Dive watches and water

Im careful even when I'm washing my hands.

Yeah, I always have a heart in mouth moment when I first get in… silly given they are designed to go so deep and most only ever drop just below the surface. It’s only 18months old, so that helps the confidence a little.

All of my divers have been in the ocean. I haven't gotten a chance to take all of them diving yet, though.

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I have never once thought twice or been careful when I jumped in the water while wearing a gshock or some digital casio. But with a dive watch, I think twice and I have only got two of my dive watches wet.

I Go swimming with mine all the time even my pasha has seen beach time..go big or go home is my thoughts

🤣 don't be silly, why on earth would I want to do that?!

In all seriousness, I love dive watches but diving appeals as much as being repeatedly kicked in the testicles.

I don’t and I love dive watches. If I where to swim would take one. Would be scared the first time I do though.

I’ll jump into the water with anything with 100m wr or more. I’ve gone snorkling with my dive watches, I don’t wear one diving more because I’ll use a dive computer than because I’m worried about taking my watch down 20m.

That’s what Casios and Timex are for. 🦄💎

I go in the pool with my watches

If you're having a heart in mouth moment...maybe just dive with a seiko?

I don't park my nice cars at the mall even though they're more than capable 😀

My Tudor Pelagos Went to Puerto Vallarta, my Omega Seamaster 300 Chrono went to Huatulco, my Tag Heuer went to Ixtapa/zihuatanejo, always take a Diver for my trips with al the confidence. Whether it's the sea or the pool, I always wear only one watch, the one I'm wearing, and always a Diver.

my watches never get wet....I hate swimming/pool/beach...thank god my kids have grown up now...no more torture for me 😂

Are you all crazy?

200m water resistance and you are worried to get them wet?

Took my Neptune on my honeymoon to Croatia... and yes, jumped off the boat into a beautiful cove with it!

I do agree and I do daily wear my watches, none of them are box queens, I have 2 200m plus, 2 100m and 1 30m. The 30m will never get wet, it’s a dress watch so why would it. The divers always will, though my Ball NECC is seven years old and not had a service for a while, so maybe after a service. But seals can fail, if you shower on them regularly then soaps can harm the seals etc. But we buy them to enjoy them, so enjoy them I do.

i haven’t dared to wear anything else other my cheap (but trusty) casio duro to snorkel or to the beach!

200m of water resistance was one of the main reasons why I bought my bb58 in the first place. It basically means "this watch is 100% water proof in every concievable every-day situation".

II never take it off when I go in the water, why would I? Especially whilst it still has 2 years of warranty.

I’ve only taken my Orient Kanno to the sea 🌊

I haven’t swum with my dive watch, but as a kid, I swum with the TNG Timex watch in my collection. I mean, it said fifty metres right? Same for my remote control Casio. (Pretty sure it’s why the TNG watch leather strap disintegrated a bit mind you — watch manuals need to be clearer about these things)

Should I ever get round to swimming again, I would have zero worries about getting a dive watch wet.

I can’t actually remember what watch I was wearing last time I swam in the sea, it may be one of the few I no longer have. Or the Lorus that is in a drawer with its base metal showing and a crusted up quartz movement that has died. On balance, that’s fairly likely. 50m feels like it means 50m when you’re a teen.

I once too my Scurfa Top Side in a swimming tool, a good six feet underwater. It was nerve-racking, but the watch survived.

My Kamasu got a drop of rain on this morning 😉☔️

I need to get back into swimming, and I will wear ‘em for that activity👍I don’t shower in my watches though.

I do take my +150 m WR watchea to the beach/pool… and I love doing it

I have no hesitations swimming with my watches that have a screw down crown and at least 10bar. I don’t even think twice. In fact, and this is probably me being a moron, I’ll swim with my Hamilton khaki field mechanical that has only 5bar. Maybe something in me just really wants to prove that 5bar should equal 5bar! Haha, I’ll update you if/when water gets inside…

My Tudor hasn’t got wet wet . I use a swatch divers watch fir swimming .

Seiko GMT diver went cliff diving and jumping with me recently.

I got my BB54 wet in a rain storm for the first time today. It was glorious! 😂😅😊

Anything with 50m ( ISO) rating is fine for anything most of us will do in ( or under ) water. All my civilian diving has been 35m or less, which is about max for recreational diving. Even allowing for surge pressure ( jumping in!), unless you are diving jumping from height ( 5m or more), impact pressure is neglible.

So my guide for water and watches is swim/dive if…

A) 50m + rating

B) strap that won’t corrode or suffer from saltwater🐳

C) happy to scratch the case with sand, gravel, pool edges, ladders, rocks, coral, other divers gear etc -they start shiny, but always end up ‘brushed’ 😁

D) happy to say goodbye forever if the strap breaks😳

E) happy to bash the hell out of it in a boat.😖😖

I’ve been diving for 40 yrs, the first 6 of which in military service. I’ve broken two watches in that time - both from gear/ fittings impacts in boats. I’ve never had a seal fail *in* the water.

The list common causes of water ingress are:-

Screw down crown not screwed down!

Case back seals perished, or fitted by a nob-end.

Glass breaks from impact.

And finally, for those scuba divers who say “ you don’t need a watch, because you have a dive computer” - remember that one day, your comp battery will fail, or you’ll lose it, or break it. On that day, you’ll be happy you have a mech watch, with the bezel set to your entry minute 😁

My entire collection has been in the Ocean!

Sinn 556, Seiko Speedtimer and Casio F91W 😃

Even though I try wearing the Sinn when I know I will be in the water. Toolwatch with diver WR 🔥