Hello, if I were you I would get a nice vintage chronograph watch. Forget about size unless your looking to impress.
Forget a replica it will break eventually 3 of mine did. You will be very pleased with the vintage watch and besides you can pass it down to you children a rep will only end up in the trash.
For a pilot, well only 3 choices really that one should 'legally' wear. A Rolex GMT, An Omega Moonie, or a Brieth Navitimer !! Those watches go hand in hand in the cockpit !! Period !!
im gonna tell u whats going to happen..... u will spend those 4k on a gen watch that eventually u will ******* hate!!!! well ... I didnt mean that . what a mean is that whatever u get ..... u will get bored of it and u gonna buy a replica and then sell one buy another then another and sell another and buy ... some will be keepers but wont give u the satisfaction of a new one!!!!! (for a limited time) so stick to rePlicas cause if u have 4k for a gen it means u are wasting money
I'm 59 years old, and I've been around ~30 pilots of all ages, flying all types of aircraft - fixed wing and helos, military jets, commercial jets, trash haulers, etc. I have yet to meet a REAL pilot who wears a Breitling; most of 'em just chuckle or snort when you mention the brand, saying "They're for guys that want to LOOK like pilots." YMMV...
For MY $, go Rolex, particularly a Submariner; it is/was good enough for Chuck Yeager - only sayin'...
I have yet to meet a REAL pilot who wears a Breitling; most of 'em just chuckle or snort when you mention the brand, saying "They're for guys that want to LOOK like pilots."