What does water resistance mean to YOU?

We all know water resistance is key to the ownership of any timepiece. Without it we wouldn't truly know the limits of any of our watches, and some Japanese ballers would destroy their Credors.

But, there are some caveats to this whole shebang. My Tissot PR100, for instance, is rated to 100m of water resistance. But, it only has a push-pull crown, not a screw-down. Similarly, the Orient World Map (one of my attainable grails) claims to have 200m of water resistance, despite that it also has a push-pull crown. Even though I'd be confident enough to swim with it in shallow waters, it still makes me second-guess myself more than my watches with screw-down crowns. Some manufacturers even have different meanings behind their WR ratings; Casio notably claims that one of their watches with 50m of water resistance is good enough to swim with.

What's your take on this issue? Do you typically swim with watches with just push-pull crowns?

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Not really an issue for me. I'm one of the WIS who never has a need to wear any watch in the ocean,lake,river, pond, puddle, or shower. 

I have some vintage watches that have no WR at all.

 I don't really worry about them encountering a rainstorm. I'm retired so when it rains I stay inside.

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Before the internet people did quite well taking 30m WR watches all over the place, and people even went swimming with 50m WR watches... Now when it drizzles I break out my 600m WR watches and pray they're tough enough to get me to the car safely. 

WR is created by the seals in the watch, a screw-down crown just helps prevent accidental crown movements that might compromise the seals. Your 100m Tissot has 100m WR, and is safe to use in the water so long as the seals are good.