Knowing Swatch Group quality, your AT will be shrug off any casual (as in non-diving) water activities. I swam for an extended period of time with my PRX which has 50m less WR and only a push-pull and it was completely fine.

That's really neat! I didn't know Orient made them beyond the early 70s

The newer Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba. It looks like a great Submariner alternative, but imo it has a price that's too high-$995. If I'm spending that much I'd rather have something with more originality, like a Chris Ward C60.

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I'm totally with you on the chronograph thing. I think the Seagull is a good watch if you wanna test the waters with a mechanical chrono, but not necessarily as a first mechanical watch or first watch in general. Admittedly I don't wear it as much as I used to when I first got it because of the QC issues I've heard of

Vostok holds a special place in my heart because the very first mechanical watch I bought with my own money was a 090059 Scuba Dude. My meager collection up until that point peaked with that watch and I regret selling it to this day. But that void was filled by one of my affordable grails-the Komandirskie 030598-and I can't believe that such a gorgeous dive watch was made by the same people who make stuff like the Admiral Kuznetsov.

When Russia invaded Ukraine last month I did have my doubts about wearing my 030598, because I didn't want people thinking I supported Putin or some bullshit like that. But then I realized that my watch wasn't made by him-regular, everyday people produced this watch in a small city. And I've also noticed lots of people have become xenophobic and racist towards Russian people, which is simply intolerable, especially in an age where so many people claim that they're "enlightened". 

My love for Vostok as a brand, I feel, lends itself to my support of the innocent Russian people of the world who never asked for this war, and who are being unfairly discriminated against across the globe. If it was possible I'd buy Vostoks by giving cash money directly to the Chistopol factory workers, so Putin couldn't tax it to fund his war.

God bless Vostok.

I'm just a college kid studying journalism, lol. My dad did work in advertising when I was a kid, but that obviously doesn't count unless you consider abstract skills to be genetic. Admittedly I do know how to write some good copy thanks to what I've studied.

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