RAINY DAY PREPARATIONS
Does the weather impact your watch choices? If so how? I imagine those that regularly navigate challenging weather like my friends in the PNW take it all in stride. I regularly see them cycling in the rain in Seattle without missing a beat.
I do have to confess though that many of my fellow Angeleno's drop IQ points when the rain falls. It's like their brains get wet and glitch out. A guy in a compact car sees my Jeep make it through the deep stuff and next thing you know it's the theme song for the Titanic.
Do you select a Marine Master when it's misty or are you a Patek when it's pouring practitioner? What about you Snow Kings and Queens? A bracelet must suck when it's below freezing.
Do G-Shock wearers howl at the storm with shaken fist and gleeful abandon?
Let's hear how you roll when the weather puts on a show.
I prefer in person gatherings over social media dialog and have a soft spot for vintage watches.
I up the water resistance based on how heavy the rain is. If I'm working outside and I know that I am going to get soaked all day, 100M+ or G-SHOCKs for sure.
🎯 That’s my current poll for floodboat work:
https://www.watchcrunch.com/phat_tony/posts/casio-v-seiko-the-best-tool-watch-314589
🎯 That’s my current poll for floodboat work:
https://www.watchcrunch.com/phat_tony/posts/casio-v-seiko-the-best-tool-watch-314589
Good stuff!!! Thanks for linking!
I mostly wear dive watches so, no problems 😊
Good stuff!!! Thanks for linking!
Cool 👍 I’ve put a link back to yours for comments
I threw caution to the wind and let some snowflakes land on my Speedy! 😀
no vintage at the beach. that’s pretty much it.
Obviously something with a good WR rating for sure. Maybe we should start some "Wet Weather Wristshot" threads on stormy days showing our timepieces toughing it out in the rain.
I threw caution to the wind and let some snowflakes land on my Speedy! 😀
Take a walk on the wild side!
Yeah I’ll be honest. I don’t wear my Brew Metric if it’s pouring out. Nor anything on leather. But neither would I panic if I was wearing one and was caught in the rain. But yeah. It’s part of my decision on what to wear each day
I do think about the rain. I don’t wear dress or vintage watches if there’s a chance I can get wet or soaked…
Lucky for me, it hardly ever rains out here in the desert plains of Colorado, but when it does, it's a flash flood. When it's like that, G-Shock all the way because I'm usually outside and wading through water and mud to keep my basement from flooding! :-)
Other than not wearing a leather strap, no other considerations.
Average rainfall where I live is 91 inches per year. You just get used to being wet.
Average rainfall where I live is 91 inches per year. You just get used to being wet.
That's moist!
No vintage in the rain. Beyond that, all my watches have at least 3atm and I have no issues wearing them in the rain.
I play it safe. I wear a beater(non leather strap) watch whenever there is a rainy forecast. Although several of my higher end dive watches are ok, I just don’t want them to get wet. I don’t even wear a watch when going into any body of water. I’m weird like that 🤓
As long if I have a G shock or any Casio or Timex they pass the stress test. 👍
I like having some water resistance on my watches, but it's less about rain than it is about humidity. In the NW, we're usually wrapped in rain gear anyway, but it's that atmospheric moisture making slow ingress you gotta worry about. We're talking over 65% average humidity even in the summer, so the temps might be cool, but the humidity is downright sub-tropical. Cold shrinks gaskets and oxidation is insidious so precautions are prudent.
For my 30m WR watches like my F91w's, I open them up when new and hit the o-ring and the gasket channel with some silicone grease, then close 'em back up. No casualties so far. Maybe one of these days I'll go full bore and try a hydromod.
With my 100m WR watches, I don't do anything special to them, but if I open a watch for any reason, it gets the silicone grease treatment, just to keep the seals supple and the moisture out.
As for what I wear, I opt for higher WR if I know the watch is going to be directly exposed to rain. I used to work outdoors regardless of the weather and I always wore a G Shock for that. Some nights I'd spend hours in the pouring rain having to time log events so my watch was actually out in the downpour. If it's under the cuff of a rain jacket I don't sweat it.
Just finished flood boat night training and can confirm for wet and storm conditions to help the community the alround tool watch is Casio any day over a diver. Yes the diver may look better and is waterproof, but would you rather put your Casio or a diver watch into sewerage water (& potentially throw it away)? At night, will the lume be as effective as a light (besides going blind for 15mins if you use a torch at night on a boat waiting for your eyesight to refocus).
My watch my be waterproof but my phone that takes the picture isn't 😂
Mine can supposedly stay under a foot of water for one half hour so basically it's toilet rated.
I like having some water resistance on my watches, but it's less about rain than it is about humidity. In the NW, we're usually wrapped in rain gear anyway, but it's that atmospheric moisture making slow ingress you gotta worry about. We're talking over 65% average humidity even in the summer, so the temps might be cool, but the humidity is downright sub-tropical. Cold shrinks gaskets and oxidation is insidious so precautions are prudent.
For my 30m WR watches like my F91w's, I open them up when new and hit the o-ring and the gasket channel with some silicone grease, then close 'em back up. No casualties so far. Maybe one of these days I'll go full bore and try a hydromod.
With my 100m WR watches, I don't do anything special to them, but if I open a watch for any reason, it gets the silicone grease treatment, just to keep the seals supple and the moisture out.
As for what I wear, I opt for higher WR if I know the watch is going to be directly exposed to rain. I used to work outdoors regardless of the weather and I always wore a G Shock for that. Some nights I'd spend hours in the pouring rain having to time log events so my watch was actually out in the downpour. If it's under the cuff of a rain jacket I don't sweat it.
Yikes! The rugged experience of life outside a cubicle. Impressive!!!
I live in Oregon which usually makes nice leather straps a summer time only deal.
Shout out to Oregon! Much of my family farms around Corvalis and I grew up spending summers picking crops like string beans. It was HOT and MUGGY and I learned to recognize poison oak the hard way.
I don't wear my vintage watches when it's wet out & generally keep bracelets for summer.
Right? My watch repair guy already gets too much of my money!
If it’s heavy rain I avoid the old vintage pieces, usually I’ll avoid leather too if I’m going to be out for a while. I don’t need a diver just something fairly modern I figure.
Yikes! The rugged experience of life outside a cubicle. Impressive!!!
After enough years of that and a major workplace injury, I'm very happy to be back at a desk! 😂
After enough years of that and a major workplace injury, I'm very happy to be back at a desk! 😂
I had to get up and walk around every so often when I got to the administrative portion of my career. Not sure what part of my worklife was harder on my old bones but they sure make noise in the morning!
I just never wear vintage watches when it rains.
I had to get up and walk around every so often when I got to the administrative portion of my career. Not sure what part of my worklife was harder on my old bones but they sure make noise in the morning!
That's so real. The other day I thought to myself, "When did I start sounding like a grandpa when I get out of a chair? Were those gunshots, or just my knees?" 🤣
I’ll wear a dive watch exclusively for such inclement conditions.