Pilot watches – esoteric functions – useful?

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I'm not a pilot.

I own a Hamilton Flight Timer ana-digi watch.

Mainly for the looks and fantastic time functions, alongside ease of use.

It has a "flight log" function and displays ISA temperature at various altitudes. I never use either.

It got me thinking – do pilots actually use functions such as these on a wrist-watch, in the real-world? My guess is that they don't but I'm unqualified to say for sure.

Other examples with such functions are the Omega Z-33 and Omega X-33.

I also came…

Pilot watches – esoteric functions – useful?

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