Whether you travel a lot, fly planes, or just love aviation, check the best pilot watches you might want to consider buying.
1. Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pioneer Mechanical Chrono
Imagine pairing this watch with a leather pilot jacket, it's the perfect combination. This Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pioneer brings back vintage military design but adds modern performance into the mix.
Its black and beige dial with the chronograph sub-dials are a cool and timeless design yet the neutral colours make it perfect for everyday wear with any outfit. At the same time the 100m water resistance and 60-hour power reserve make sure it can handle intense adventures.
Whether you're flying the plane or travelling as a passenger, you can start the chronograph, enjoy the rest of the flight, and look forward to measuring elapsed time.
2. Baltic Aquascaphe GMT Green - Beads of Rice
Looking down from the sky is a lot of blue and green, just like the beautiful bezel of the Baltic Aquascaphe.
This GMT is simple, straight to the point—yet it has tons of character with its rounded 3 and 9 indices, and the dot-like arrow on the GMT hand. The Aquascaphe will conveniently keep track of another timezone with its GMT hand pointing directly at what time it is on the 24-hour bezel for whatever time zone you're tracking.
Moreover, we love the font on the 24-hour bezel with the snail-like 6, and also the slender date window at 6 o'clock.
3. Hamilton Khaki Aviation X-Wind GMT Chrono Quartz
Serious about flying? Let us introduce the Hamilton Khaki Aviation X-Wind GMT Chrono.
This isn't just a watch, it's a serious tool for exploration that also happens to look amazing. It's large at 46mm, and it makes use of all that space by packing in a GMT, chronograph, and a cross wind calculator.
To ensure accuracy and reliability, Hamilton has fitted this watch with a quartz movement sealed in with a 100m water resistance. If you really need an aviation watch, this will do it all.
4. NORQAIN Freedom 60 GMT White 40mm - Stainless Steel Bracelet
NORQAIN loves making watches for travellers, and the Freedom 60 GMT is one of those watches you'll want with you when you fly.
It implements its GMT function into the inner dial instead of the bezel or the outer parts. This separates it from your usual GMT watches, but has the Pepsi-coloured inner 24-hour ring making it a little familiar but with a NORQAIN twist. The GMT hand extends right up to the ring, making for a seamlessly integrated design.
We love the clean white base of the dial and the surgical syringe shape of the hands. The ends of the baton indices as well as the hands are coated with "Old Radium" Super-LumiNova which gives it a yellowish vintage colour while glowing in a bright yellow-green in the dark.
5. Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot Auto 42mm
Simplifying the pilot watch design down to the basics, this iteration of the Hamilton Khaki Pilot is easy to wear and read.
It features oversized hands with the hour hand tip featuring a cutout window that shows you the hour underneath in a concentric sub-dial. It has aviation design all over with the long 3, 6, and 9-hour indices and the big triangle for the 12 o'clock index.
Powered by the impressive H-10 automatic movement with an 80-hour power reserve, it's a watch that offers practicality while being fashionable.
Wondering how these watches look and feel like? Stop by our Watch Discovery Studio on Collins Street, Melbourne, and try one out!
