The Steinhart Nav B-Uhr 44 Handaufzug is a wonderful $490 option for those who love to admire the intricacies of a hand wound movement through the case back. It’s only rated at 30 meter water resistance, but it should be enough for the occasional rain. The watch is powered by an excellent Miyota 8S26 automatic movement, and comes with a leather strap with a vintage look. The hour bezel can be used as a GMT function, through the two crown buttons at 2 and 4 o’clock. The piece features two internal rotating bezels, one for the minutes and the other one for hours. Bulova Pilot A15Įven more interesting is the Bulova Pilot A15, a tribute to an older U.S. Though not in production anymore, it can still be found on the used market for around $550, which is a great price for the value of the watch. The tonneau shaped stainless steel case hides inside a quartz 262 kHz movement that’s super precise.
It’s a 45mm watch, so too much watch for small wrists, but those it fits, it looks great on. They’re famous for their involvement in the Apollo 15 mission back in 1971, in honor of which they created the Special Edition Moon Apollo Lunar Pilot. With a rich pilot watch history behind, Bulova is not to be skipped over. Bulova Special Edition Moon Apollo Lunar Pilot The price rises around $645, which may be a little bit high for some, but still on the affordable side. Water resistance rating is 100m, so no need to worry when you go swimming. The movement is quartz, but that doesn’t make it less of a pilot watch.
It comes with a nice and sleek 41 mm stainless steel case, inside which the black dial with bronze colored hands and hour markers is right at home. It’s a pilot watch, it’s stylish, and very promising. Hamilton are renowned for their excellent value at affordable prices, and the brand’s Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer watch doesn’t make an exception. Mil-Tec Luftwaffe ME 109 Pilot VintageĢ0. Let’s take a closer look at the best affordable pilot watches: There are quite a few timepieces from various watch brands that skip the lavishness of big watchmakers to offer affordable reliability in a nice package that the average watch enthusiast can get their hands on without emptying their wallet. Watch enthusiasts and adventurers from all over the world began using and collecting them for their iconic reputation, and today’s market of pilot watches is more of a luxury one, with price tags that few can afford.īut not all pilot watches are unaffordable luxuries. Laco Neapel 39 Pilot WatchĪircraft cockpit technology eventually made pilot watches redundant, but their heritage and prestige in the watchmaking industry remained a big selling point. Some pilot watches became impressive flight instruments, with various bezels and markings that would help a pilot calculate data such as wind correction angles, elapsed time, air speed, rate of descent, flight distances, or fuel burn.
Over the years, and especially during the two world wars, pilot watches were much improved, with many innovations and intricate complications to help the pilots even more with their in flight calculations. Invented in the early 1900s, the pilot watch was a handy replacement of the pocket watch for aviators, as they needed a reliable way to tell the time without having to take their hands off the aircraft controls and serch in their pockets for the watch.
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