Funny how everyone that sees it on your wrist wouldn't think twice about it and just say, "Hey, nice watch!"
But inside, the crooked five-zero drives you bananas...such is the wonderful world of replicas.
I agree with your need for a sec hand. I have a 177 and it's a great rep. Got a 332 as well and it's just okay. I'm definitely in for a 089 next. I need minute tick marks if I want to wear the watch to work. You can't go wrong with TrustyTime. That's my go-to TD.
I was always fascinated with these old Seiko 6309 divers:
In 1987 I was in a sporting goods store in Seattle and bought one of these because I couldn't afford a Seiko diver. My first "serious" watch:
Good point Chief! The GMT hand is something I didn't think of. In fact, sometimes our dispatchers are given ETAs in zulu time. And they're like, "huh?"
Seems like all the pilots I see on commercial flights wear digital watches. Even when doing my side gig as a transport medic all the life flight pilots I come across wear g-shocks mostly--fixed wing and rotary. Is it an accuracy thing? Durability? Fashion? Only once have I seen a pilot actually wearing one of those Citizen chronos with hundreds of sliderule numbers on it.
As an aside, one of the female flight attendants on my recent flight did have a nice stainless ladies datejust.