I'm not in the aeronautical industry but in my younger days as an undergraduate and postgrad studying overseas, I use to travel very frequently, my uncle is a pilot flying for United Arab Emirates and I have two aunties and a cousin who were once cabin crews or flight attendants for Malaysian Airways( MAS).
Anyways, based on my personal experience talking to commercial airline pilots, during flights many of them actually preferred G Shocks, Seikos, Timex and Citizens watches esp the Nighthawks, these days, the Garmin D2 GPS seems to be quite popular.Only real watch enthusiast pilots wear Rolex watches as far as I know (I saw pilots wearing Subs but havent met a pilot spotting a GMT Master before!)
Oh Yeah just remember guys, the Speedmaster is NOT a (True) pilot watch so there you go....
Thread Drift! Sorry, I'm a little biased. Let me post some photos of my friends, one, a Captain for a commercial airliner and the other, a US Jet Fighter pilot flying a USAF T38A seen here....
Dedicated to all the Pilots in the World who fly us safely to our destinations and guard our airspace. Blue Skies Y'all !