A Thought on Over Thinking (in Good Jest)

There's the old adage that push-pull crowns will pop out, or get snagged on something, right at the moment we need our water resistance the most! However, I can't think of a time where my push-pull crown has been jostled causing it to accidentally pop out...let alone when I've been about to take a dunk. This has got me thinking... Are screwdown crowns really as necessary as we've been led to believe? A push-pull can happily deliver 150m WR & if it's not popping out, it gets the job done. Crunchers, what's your experience with crowns? Are they popping out all over the shop, or is the old adage an urban legend 😅? *even though I'm asking this, I'm no mad man & only dive with screw down crown watches... Perhaps this poll will change my mind 😂
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I have both types of crown as do 90%of the people on WC and I do feel the screw in crown does feel safer , saying this my Bremont has push in and is 200m WR 

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I prefer a screw down crown. Having a crown be a push pull though is not something that will stop me from purchasing a watch I like. I also  tend to trust the manufacturer’s reported WR, but 200m with a push pull is probably a step too far for me. 

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I try my best to stay out of water, so a push pull crown is not too big a deal for me. 

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Push pull are fine, I just prefer screw down. I would always go with screw down given the option.

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All my watches up to five years ago 'only' had push crowns, never had a problem with them. Swum, jumped in pools,fell off boats,thrown off boats😆,snorkelled, foam parties, the lot, not once did they let me down.

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I have ruined a dive watch by not screwing down the crown after winding in the morning while on vacation. Since then, I check and double check my crowns, and I no longer take my dive watches to a body of water because I can’t be trusted. 
 

It‘s not the watch. It’s me.

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I jumped in a pond and swam for half an hour having forgotten to screw down this crown, but it was fine, still is

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For me, I like the screw down less for water resistance, and more to protect the movement, in case I slam the crown into something.

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jcRUwithMe

I have ruined a dive watch by not screwing down the crown after winding in the morning while on vacation. Since then, I check and double check my crowns, and I no longer take my dive watches to a body of water because I can’t be trusted. 
 

It‘s not the watch. It’s me.

I have both screw down and push pull crowns but the 2 times I have had problems with the crown were with my screw downs and, like you, it was me and not the watches. I picked up the watch while running to the beach or pool and wound it up a bit to give it some juice and I either forgot to screw it down or didn't screw it down fully. At least I can wind my push pull crowns when they are pushed in.

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I think I prefer a screw-down crown to a push-pull crown, but it's not something I'll get up in arms about. Half of my watches have screw-down crowns, and the other half have push-pull crowns. I have never had an issue with push-pull crowns getting caught on something and coming out.  

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Rocketfan

I have both screw down and push pull crowns but the 2 times I have had problems with the crown were with my screw downs and, like you, it was me and not the watches. I picked up the watch while running to the beach or pool and wound it up a bit to give it some juice and I either forgot to screw it down or didn't screw it down fully. At least I can wind my push pull crowns when they are pushed in.

This is, so far, the most compelling argument that I've heard on the advantage of a push pull crown over a screwdown crown. 

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Rocketfan

I have both screw down and push pull crowns but the 2 times I have had problems with the crown were with my screw downs and, like you, it was me and not the watches. I picked up the watch while running to the beach or pool and wound it up a bit to give it some juice and I either forgot to screw it down or didn't screw it down fully. At least I can wind my push pull crowns when they are pushed in.

Ah what a sinking feeling 😔 (pun not intended)! I must say I live in fear of doing the exact same thing one of these days! More often than not the crowns I see poking out on folks watches are screw downs that have forgotten to be fastened after a quick wind, it's easily done! 

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Jeremy

For me, I like the screw down less for water resistance, and more to protect the movement, in case I slam the crown into something.

That's a really good point Jeremy! 

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JacobS96

I think I prefer a screw-down crown to a push-pull crown, but it's not something I'll get up in arms about. Half of my watches have screw-down crowns, and the other half have push-pull crowns. I have never had an issue with push-pull crowns getting caught on something and coming out.  

It’s rare, but can happen.  I ripped a crown and stem out of one of my watches when it caught on the thin edge of the lid of a storage bin as I was lifting the bin beside it.  My watches never go underwater (intentionally) but I’ll probably never buy another watch without crown guards.

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For me, watches and water are a bad mix which I try to avoid letting happen.  My wife has been without her Seamaster for over a year due to the sea.