Are there any legal requirements concerning airline pilots and their watches? Do they have to be of any particular kind and are pilots required to wear one at all?
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2Closely related – Pondlife Aug 18 '19 at 22:06
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Not worth an answer but the only thing I can think of is that it can't get in the way of operating the plane. So no Flavor Flav style -- um -- stuff. – coteyr Aug 19 '19 at 19:03
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Well, a wristwatch can't be used to sneak around the requirement that IFR requires a clock mounted in the aircraft, FAR 91.205(d)(6). A missing or inoperative clock isn't likely in a modern airliner. As far as the FAA is concerned, a wristwatch is nothing more than jewelry.
Ages ago, a wristwatch may have helped with calculating fuel burn and range, but even then, it was a convenience rather than mandated equipment.
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7FWIW, I've had my PPL since the late '70s, and have never owned or worn a wristwatch. – jamesqf Aug 19 '19 at 01:14
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38BUT, if you do wear one it has to be a large, blingy, one that leaves no mistake as to your status as a cool dude pilot :) – jwenting Aug 19 '19 at 03:49
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10A pity that we have no rear bumpers to proclaim, my other cessna is a porsche. – Camille Goudeseune Aug 19 '19 at 04:27
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3@CamilleGoudeseune - "My other plane is a Porsche-Mooney" may be more appropriate... :) – ivanivan Aug 19 '19 at 13:52