In the history of watches, aside from the water resistance of a dive watch, is there a big difference between a dive watch or a pilot watch? Not familiar as I might be with a pilot watch but when you look at a new Marathon "navigation watch", it looks sort of like a dive watch too.

Tom

 

A few things a pilot watch may have a diver probably doesn't, though I'm sure the lines are a bit blurry.. multiple time zones, slide rule calculators, etc..

Just a couple thoughts.

 

Here's a Seiko "SporkPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network" on eBay, so named because it has aspects of a dive watch (rotating bezel, screw-in crown) and a pilot watch (large, highly luminescent numbers, easier to read in a dim cockpit).

 

Diver have: (typically )

Higher water resistance
Rotating bezel
Easier visibility under low light
Enhanced 5 minute markers for diving
Often more shok proof

Pilots:
-Multiple time zones (GMT, TZC etc)
-one or multiple speed and distance measuring (tachymeter etc)
- used to have more emphasis on antimagnetic qualities .

Both should give you the time of day/ night.

 

Dive watches work great for desk divers who want to daydream that they're Jaques Cousteau while at the office.

Pilot watches work great for when you lie to a chick at a bar and tell her you're an airline pilot on layover for one night.

 

Nobody thrown up a zenith pilot diver yet?

 

I try to cover as many situations as I can with my collection...

 

Who's da Uboat commander?