Collection: Men's Pilot Watches

Pilot watches from Citizen and Bulova

A pilot watch is built to be read quickly and to help with the arithmetic: a large, legible dial, a chronograph and, on Citizen’s Promaster Skyhawk, a slide-rule bezel for flight calculations. This page brings together Citizen’s Promaster pilot watches and Bulova’s Lunar Pilot, a chronograph whose design went to the moon in 1971.

Promaster Skyhawk A-T

The Skyhawk A-T packs the most into one case. It sets itself from atomic time signals in 43 cities and adds a second time zone, UTC, two alarms, a countdown timer, a chronograph to a hundredth of a second and a perpetual calendar, all run by Eco-Drive. Cases are 45 or 46 mm under sapphire crystal, rated 200 metres, and some come in Citizen’s Super Titanium. Our atomic timekeeping watches page collects the Citizen models that set themselves this way.

Nighthawk and Navihawk

The Nighthawk is the plainer Promaster pilot: a 42 mm Eco-Drive chronograph that times to a fifth of a second for up to 60 minutes, with 12/24-hour time. The black CA0295 is rated 200 metres; the grey Nighthawk Chrono puts sapphire crystal over the dial and is rated 100 metres. The Navihawk has a chronograph with the same functions in a faceted 40 mm case with a slide-rule bezel. All three lines are on our Skyhawk, Nighthawk and Navihawk page.

Blue Angels and Snowbirds

Citizen makes editions for two military flight teams. It has partnered with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels for more than 25 years, and Blue Angels models such as the JY8078 Skyhawk carry the team’s insignia on the caseback. The Snowbirds Skyhawk A-T is made in the colours of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s aerobatic team. Both are on our Blue Angels and Snowbirds page.

Bulova Lunar Pilot

On August 2, 1971, a Bulova chronograph was worn on the moon, and the Lunar Pilot brings that design back. It runs on Bulova’s high-performance quartz under sapphire crystal, in a 43.5 mm case rated 50 metres, a 45 mm version on leather and a 41.2 mm version rated 100 metres. The Bulova Lunar Pilot page has every version. Star Wars fans will also find Citizen’s Rebel Pilot here, a 44 mm Eco-Drive chronograph on leather.

Questions

Which is easiest to wear every day? The 40 mm Navihawk, the 41.2 mm Lunar Pilot and the 42 mm Nighthawk sit more easily on most wrists than the 45 and 46 mm Skyhawk A-T. Our guide to finding your case size shows how to check before you choose.

How do I use the slide-rule bezel? It’s a rotating slide rule for flight calculations, and the instruction manual for each model walks through them.