Would you swim with a watch with 100m of water resistance and a push/pull crown?

The seals create the WR, the screw-down crown just prevents accidentally pulling the crown out for the most part. 

I would swim on the surface of a pool, wouldn't jump off a dive board or dive to the bottom of the pool.

I don't take any of my watches into the water or out on the beach unless I need to know the time during those activities.  I've had a few leaks over the years and it just isn't worth the hassle unless I really need to have the watch for those activities.

I'm not submerging any watch without a good reason. I guess if I was afraid of it being stolen, I'd risk the leak. If planning of any type were involved, I'm wearing a digital watch in the drink.

IDGAF about screw crown or push/pull. Honestly, I feel the latter are more secure as what is going to pull it out? Accidental rotation is a thing, pulling not so much.

I say go naked!! Worry free oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah…

I would never go swimming! Afraid of getting eaten by one of these:

This summer, after 3 years of owning a Turtle, was the first time I submerged it under water (frankly out of shame after saying I hadn’t on Reddit — the internet can be a ruthless place). That said I think there was a mental hurdle I needed to get over in terms of using a tool watch for it’s intended purpose. 200m of water resistance with a screw down crown… it’s my most worn watch during the summer.

TLDR; no I wouldn’t unless I knew it was supposed to. 

I have swam with my 5KX many times and I’m not worried at all. 

Won't take any chance with water even screw down crown or G-Shock 😐😐

I don't swim with any watch, even though they have water resistance. On the other hand, if it's under warranty I'd risk it, why not.

I rarely swim, but I have comfortably swam with a 100 WR watch with a pull/push crown. At the time, I was more concerned with the NATO failing in the water 🤦‍♂️.

I wouldn't take any watch with me for swimming.

I’ve worn my diver in pools and I’m the ocean on holidays. 
Mine is 300m wr so I have less caution with that. 

If I know I'll be in water, I'll wear something with better WR. I wouldn't do it on purpose. 

Yep, done it many times, no problem

I'd swim with it with a couple of caveats. Check the crown is fully seated (because shit happens) and remember if the gaskets are over 10 years old or not. Better safe than sorry. That said, swim away!

Up to 5 years ago all my watches had a max WR of 100m, jumped in pools,snorkelled,fell off boats, swum with dolphins, the lot ,never had a problem. Now I've got boxes full of 200m plus dive watches suddenly I've got depth anxiety, and the fear that if they get wet and I haven't had them serviced and tested the week before they are going to leak, funny that🤪

100m is plenty for the average person. I heard that even the Casio F91W with only 30m of water resistance have gone past that.

#seiko5 #srpb93 with push-pull crown, WR100.

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Check out this article that cites a study that proves "how many of our imagined calamities never materialize." 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/85-of-what-we-worry-about_b_8028368 

Stop worrying, mates! Don't waste the finite moments you have, and enjoy life! 🍻 

It's partly funny (but also a tad sad) and entertaining reading all these comments from people not swimming with their 10ATM watch with a push/pull crown. They probaly say someting like "...I love my watch. It's a tool watch..yada, yada, yada..." - but take the watch off their wrist when entering a swimming pool. 

The irony is that if this poll was run 20-30 years ago, the snowball option in this poll would be close to zero and not 33% - and the watches 20-30 years ago would probably not be so technicaly advanced w.r.t. WR than today. 

Agreed totally. The Omega will be better made in your example no doubt. But you could wear both in the ocean. The Omega in particular is designed for it.

I don't remember the last time I entered water. At least the last 10 years I didn't for sure. And when I did I took the watch off (and it was probably a g shock) . But, in a case I fall in water or get real wet in any situation I would be fine with 100m WR.

I never go out without a watch and that includes swimming, went last summer several times with a 100m pull crown and no issues. As for diving I haven't gone since I started collecting so I've only worn a digital 100m Casio and a Seiko turtle personally. However, my parents have both gone diving hundreds of times with a quartz pull crown watch (albeit 200m WR) for years with no service and none ever got water inside. I tend to trust what the manufacturer says, only watch that ever leaked on me was a 20 year old certina without a screw down caseback. 

Growing up around the coast I have been in and out of the surf in every watch I own that is 100WR or above and never had an issue. As a teenager my go to watch was a Rip Curl "diver" with 50WR and a push pull crown. That was my go to watch for surfing and not 1 drop of water was ever to be seen. I think manufacturers err on the side of caution these days, but rather than run the gauntlet I've got enough options now to just grab a legitimate diver and avoid any stress.

I think 100 meter WR is borderline for swimming regardless of brand.  I simply feel like at $100 a watch has to have some compromises.  Perhaps the seals are made of a lower quality rubber, for example.  In that case the WR might be questionable sooner than I know.  There is no recommendation for maintenance intervals with my PD watches, unlike the better watches in my collection.  The way I see it, why take the risk?

I would go for a dip no worries. Though I can't see recall the last time I did go for a swim but when ever it was I would definitely have had a watch strapped on my wrist.

Fair enough. There is no right answer. I think we all perceive risk differently and act accordingly? One man's risk for another would perhaps not even be a consideration. 

Like all the other occasions when I was confronted with difficult questions, my solution was to think "What would the cat do?". The cat is smart, the cat is wise, the cat won't get wet. Don't go in the water and if you do, don't wear a watch. 

Sung to beat it “ Beater beater swimmin in the pool down on the beach washing up dishes its what you reach for : your beater …..

There are excellent casio duros and gshock that aren't expensive and very durable for swimming without worries. I think for the majority of us here the risk is more to see a strap or bracelet brake and see our watch disappear in the deep dark unknown...

I would certainly not use a very expensive or a watch that is precious to me in a lake or in the sea.

For the pool I think 100 meters 10 bars is very safe.

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