAF students that were in my API class got issued Marathon Navigators at Pensacola during flight gear issue, but not Navy students.
Thanks for watching. I did a few more uploads with TJ and we became good friends.
Fantastic interview and video! So cool to hear about Chris's journey starting with just needing a tool and what functions/complications make the perfect watch for an aviator. And how sweet are those Waltham 8 day clocks?! I wonder how they protect them from magnetic fields in the cockpit. And how would vibration and G's effect the accuracy of the movement?
Chris - thanks for sharing and for your service. Was quoting Top Gun celebrated or punished by your shipmates?
Wolfe Vintage Watches we quote a lot of movies as a group. Usually comedies. It’s important to relieve stress with humor.
Hi Josh, yes a really interesting interview to do, glad you enjoyed it. I'm not sure about the Waltham question but that would be interesting to know!
@@CasualWatchReviews I got to see the Walthams when removed from the instrument panel: the housing is pretty thick so I assume there is a fair amount of anti-magnetic protection. I'm not sure if any modern aircraft have those clocks anymore, the EA-6B has been retired.
TEEJ so maybe they are in an iron housing that protects the mechanical components.
The Breitling B-1 is a perfect Military Aviator watch! The only downside side is the battery life is only 2 years.
Great video. Good common sense discussion by Chris.
Hey Vince, glad you enjoyed it, yes he is very knowledgable, it was really cool to capture his story like this.
Dude is describing a Breitling Aerospace as his perfect watch
Great interview, and I can't argue with his choice of the Citizen Navihawk. My burning question after I watched this though is what watch "luxury" watch did he decide to purchase that was waiting for him at home when he returned, along with his newborn son? Did I miss that?
Hey Scott. Not sure if we covered it there but Chris became a good friend after this interview. He has been on the show a lot since and we had the chance to meet ‘in real life’ a few times now. The watch was the Omega Speedmaster.
SAM,,how about the GARMIN FENIX 3,I read in US MILITARY NEWS that the US NAVY issue the GARMIN FENIX 3 as a official watch of US NAVY PILOT specialy in EA-18 GROWLER PILOT,,,,what would you say about this issue SAM?
Hey, thanks for watching and commenting. I just searched on that, looks like an article from Wound and Worn in 2017? looks like they planned on issuing the Garmins for the altimeter function. I will see if Chris has any insight on to that. He joined the Navy in the early 2000s so I guess at that time they didn't issue watches. Good question thanks for adding that
@@CasualWatchReviews Sam that news sounds accurate: I'm on a training base now and away from the operational fleet but I've seen more and more watches like that. It would certainly be useful to know the effective cabin altitude (not the aircraft's actual altitude but the air pressure inside the cockpit) as a backup to help monitor the environment for the crew. I started flight school in 1997 and did my first deployment in 2000, so I'm definitely not on the 'leading edge' anymore!
Good stuff! Exactly!....It’s not about... I really like this watch but if I buy it I may lose money on it so I’ll just keep flying without a watch until my Rolex AD tells me my time is up!!! Buy what you like and what you need!
Hey glad you enjoyed it! Yes he had flown with all types of watches so interesting to hear what was really important to him.
Thank you Sam for another excellent interview. Thank you for sharing your story with us Chris. It would be interesting to know some of the names of the watches you have owned over the years. I wonder if you would be willing to share them with Sam, and I wonder if Sam could post them in the description? Thank you again :)
Hey Jeffrey, yes we didn't specifically mention the watches we had to be careful and make it clear that Chris is not endorsing or recommending a watch or brand! I know I was the first to ask!
@@CasualWatchReviews lol...that is cool :)
CRIS discribed his ideal watch that match to LUMINOX SR 71 9042 and LUMINOX SR 71 9052,,,,
the LUMINOX SR 71 9042 and LUMINOX SR 71 9052 are ANALOG DIGITAL type with TRITIUM LUME HAND'S and TRITIUM LUME HOUR'S MARKER'S,
Chris and I did a separate video on Luminox as it happens.
so can I get a chronograph if I was a pilot
Yep, in fact I think that is fairly common. The citizen Chris wore mostly was a chronograph.
@@CasualWatchReviews oh ok thanks
First! Just like Maverick in Topgun.
Hi J Rod, glad you liked the upload!
@@CasualWatchReviews I certainly did sir! Ask if he knows Rear Admiral C. Brown.
I'm not sure but Chris will be reading all these comments I'm sure so if he does I'm sure he will say so!
@@CasualWatchReviews ok perfect then. Chris if so, he's my kids Uncle. I'm no longer married to his sister but he used to be my brother in law.
J Rods don’t know him sorry!
F-22 pilot TIM SMALL and F-35 pilot major JOHN WILSON of LUKE AIR FORCE BASE in ARIZONA use and wearing the TIMEX T5E901 watch,,,check their video in youtube "INTERVIEW WITH F-35 PILOT #2",,and F-22 pilot captain LEGGIERI use and wearing a CITIZEN PROMASTER SKYHAWK ECO DRIVE JY0080-62E,,
Thanks I will check it out!
Can men and women at 40 or 50 or 60 or even 70 fly supersonic aircrafts? Can they still join the U.S. Air Force and or U S Navy, and or the U S Marine Corp. Or the U S Army? How about the U S Navy Seals? who ra ra.!!!!!!
42 is the limit to enlist I think