aviator watch
Flyer's wrist instrument
An aviator watch is a wristwatch designed for pilots, typically featuring a large, highly legible dial, luminous hands, and additional functions like chronographs or slide-rule bezels for flight calculations.
The style emerged in early aviation when pilots needed reliable instruments readable at a glance.
Today most are worn for fashion rather than function: He paired the leather jacket with an aviator watch.
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- open cockpitUnenclosed aircraft control area
- instrument panelArray of gauges and controls
- timepieceHour-measuring device
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