How On Earth Does a Breitling Navitimer Work? | Watchfinder & Co.
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- In a time of calculators, computers, smart phones and the internet, the answer to any question is never more than a few taps of a screen or clicks of a button away. Remember when you had to just know who was in a movie, or what that song was? Before then, before all of that, there was a time when complex calculations were only achievable by hand or with a slide rule. It’s a skill that’s been lost over generations, but today we’re going to find out how, exactly, this mess of lines and numbers actually works.
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My experience with such bezels are limited to "ooooogh... It turns!"
You sir are a genius
😆🤣🤣LOL!
Lol
And that’s pretty much all they are useful for.
Nobody is doing mathematics with those things. 1 you can’t see it. 2 if you want just want an estimate do it in your head. 3 if you need precision you are getting out a calculator full sized E6B
@@Bartonovich52 Dude there are milons of collectors out there that want one for looks, even Light Yagami has an Omega Monwatch
Being able to work this around your friends when you need to split the bill at the restaurant will guarantee you some heightened sense of superiority.
hahahahaha ...... would love to have half your imagination !!!
If you need to split a check for dinner and own a watch you obviously can't afford much less need to know how to "work" badly enough to read the instructions as if you'll find any "pilot" jacking around with his watch in IFR conditions, you don't need a wristwatch. You need an alarm clock to wake your ass up and get to work.
@@deeremeyer1749 Thanks for playing
Would be cool on a waiter though. hahahaha
You can’t use this to split the bill. You’d all would have had to order the same priced items and even a full sized E6B doesn’t have the accuracy unless it’s to the nearest 10 cents.
Being an airline pilot, I must tell you few things... That’s one thing you must learn as a pilot for calculations by an E6B slide rule. Unfortunately getting bloody old you can’t see a damn thing on the bezel...
Cheers chaps.
Ps : excellent review .
Indeed even a PPL student has a slide rule !
Ph MWU so true... !
You are an airliner, look the worlds first talking plane!
Anon Ymous hahaha touchez mate... touchez...! Cheers!
zigzagyipyup On the contrary, a VERY useful tool for a pilot. Not in everyday flight nowadays, thanks to advanced computerized avionics, but when things go wrong. If you lose power to your avionics, having a mechanical computer on your wrist that you can use to navigate with can mean the difference between life and death.
Can you imagine at the next dinner party explaining all this to the girls. I hope they'll be impressed.
billandyeng and then imagine all the girls stand up and leave the table at the same time.
Their attention would be lost before they even had it.
I have a watch that has a slide rule bezel and I used to use it back in middle school. I had calculators available to me but for simpler calculations, like the ones shown in the video, I was able to get answers using the slide rule bezel faster than I could from a calculator. Sometimes there's just no replacement for old technology.
Hahaha. I hope they don't run away
Who knows, may be you will impress that rare female who is a horology nerd.
You don't have to explain it. Just use it to calculate how much their hair grew while talking to you and they will be impressed ;) No but seriously, forget the things the watch can do if you mess around with the numbers and let it sit on your wrist and let it do the attracting-girls-part.
Someone actually knows how this watch works?!? Madness.
quick maths
J P Taylor you sir are a legend
I even use mine as intended very often. It’s handy. Currency and unit transformations, turnover estimations, etc. And for rule of 3 questions it beats any calculator.
SgtHail I bet he's reading off the owners manual 😂
It's basic math
10/10 didnt understand a thing.
pilotstyle123 basically you slide the outside so that the 2 numbers you want to multiply line up and then go to where the red number indicates
I think you just need to practise with it. Practice makes easy.
This is great.... the next time I see someone with a Navitimer (one of my coworkers precisely ) , I will ask him to explain all of this to me , and relish in the awkwardness of him not being able to
pilotstyle123 check out the same video from Mark of Long Island Watch.
He explained it in detail and slowly so anyone can understand
says the man with the name 'pilot'
It's incredible how much knowledge is lost in one generation. My dad was an engineer and I had once opened up his old trunk containing engineering books and yes, a slide rule. Never understood how to use it and it pains me to think I'll never be able to explain it to my kids without resorting to a CZcams video.
Great explanation on the Navitimer; I've newfound respect for traditional timekeeping.
I really like your answer. But one the flip side, it is also incredible how much knowledge can be generated and mastered in one generation when the time requires it. Knowledge is transient, like everything else. Perhaps it is why history is lost and later found and then lost again throughout the ages. But it is wonderful when a great knowledge is possessed and used. It brings joy. Cheers.
Is there a metric version?
We used slide rules in schools 60s ..70s...saw these watches just out of high school wish had purchased then their pricy now most you find used are trashed😊
Now I see why these are called "Complications"...
actually most of it isn't a watch complication. Complications are powered by the watch, not by turning with your hand.
Chronometer on this watch is a complication, slide rule is just a bezel :)
@@Quicksilver_Cookie Chronograph*
It's basic math tho
I agree 100 %
Exam today: Teachers tells the whole class to put their smartphones on the front desk and take off their smart/apple watches.
Exam in the 1950's/60's: Teacher tells the whole class to all take their Navitimers and chronomats off.
Probably this is how rich kid cheat on exam
@@muhammadridhosinuraya actually a good way to cheat xD We aren't allowed to bring calculators on the exams, but no one ever takes watches, and yes it's only basic computations but it's better then doing it on your own
No wonder plane crashes were much more common back then... this is far worse than texting while driving!
Lmfao 😂
Nothing to do with back then, this is a simplified E6B calculator all pilots still use and train with. Used for TSD time speed distance calculations.
Flying a plane is different from driving a car. Most of the flying is computerized, autopilot and apart most of the planes have two pilots plus automatic autopilot
Persik II are you a pilot?
mbsevans will you buy me an airplane if tell you so?
That Breitling is probably the most beautiful watch I have ever seen.
Good man!
The Navitimer is a magnificent critter in almost all its many manifestations
Nah, it's too busy
The Navitimer, breguet type xxi aeronaut and the speed master professional are my favourites. This Navitimer is a thing of beauty! There is something very special about a Daytona panda but not for the price it costs!!!
I love mine. My Navitimer has a white face, gold bezel and a gold and stainless band. A present from my wife. It's beautiful!
I'm studying Commercial Aviation at UND and when I heard about this watch, I immediately took out my E6B (aviation's version of a slide ruler) and lo and behold... that watch is pretty much identical.
Your video's are always compelling.
I'm 51 years old; a little younger than the slide rule generation, but loved the things and learned how to use one when I was young but am rusty now. They give you more of an idea of how numbers work than a calculator because you can see the correlation.
I bought a Citizen Navihawk because it has a slide rule bezel although I've never used it (plus my eyesight is making it more difficult to make out...)
Looking forward to your next release! Thanks!
I'm only 33 but myself and a couple friends at school started using them in our penultimate year maths class, as you say they're actually very good at giving you a true concept of what's happening and how numbers work. Scientific slide-rules that do complicated stuff like trig and variable exponents are especially neat and they're really not much slower than digital calculators if you're fast with them, it's amazing looking at the 'abacus vs calculator' videos if you look those up!
Thanks - I'll have a look at that :)
rjy8960...Your comment gave me a laugh ! I'm 52 and remember using a slide rule in drafting class in H.S. My wife bought me a Citizen Navihawk as a gift, a few years ago, and I like the look of the rotating bezel, but I'm having a very hard time reading it !!!!! The spirit is still young, but the eyesight ?? LOL !
Yeah.....I’ll use it to tell the time 🤣
This guy: takes an hour to explain all this stuff
The other guy: bro, I all wanted was to know the time
I must say. As someone working towards a career in aviation, a horology enthusiast, and a person who likes more "old school" instruments, this is absolutely amazing
8 min of pure pleasure!
Thank you!
I wish I had this in 6th grad I could have cheated in the class tests
BNRL _ if you could afford a £8-10k watch at that age Id tip my hat to you lol. As a kid I would never appreciate wearing a watch like this. I was happy with my Cassio g shock for £20
@@jameslyddall They're like 3k but still
@@Vandalae no they are not originals in my country go for 10$
If you knew how to operate this watch, you wouldn't need to cheat on a maths test. Also what was the result of you not having this watch in 6th grade that makes you wish you had this watch? Was it a pivotal part in your life that ended you up working as one of guys at the dump?
Ahmad Tariq Thats a cap
I must be weird, the very complexity of this thing has suddenly made me want a Navitimer when, previously, I had zero interest in Breitling as a brand! I have vague memories from the 1970’s of a cousin who used a slide rule regularly....I was very impressed then and would like one of my own!
I 'tried' to use one when I was flying regularly, I say tried, i knew how a slide rule works, you had to getting a pilots licence in the 80's it was part of the syllabus, but trying to use one of these in a cramped cockpit, with no autopilot and a lot of turbulence is near on impossible. in the last 30 years the only time i have ever rotated the bezel is when when OCD gets the better of me and i've re-aligned the 60 back to 12' o'clock after its rotated due to putting on a snug sleeved coat or reaching into a bag etc...
I had to watch it several time with pauses in order to wrap my head around it, genious.
SAME😆
As a submarine navigator I can appreciate the demo. We used a weems and Plath slide rule to perform many of these calculations. It was quicker than using a hp scientific at the time and far quicker once you got the hang of it. The navitimer is a time saving manual computational device. Very cool indeed.
Vic G
I’m not familiar with that application, but in virtually every engineering calculation in my engineering career, a calculator was both many times faster and vastly more accurate, and way more dependable, as long as it had power! When I got my first TI scientific calculator, circa ‘74, an old German senior engineer told me calculators were “a passing fad”! He then questioned their accuracy, and we tested my calculator against his 4 place trig and log tables, and my calculator was accurate to 10 significant digits instead of 4, and I was sitting and waiting a minute or two on every calculation. As I left his office, he was still grumbling under his breath!😂 While I still love the beauty of a slide rule, for doing serious calculations I’ll take a scientific calculator every single time.🧐
Itsalgud1 for engineering yes. For practical navigating the Weems slide rule wheel was faster especially during piloting. Powered devices are great when it’s power is available but what to do without it. Every engineer that became a navigator can attest to its speed and ease of use. Before the arrival of gps great accuracy was not usable as every aspect of navigating had a margin of error.
Vic G Exactly. And in aviation as well, modern glass cockpits with advanced computerized avionics are great, but like everything they can fail. And when they do, having a mechanical computer on your wrist that can make those navigational calculations for you can mean the difference between life and death. And often you don't need extreme precision either, a quick and accurate estimate is usually more than good enough.
I have a new appreciation for these watches. Amazed by the skills and hands who made these watches decades ago
Thank you for this most instructional video! There are people who try to explain the Navitimer 01 functionality and fail miserably because they don't show a detailed enough example with a zoomed lens as you've demonstrated. Also I appreciated the different examples. +1
The navitimer is an exquisitely beautiful timepiece. I’m in love with this watch!
Always a high quality production and narration with all your videos. Thanks
Used it all the time when I used to flight instruct. On a Casio.
Shame you can't train in Spitfires anymore ;-)
what casio was that??
Love the video but may be a dive watch Is more suited to my intellect
Digital watch is even more suitable for you.... Just kidding bro
As a NASA navigator I can appreciate the demo. We used a weems and Plath slide rule to perform many of these calculations. It was quicker than using a hp scientific at the time and far quicker once you got the hang of it. The navitimer is a time saving manual computational device. Very cool indeed.
Make a video about how Watchfinder and Co. came into existence, or maybe behind the scenes videos. Your videos may well be as luxurious as those watches you present here. Love the art!
Thank you for being the best Watch channel on CZcams! Good to see you aren’t pushing Squale on everyone!
THIS - IS - GENIUS Navitimer goes with me on every math exam since today!!!
Since you are reviewing pilot watches do a review on the legendary Longines Charles Lindbergh Hours angle. If they got burned by the Navitimers slide rule imagine the Astronomical almanac and the meridians...
Thank you indeed for all the exceptional watches that you are reviewing .
I’ve been wondering about these. To me this is just the perfect looking watch. Just wonderful
Thank you for the video. That was amazing. One of my favorite watches. I will watch a couple more to understand how that works.
After this, I still don't know how it works.!
Clear as mud for me
gadd10 congrats. You have a bigger watch-nerd IQ than me.
If you search E6B you can find instruction manual for the flight computer that slide ruler is modelled from. If your really trying to figure out how to use it there are also plenty of E6B CZcams vids since it’s the first flight computer most pilots during initial flight training.
Enter A Life all i understood was "ohh it spins" I am a simple man
🤣
I think for the modern pilot this watch still has some use. Currencies conversions is one. Litres to gallons is another. Also knots to statue miles per hour and kmh. And of course it looks pretty damn nice.
Ideal for gross error checks etc.
dead reckoning tool 100%... I hate glass cockpits !
Agreed, I always set it to the currency conversion rate in other countries!
But everything this watch can do can be achieved far easier and quicker on a smart phone or electronic calculator.
Litres to gallons is 4:1.
Easy, and gives a little extra you’ll likely never notice.
Oh and gross error checks can be done in your head. That’s why it’s a GROSS error check.
Like hey... it’s a 495 NM trip but it says I only need an hour’s worth of fuel. Or why does the flight plan say 3:47 when it’s only a 100 NM trip.
The quality and content of this channel never ceases to amaze me - I bet 99% of navitimer owners don't understand how to use it . .
Most people don't know how to use the E6B tool, and most pilots will tell you they never even need to. This is mostly true nowadays, but I can say that my E6B AOPA watch was extremely helpful on my multi-engine commercial checkride. The checkride began with a VFR cross-country diversion and I was told to utilize my E6B before checking my calculations with the garmin G430 in the plane. The only problem was that I forgot my E6B in my flight bag in the rear of the aircraft, well out of my reach (it was a Beechcraft BE-76 Duchess). So I simply used the E6B on my watch and got the numbers I needed. They checked out when compared against the G430 and I was able to continue (and pass) my checkride. Failing would have set me back quite a lot of money, so I was very glad I had my E6B watch with me that day. I still wear it, even though I am now flying Embraer E175s and will likely never need it for work.
All student pilots even nowadays have to learn how to use an analogue circular flight computer, which is exactly what that watch is; Amazing. Great video!
My life feels less complicated now!
One of my desired watch. ⌚
3:58 setting off my "hey Siri" 😂😂
Your narration is ridiculously good.
Really well done. Thank you so much. I love my Navitimer. I have the Blue eyed Black.
Now I want one of these.
I took ground school and it took us longer than 5 minutes to learn how to use the B6b slide rule. Amazing you did it in such a short amount of time.
These are amazing mechanism. Credit to the maker. I understood what it’s for but did comprehend how to use it. Despite how well it was explained. I’d have to buy one and practice. Excellent
Nothing beats the slide rule bezel. This is what innovation is about. Always in love with the navitimer !! :P
Me: I am too old to do math in my head
Watch: You are also too old to watch the results on the watch.
Incredibly detailed and useful video. Thanks for the help!
Great video!
This watch is such a beauty. Totally my style 😍
This was so stressful lol! Sticking to my iPhone for math.
Great job! I've seen circular sliderules but not the watch, Beautiful piece!
Just ordered mine. What a blast from the past. In the mid 1980's I think we were the last kids in high school to learn slide rules along side of our scientific calculators.
That's so cool! I've never wanted one more than now. Alas, they're so big.
There's a version called the Montbrillant that's 38mm. Cost less too.
Miss Clairessa look at the navitimer 1 automatic 38mm
Cosmonaute is a 40mm
As a Mars Rover I can appreciate the demo. We used a weems and Plath slide rule to perform many of these calculations. It was quicker than using a hp scientific at the time and far quicker once you got the hang of it. The navitimer is a time saving manual computational device. Very cool indeed.
Nice video mate
WOW!!! This is so indepth. Nice job!!! I subscribed because I like watches and I LOVED you review!! :D
I kinda lost you at "It's a complicated mess" ... my dad used a slide rule back in the day .. and I understand the idea of it but I've no idea what the hell we're supposed to be looking it. But I appreciate the attempt. I'm buying the Sinn 903 Navitimer (a licensed version of the Breitling) .. which has all the mess too .. so I'll have a lot of practice with it.
still a complete mess for me tho. i think you really have to spend some time with it. But its rather useless in the time of smartphones. the most usefull feature in my book is a gmt function with a roatating bezel to display 2 timezones. that comes in pretty handy but again so does your phone.
Wouldn't be so useless when your phone battery dies
Simply the BEST watch channel hands down
Very good video. Thanks
While you were out partying I was mastering the ways of the
n a v i t i m e r
Can the it calculate how many times I need to watch this video before I can understand how my Navitimer works?
😂😂😂😂
great stuff as usual thanks..
Best explanation of a Navi timer ever!
Funny how much has changed in the last 50 yrs or so. My father was an engineer and I went to engineering school in the late 60s. If I wanted to forget how a slide rule works, I’d have to get a pre-frontal lobotomy. 😆 I knew how to use one before I was 10, used it a little in high school, and I virtually ate, slept, and brushed my teeth with one in my hand 😉 in college. If you understand logarithms, it’s easy as pi! 🙄 I would eventually like to have a watch with a slide rule bevel in my collection, just to play with from time to time. 🧐
Itsalgud1 Check out the Seiko and Citizen offerings. I have an SSC007 from Seiko and will never understand the slide rule bezel, ha!
zunedog31
Thanks for the suggestion. As a matter of fact, I have been. The Seiko Solar Prospex SSC425P1. It checks a lot of my boxes!👍
As an Engineering student today I only know of the existence of the slide rule, Matlab and calculators have significantly dumbed down the calculation process!! It's a shame too, I feel like this could be a useful skill for an engineer in emergencies.
sadan wani
Doesn’t take very long to learn!🧐
Finest, most useful slide rule in your opinion?
Er no! My Brain has just imploded!
Beautiful watch and excellent explanation!
This is fascinating. My father has a Navitimer and is a hobby pilot, I must show him this, he certainly doesn't know all of these features!
I beg to differ... I would be much suprised if he indeed dit not know these features.
I'm more confused now than before I watched the entire video.
You lost me at “rotate bezel”.
I work in R&D and use the chronograph and dial for quick calculations on a regular basis. It generally beats the colleagues and their smartphones in speed: the expression on their face is priceless!
Also, would you know if this bezel computer is based on the E6-B flight computer or vice versa?
Mile High Club
Mythbuster Series Lol, smugling with my navitimer
Do you have to wear a Navitimer while joining?
the only problem is, imperial units...
Submit 😈
I"ve had my navitimer for 5 years (well, almost) and had no idea how it worked - thanks for this! LOL
fantastic video
Imagine spending thousands just to calculate 9x12
I have a Citizen ProMaster Eco Drive which dose the same thing but you have separate knob that you turn and the flight computer turns inside the glass so no need for a Bezel on top of the glass , had this watch for 10 years now and it has never let me down still going strong.
Great vid. I’ve always wondered how Navitimers work and now I know. Thanks.
My Citizen Skyhawk has a similar feature. It's actually pretty cool and easy to use to convert units. I rarely use it for real everyday application but I like it anyway.
Love this content
My eyes glazed over almost instantly when the figures started flying.
Awesome! Is this thing allowed in the CFA, GMAT, & other exams?
I’m in my late 60s and grew up using a slide rule for math/science subjects. One of my last devices before the advent of quartz calculators was a circular slide rule. Very compact and easy to use. I’d love to try the Navitimer for old times sake - pun intended!
What a fantastic video!
I've stumbled across your site it's fascinating and watched ( pun ) several of them your historical insight is interesting your narrative is perfect and yes I love watching about watches and have some of my own great on you I'm hooked
Absolutely amazing. Love it
Great video. Always loved the navitimer
Amazing explanation!
I see this as being super useful. Imagine being able to calculate these things by just looking at your wrist? I wish there were more watches with slide rule bezels
One of the first. Love your videos!
Nice video!
I always looked at the watch with a question mark in my eyes, but now I have two light bulbs. Thanks for explain one of the watches consumer mysteries
Beautiful, thanks
Great Explaination and History of this watch...Amazing...and you are right...thankful we now have computers..!! Thanks for sharing..!!😎
What's the third marker between NAUT. and STAT.?