And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
White hands against a white dial, and way too many complications. I just want a watch that tells proper time, and that I can see at a glance. The dial and hands should be opposite colors so it can be read easily. I've had way too many watches over the years where I had to squint and peer closely just to see what time is was. Give me simple, accurate, and readable anytime.
Glad to hear it. I like Malm. So much so that I bought, I'm pretty sure, the last blue dial Frogdiver they had in stock. AVI-8 has good quartz watches too, and for the price, they are a great deal.
As a now-retired aviator, I get a kick out of these watches marketed towards aviation.
My former daily-driver watch, a Citizen similar to this, has just one function that I found useful....being able to change time-zones easily. All of that other stuff....a quarter-inch diameter 24-hour dial for Zulu, another quarter-inch dial for something else, and especially the bezel incorporating an E6B dial (which is nothing more than a circular sliderule)....are either far too small to be read or not useful at all.
In professional aviation, there are always math problems to solve, but nobody turns to their watch as a tool to solve them.
Very true. Even Chronographs, which give what is basically a stopwatch capability, are only very occasionally useful. It's the look they're selling, and truth to tell, I like that look. In the end, the purpose is to tell time, and do it reliably and cheaply, and that's what these do, with an extra look of, shall we say, "sophistication."
White hands against a white dial, and way too many complications. I just want a watch that tells proper time, and that I can see at a glance. The dial and hands should be opposite colors so it can be read easily. I've had way too many watches over the years where I had to squint and peer closely just to see what time is was. Give me simple, accurate, and readable anytime.
ReplyDeleteClick the link. They have multiple options that address your concerns, and on sale.
DeleteAnd why are we both up at 4 in the morning?
DeleteI'd been thinking about a second watch when you posted an example by Malm. Ended up getting a Dalton II in black. Very happy with it.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it. I like Malm. So much so that I bought, I'm pretty sure, the last blue dial Frogdiver they had in stock. AVI-8 has good quartz watches too, and for the price, they are a great deal.
DeleteAs a now-retired aviator, I get a kick out of these watches marketed towards aviation.
ReplyDeleteMy former daily-driver watch, a Citizen similar to this, has just one function that I found useful....being able to change time-zones easily. All of that other stuff....a quarter-inch diameter 24-hour dial for Zulu, another quarter-inch dial for something else, and especially the bezel incorporating an E6B dial (which is nothing more than a circular sliderule)....are either far too small to be read or not useful at all.
In professional aviation, there are always math problems to solve, but nobody turns to their watch as a tool to solve them.
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Very true. Even Chronographs, which give what is basically a stopwatch capability, are only very occasionally useful. It's the look they're selling, and truth to tell, I like that look. In the end, the purpose is to tell time, and do it reliably and cheaply, and that's what these do, with an extra look of, shall we say, "sophistication."
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