Torgoen Swiss

Torgoen Swiss Men's T06202 Pilot Computer E6B Dual Time Zone Stainless Steel Watch

• Precise Swiss-quartz movement
• Hardened mineral crystal
• E6B Flight computer slide-rule function; 24-Hour additional hand for dual-time military format; date function; luminescence hands and indexes

Product Description

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Combining dual time zone tracking with a pilot's computer/slide rule, the Torgoen T6 men's watch offers a highly reliable Swiss quartz timing movement and the ability to make quick calculations from your wrist--from flight fuel consumption to currency conversion. Featuring a high-grade stainless steel bracelet link band, this T6 (model T60105B01) has an red yellow hand to denote a second time zone, which completes a full circle once ever 24 hours. Its orange/yellow dial face also includes a mix of luminous thick hour markers and Arabic numerals at the quarter hours, large luminous hands (with red seconds hand), small minute indexes, and a date window at 4 o'clock.

Other features include a scratch-resistant mineral crystal and water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet)--offering protection from accidental splashes as well suitable for swimming, snorkeling, and light recreational diving. It comes with a detailed instruction booklet on operating the flight computer features.

Using this watch's flight computer/slide rule feature, you can easily make a variety of calculations including currency conversion.

Using a Flight Computer Watch
This Torgoen watch can be used as a regular circular slide rule or a flight computer. It uses the calculation abilities of a slide rule to calculate time, speed and distance, and fuel consumption, as well as useful conversions such as statute miles to nautical miles, metric units to English units, or US Dollars to British Pounds. Easy to use after just a little practice, you'll be able to perform some calculations more quickly than with a hand-held calculator.

As an example, suppose the conversion rate for the Swiss Franc is SFR 1.60 to $1.00. Rotate the outer scale to match 16 over 10, the outer scale becomes Swiss Francs and the middle scale becomes US dollars. You can leave the scales like that until the exchange rate changes. If you want to convert SFR 4.00 to dollars you look at the number in the middle scale opposite the 40 on the outer scale. The number is 25. You can therefore deduce that SFR4.00 are $2.50 (see example image at right).

Using This Zulu Time Watch
For easy reference in communications, each of the world's 24 time zones has been assigned a letter of the alphabet (less the letter "I" and "O"). The "clock" at Greenwich, England is used as the standard clock for international reference of time in communications, military, maritime and other activities that cross time zones. The letter designation for this clock is Z, pronounced ZULU in the phonetic alphabet.

To set the time, pull out the crown 2 steps and turn. To set a different time zone, pull out the crown out only one step and then turn to one direction to change the date and the other to set the 24-hour hand to indicate a different time zone of your choice. For example, if you are in New York City, at noon, and wish to track the time in Rock Springs, Wyoming (2 hours behind New York), turn the crown until the red 24-hour hand points to 10:00 on the 24-hour scale (5:00 on the 12-hour scale).

About Torgoen
Founded by a group of aviation enthusiasts, Torgoen takes its timepiece inspiration from the cockpit, creating highly reliable instruments that have precise, clear markings for rapid readings day or night and ergonomically efficient controls. Careful attention is paid to details of every component, with all watch components required to pass the most stringent quality control procedures during and after production. Watches are tested under various extreme conditions including temperature variation, dust, humidity, impact and vibration. All Torgoen timepieces include high-quality Swiss timing movement, high-grade stainless steel cases, and non-radioactive, long-lasting luminescence.

The Torgoen Swiss Story

   
    Simplicity, Boldness and Functionality


Torgoen was founded by an enthusiastic private pilot, Benzi Rosenski. Rosenski, also a veteran of the watch manufacturing industry, combined these two passions to create Torgoen – Professional Pilot Watches. Rosenski envisioned a line of timepieces for pilots that are functional, affordable, well designed and durable.  In 1998 the first Torgoen Swiss timepieces rolled off the production line. The name Torgoen is derived from Thor, the god of thunder in Nordic mythology, and Goen which is a derivative of “go”. The name symbolizes the boldness, functionality and simplicity of design (Thor) in time keeping devices (Goen). These principles guide the Torgoen team in the creation and updating of the line. Although the design of all Torgoen watches has functionalities useful for pilots, it is also perfect for ordinary people who appreciate tangible quality and no-nonsense, yet sophisticated design. The dials have numerals, markers and indexes inspired by cockpit instruments like altimeters and speed gauges. Cockpit instruments have been a subject of ergonomic studies that go back to World War II. This is part of the functionality and boldness that guides Torgoen.

E6B Flight Computer – Useful also in the supermarket

In many of its models, Torgoen uses an E6B Flight Computer based on the original design by the US army during World War II. The name was simply the Catalog part number of the device. It allows the pilot to easily solve problems of speed, distance and time. By knowing two of these variables, one can deduct the third with ease. This is based on a regular slide rule which was used by some of us that attended high school before the introduction of pocket calculators. It enables the user to perform any multiplication and division calculations. It is especially good while performing conversions of units and even exchange rate calculations. The watches come with a booklet in three languages with clear instructions of how to use the E6B and examples of how the E6B will help solve calculation problems.

GMT (Zulu Time) – Keeping track of home-time for travelers

Torgoen incorporated in many of its models another feature that is commonly used by pilots and favored by watch enthusiasts - a second time zone displayed in a 24 hour format. Communications between the cockpit and air traffic controllers always use GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) as a common standard. It avoids confusion by pilots arriving at an airport from different time zones.  Every time zone in the globe has a designated letter. GMT was designated with the letter Z and pilots call it Zulu time since Zulu is the phonetic alphabet for Z. It is also useful for travelers crossing different time zones who wish to keep their home-time handy and easily displayed on their watches.

Today the Torgoen brand includes 12 series in its line-up with over 61 different versions. "Considering the components and materials used, we feel that this brand is one of the best values in the market today".      

Torgoen Academy
 
As part of the contribution and commitment to the aviation industry, Torgoen sponsors the Torgoen Academy for flight safety. The academy’s curriculum delivers specialized flight training to both private and commercial pilots that will increase aviation safety by teaching aviators essential recovery and survival skills not normally offered in either primary or advanced flight training. The Torgoen Academy’s training makes pilots safer by teaching them to deal with departures from normal flight, upsets due to turbulence and mechanical failures.  
Following a structured syllabus, pilots develop the ability to keep a cool head while applying techniques learned in the school’s aerobatic training aircraft to resolve the situation at hand. "We literally turn pilot’s upside-down in real airplanes in order to give them the confidence to fix the problem without the panic."

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000TR4UTQ
• Item model number: T06202
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,729 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good big solid watch, March 1, 2006

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George E. Robertson (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a great watch if you want something big and solid and it is a still better choice if you need or want the combination of slide rule for calculations plus the ability to have at a glance, the time in two timezones. The dial is marked for both standard and 24 hour time and you can set it for any two time zones that are handy for you, even if it IS named for GMT "zulu" time.

It just gets better if you value the ability to use the slide rule. It offers a host of ways to quickly calculate the old fashioned way, things involving time and distance and unit conversions for speed and fuel or currency exchange rates, and you can jut plain multiply and divide.

This thing is big and thick and heavy. It looks and feels like a real man watch and it seems to be pretty much bulletproof. Mine takes a real beating because I do a lot of carpentry and so far it is running fine even if it is a little bit nicked and scratched up.

If you want a glow in the dark watch that glows bright enough to really see for hours on end, standing watch in the middle of no where, or for working security outside on the night shift without a flashlight or other light source, you need something with tritium in the phosphor on the hands and dial. Whatever is in the Torgoen is probably a lot safer for your health, but they only hold a strong glow for a short while in the dark. It is not long before they are too weak to read easily, this is only a small annoyance for guys that normally live/work indoors and in daylight, but, it goes out too soon to go to war with.

That said, the T-6 is really macho looking, and if any he-man watch can actually get you laid this one should do it, ...provided the chick is not some Seal vet returning from night patrols in Iraq, who knows the real glow-in-the-dark deal when she sees it.

5.0 out of 5 stars For professional pilots who seek simplicity and quality., February 27, 2011

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G. Anderson "Andy" (San Diego, Ca.) - See all my reviews
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An Excellent Watch! The construction is solid. The weight is perfect. This is a Torgeon(for professional pilots who seek simplicity and quality)T6 dual time zone watch with a internal rotating E6B flight computer. It's a great watch for an aviator pilot who can do the math but doesn't want to show off how foolish they really are strutting a watch with 10 gadgets they have no clue on operating.

5.0 out of 5 stars Torgoen T6, April 22, 2008

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Scary Jim (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Torgoen Swiss Men's T06202 Pilot Computer E6B Dual Time Zone Stainless Steel Watch (Watch)

This watch is very well made. It's no lightweight, even the band is hefty, at 22mm wide and 3mm thick. Anyone with a large wrist would be comfortable with it in my opinion, the band out of the box was very long, longer than most other watches. I needed to remove 5 links to fit it, as opposed to the usual 3. I have it adjusted down to 7.5", it fits perfectly and sits well on my wrist. And the links themselves aren't small, and they're solid, not stamped or folded steel. All of the metal has a finely brushed finish with the exception of the back, which is polished with an etched image of an aircraft and the Torgoen name. Timekeeping is very accurate. The GMT function took some tweaking to get set just right, but every other GMT/24hr watch I own required the same attention. The orange color of the face isn't as vivid as the pictures make it appear, it's more of a "orange creme" color, just a little paler than the average orange peel. It's easy to read, and has good visibility over a wide range of conditions. The crystal is very slightly domed, I don't believe enough to make it more likely to be damaged. The hands, indexes and numbers are well illuminated, I've had it last as much as six hours. I'm very satisfied with the watch. I've spent much more on other watches and not been as happy, and will be buying more Torgoen in the future.