50m WR = would you go in the pool?

Not if I can avoid it. Of course the water resistance really doesn't matter. I don't get the jollies out of dunking watches that others do, so I'm not doing it unless there is some plausible rationale of which I cannot conceive. Like if I was injected with a poison and I had 24 hours to get the antidote and ... I had to jump in a pool for some reason... I'm really bad at this.

I have to agree with @PoorMansRolex - wearing a watch in the water isn't something that interests me. The first thing I'd do after coming out is take it off and dry it, that wet metal against skin doesn't do it for me.

On the odd occasion it might be a possibility I'd wear one of my Vostoks anyway.

Much like the "What activities would we not wear our watches doing to avoid scratching it?" question, if I know I'm going to or might be swimming, I'll wear an appropriate watch. If I'm doing impromptu activities that might cause damage I'm not OK with, I'll remove the watch.

I mean i wouldn't really take any watch into the pool unless it was necessary.

Smart ppl are on here, and I'd err on the side of No. 100m is my starting pt and even then I'd be cautious.

Unless I need to jump into the pool to save someone, I will take my watch off first.

unless the brand specifically specifies 50m = 50m like say Omega i would usually go with 100m is okay for the pool.

Watches are made to be worn. I wouldn't pass up a swim because of a 50m WR watch.

Now, if I was planning to go for a swim from the beginning of a day? I'd pick a dive watch or no watch.

I might sit in a hot tub with a 50m WR watch. But if swimming actively, thrashing my arm through the water, probably want 100m for that. My $0.02

No. Done it, and lost the watch. Won't do it again.

No, probably would with a cheap Casio but wouldn’t risk anything expensive

Yes, I would go in with a 30m/3ATM. Honestly, I enjoy my watches. If it says WR of any kind I’ll get in the water. Yet, don’t get me wrong, that’s just pool time. If I’m doing something or going somewhere else where I know things are going to get wet and wild then I wear the right watch for the good times, like my Brietling Super Ocean - 1000M!

I’m kind of embarrassed to admit this, but I have a Citizen minute repeater that I have worn swimming (in both pools and the ocean) that has an WR rating of 30m. I had no idea the WR was that low. By all accounts I should be careful about getting it wet at all given that low rating, but the watch is working perfectly fine (I’ve had it for 20 years and had citizen replace the battery). I’m not sure I believe the “experts” any more.

Folks, you do realize that 50M=164ft or ~5 Atmospheres (5ATM).

Sport divers are limited to about 125' on account of the pressure (building up Nitrogen in the bloodstream) and the scant little time anyone could actually spend having reached that depth before needing to safely ascend back to the surface without f*cking oneself up with the bends.

If your timepiece is rated to 50M, suggesting that it could withstand the pressure of 5 atmospheres, then taking it into the pool, lake, ocean, shower or steam room is just not gonna have enough pressure to really do anything to your watch.

Enjoy it already and quit worrying about it.

I just tend to wear what will give me peace of mind for the activity I may be doing… so I’d wear one of my divers or g shocks in a pool/sea situation

100m for me if I know swimming is on the schedule. But I probably wouldn't freak out if I happened to be wearing 50 and got rugby tackled into a pool

No.

Nope, you should not, specially if it is an expensive watch.

Yep, all day long.

This one has been on many a vacation in the pool, lake, river, gulf and ocean…. 60m, but I’d do the same with 50m. I’d honestly probably go in a pool with 30m, maybe not ocean / saltwater, 50m strap it on your wrist and jump in.

Sod the claimed WR. No screw-down crown = no swimming, no showering, no immersion. Would the watch be fine? Yeah, maybe. Is it worth taking a chance? Not even slightly.

I try not to wear any in the pool

I’m more worried about bumping it than water getting in

Most quality watches water rating can be trusted. For example omega test every watch to it’s rating plus 10%. They state that you can swim at the rated depth with no concerns at all

I’d not be so confident with cheaper watches where rating comes from design spec not testing

Up from 100m only

Moving through water swimming or splashing will not generate hardly any more water pressure than the depth you are at swimming even a meter down is only putting a 50th of the pressure the watch is capable of

I’m more worried that I’d knock or snag it losing it or damaging it than I’d ever worry about water ingress and older watches I would never wear swimming

No. Don't risk it.

Seiko says “go ahead!”

https://www.seikowatches.com/us-en/customerservice/faq/general-information-8

I don't but if I ever do, it'll be a diver with screw down crown.

If it's a casio, yes. Anything else, no.

Never go swimming withOut a 200 dive watch. But I would not say know to swimming if the opportunity arose and I only had a 100m sports watch. I jumped from 40f waterfalls with a g shock for 4 yrs in Puerto Rico. Still works.

Best pactice - do not shower or swim with your watch unless it is rated 100m/330ft and has a screw-down crown. Don't open, wind or operate the crown while in the water. Don't operate chronograph pushers while in water, unless the manufacturer says you can.

If properly rated, and you maintain your watches, swim all you want with them! That's what they are designed for.

I can think of many reasons for me to wear a watch in water. Odds are I'll know ahead of time and probably wear the appropriate watch for the job.