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Do you have acquainted with dive watches? In fact this dive watches are very similar to Aviator watches or Pilot Watches. H.M.E. was first started making a specialize watch- Aviator watches in 1987. Since then they became the only true Aviator and Pilot watch specialist offering only the finest quality name brands undoubtedly. These are very often worn by people who have no connection with flying or being a pilot. Most of these watches are sold to people who simply like the way they look.
There are several different types of pilot watches. H.M.E. has produced some magnificent designed watch to be issued to actual pilots and their crews mainly from WWII through the Vietnam War. Some of this watchmaker includes IWC, Benrus, and Longines. Amongst the Aviator and Pilot watches they have also produced Seiko Flight Computer, a popular model that was in a great demand at that time. This model has many features including a 6 hour Chrono, Daily Alarm, Date, and a calculator Bezel. Even they have some latest models include the SNA411, SNA413 and SNA414. Most of these pilot watches were just basic 12/24 military timekeepers and did not feature the chronograph function. These watches are really not true pilot watches as a chronographic feature is really a necessity especially when flying a plane with only basic instrumentation. Another watch in the Pilot / Aviator range available here is the Citizen Skyhawk watch that includes many features including the E6B Calculator Bezel, 31 City World Time, 3 Alarms and also never needs batteries. They have designed the Citizen Navihawk which is the most popular model having many features similar to the Skyhawk and Blue Angels and new GMT Night Hawk series. Furthermore Pilot and Aviator watches can be found under the Casio brand where you will find the Triple Sensor range including model numbers PRG50, PRG60, PRG70 and PRG80 and also under the Pulsar brand where you will find the Tech Gear series including model numbers PM7001 and PM7003. Some of the current aviator watches available on the market today and those made by Blancpain, Breuget, Breitling, Longines. Most still fall into the designer watch category and do not really function well as true pilot watches. Now that we have covered a little of the history of aviator watches and talked about the pilot watches that are really not suitable for flying, let's take a look at some of the watches that are actually chosen and used by pilots and others in the aviation industry. Among these we will list vintage aviator watches and then current aviator watches. Among the pilot watches considered to be vintage are the Longines Lindberg Hour Angle, named for Charles Lindberg, the Breitling Navitimer, Breitling Cosmonaute, and the Rolex GMT. There are some leading watchmakers of true aviation watches include Torgoen, Breitling, Omega, Citizen, and Seiko. Seiko is one of the most prolific of these watchmakers with a huge range of different models available.
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