Horological Meandering

Some background: my name is Gary, live in LA. My collection is in the beginning stages. I wear a Baume&Mercier Clifton club as my work watch; my weekend watches include GP Laureato 42mm, Rolex Explorer, Omega Aqua Terra GMT 43mm. I work for one the ma... 

MCO Orlando Florida is the only flight which tends to be families on vacation to Disney world and retirees. Rolex 36mm day dates, Panerai's.

How about your pilots, what are they wearing?

Flight crews vary on pay I would say. Crews that work narrow body aircrafts wear smartwatches if analog usually Citizen or Seiko. Wide body crews wear Rolex ( two tone subs, gmts,) Breitling Navitimers. I worked for some Chinese and Russian carrier's they... 

Re Vegas, I guess AP’s and Rolex are the king of “table” watches, it makes sense to me. Re HND, I would expect the variety you mention. Japan seems to be one of the more sophisticated markets taking the market as a whole (and not just the niche collector ... 

Currently i’m living in Tokyo, and purposely take metro/bus sometimes just to do the same observation. A bit different to what you’ve found in HND (may be driven by the social class?), I saw only Rolex, Panerai and digital watches.

I’ve lived for many years in Germany, UK, US and parts of Asia respectively. Fly extensively, typically 60-100 flight a year. In aggregate, my observations - and apologies for any perceived broader generalizations. Just based on my experience and observat... 

I might start working LHR and CDG flights soon would like to see what people wear in those markets. I have only seen one UN coming off a flight it was a yellow gold marine yet to see independents like you mentioned. Thank you reading and sharing your expe... 

Agree to all of what's been said. One addition, on execs in China there's a lot of APs (compared to Europe or US), and when it comes to the really well-off, a lot of RMs. Cheers, Daniel

Welcome! Not surprised at all by observation regarding JFK.