Watch Snob Scolds Three Readers Who Don't Trust Their Own Tastes

In the end, I found only one watch currently produced that fit my criteria: the Rolex Oyster Perpetual 34mm I do adore this watch, but I do not wish to face the disgusted glances from strangers and the constant ribbing from friends and family that I will inevitably receive for buying and wearing a Rolex You aver that you "Adore" the Oyster Perpetual, why should you give a damn about what others think, if you have searched high and low and have lit upon a watch that fits you to a T and about which no one who actually knows anything about watches, will see as having been a regrettable decision.

It is not your friends and family who will be wearing that watch; it is you, and if you allow yourself to be browbeaten into buying something you don't actually love, just to satisfy other people's tastes and views, you will richly deserve the miserable dissatisfaction that will dog you every time you put the watch on I will tell you bluntly, I have come to know many people in the watch industry over the years and you would absolutely be shocked at how many of them wear a watch made by their company at work, and a Rolex for pleasure the rest of the time My dilemma is this: I'd like to purchase a watch that represents the work I put in to get myself as far as I have with flying, and to bring this new watch along with me throughout my career.

The GMT complication quite literally exists because of your profession; without the advances in aviation and aerial navigation, which took place in the period - oh, let us say, 1925 to the mid-1950s - the GMT watch would probably never have been invented, as the need for one hinges almost entirely on the rapidity with which one can find oneself thousands of miles, and several time zones at least, from one's point of departure these days I would suggest a simple, true GMT watch as your first foray into the field - while the timing functions of a chronograph are indeed useful, there are few timing situations which cannot reasonably be addressed by a GMT watch. . Source