National Geographic

National Geographic Men's NG771B Aviator Solar Slide-Rule Bezel Watch

• Quality Japanese-Quartz movement
• Bi-Directional Navigational Rule Bezel w/Conversion Capabilities
• Three Hands Date, Inside Dial Ring, Japanese Movement

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Take flight with the highly reliable, stylishly designed National Geographic Aviator men's stainless steel watch, which includes an integrated slide rule for quick calculations ranging from flight fuel consumption to currency conversion. The silver watch case measures 46mm wide (1.81 inches) and is topped by a unidirectional bezel with slide rule markings that slope down toward the silver dial and coin-edged detailing for a firm grip under any condition. The dial is supplemented with a mix of bar and Arabic numeral hour markers, small minute indexes, and luminous hands (with seconds hand). The dial also includes three subdials that show day and date as well as a second time zone. Other features include a scratch-resistant mineral crystal and water resistance to 30 meters (99 feet)--enabling it to withstand splashes and accidental dunks into the water, but not suitable for swimming.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WCESKO
• Item model number: NG771B
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,662 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the Watch - Better Looking than Amazon's Picture, November 21, 2008

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Zippy (Western USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Geographic Men's NG771B Aviator Solar Slide-Rule Bezel Watch (Watch)

I am very happy with this watch. I had originally bought a Fossil watch, but returned it because it lacked a luminous dial. I took a chance with this one and am glad I did.

Pros:
- Great looking. The watch I received looks somewhat different than it does in the image provided here. In Amazon's picture, the center portion of the face is milky white. On my watch, it is nearly black in that same region, and it looks much better. I have gotten several compliments on its appearance. A colleague at work who wears a > $1000 watch asked about it because he thought it was cool.
- Good functionality. I personally like the 3 smaller dials, which display the day of the week, numeric date, and hour in military time. The slide rule feature is cool, although I probably won't have much cause to use it.

Cons:
- If your eyesight is failing, it will be difficult to read some of the smaller dials.
- The manual is okay as far as watch manuals go, but not that great.
- You don't want to forget to charge it. The manual indicates it will stay charged for 6 months after a full charge.
- The watch I received has some small particles on the face side of the glass. I will count that as a manufacturing defect.

4.0 out of 5 stars Shiny!, January 19, 2011

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sailsbystars - See all my reviews

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This review is from: National Geographic Men's NG771B Aviator Solar Slide-Rule Bezel Watch (Watch)

After a few intial hiccups, the watch has been performing flawlessly. The watch came with the wrong instruction manual and wouldn't keep time initially because the battery had been drained from being in the box for many months. After a few hours in the sunlight and downloading the correct manual off the internet, it worked great. Time keeping has been fine. The bezel slide rule is quite nice. It rotates in both directions using an adjustment knob. The control of the slide rule alignment is therefore very precise. The converse point is that the rotation is fairly slow, so if you have to do a different calculation in may take a non-insubstantial amount of time to rotate the dial.

Overall, a very nice watch at a decent price for what you get.