#Aviator time pilot watch license#

Among the other pilot communities such as the F/A-18, numbers were split pretty evenly between Garmin and Casio’s military themed G-Shock line of durable watches first designed by Kikuo Ibe of Casio in 1981. In fact, the proliferation of Garmin smart watches among the F-35 community we saw at Miramar was so prevalent, it caused us to wonder if there may be a reason so many F-35 pilots seem to be wearing a Garmin watch. Garmin and G-Shock were the two prevalent brands among fighter pilots in our informal survey at Miramar, with every F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilot we saw wearing a Garmin wrist top GPS enabled smartwatch. Of the nearly 40 pilots whose wrist watches we got a good look at while visiting MCAS Miramar, the birthplace of TOPGUN, we saw two brands dominant among pilots flying the F/A-18 Hornet in several variants and the new F-35B and F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. A pair of USAF F-35A pilots ride in a golf cart after landing at MCAS Miramar. What we found there was interesting.īeware, it’s not a complete research, it’s just an assessment based on what we have observed there. At MCAS Miramar we took a brief, informal survey of which wrist watches fighter pilots were wearing. To ensure (as far as reasonably possible) safe delivery all my items for sale are securely packaged and sent by insured post, therefore postage and packaging costs for this item are as follows: Postage and packaging within the UK is £8 - Royal Mail Next Day Special Delivery International postage and packaging is dependent on destination country and service selected/available.But what watches do fighter pilots really wear in the real world? We wanted to find out. This is being reluctantly sold as I have to reduce my collection. It is offered for sale with its integrated black leather strap, original box and instruction guide. There are no scratches or other marks etc. it is not even a year old and is in excellent condition, the only sign of wear is an indentation on the strap where it has been fastened.

Other functions are: Dual time facility Calendar display 24hr time indicator Stop watch Water resistant to 10ATM (100 metres), which makes it suitable for swimming and snorkelling but NOT for scuba diving or high impact water sports This watch was purchased in May/June 2010, i.e. The watch has luminous hands and a rotating inner world time bezel, which when you turn the outer bezel to local time, the time in the other cities is indicated by the inner bezel. See the news section of the Official Aviator website for further information about Scorpio Distributors Ltd and the licensing agreement: The watch is a black chronograph with Japanese quartz movement, a solid stainless steel case with an embossed propeller on the reverse and a dial with a red propeller themed second counter, said to depict 80 years of Russian aviation.

This particular watch was purchased on board an Emirates flight to Dubai.

#Aviator time pilot watch license#

There has been some concern posted on internet forums as to whether this is a genuine Aviator - it is genuine and is part of the International Traveller Collection manufactured under license by Scorpio Distributors Ltd, a leading luxury goods company. Volmax also produce other well known watches such as Sturmanskie which was originally worn by Yuri Gagarin into space. Aviator World Time Pilot Watch AVW7770G59 Aviator watches are produced by Volmax, a watchmaker founded in 2000 by employees from the well-known and respected Poljot firm of Russian watchmakers.