Topics / #waterresist

waterresist

Welcome to #waterresist. Make sure to follow and join the discussion!

0 followers
·
6 posts

Pedantic question: how does the second crown maintain WR when it doesn't screw down?

I've had the SPB121 for over a month now, and it's a wonderful watch, but I'm rather a stickler for watch hygiene. I want to give this a good cleaning...
15

Is a screw down crown a necessity?

I am looking for a daily watch. I do have a pool and don’t want to take the watch off to swim. I like the Formex essence line but it does not have a s...
42

What's the real deal with watch water resistance?

If you're sufficiently interested in watches to be reading this you probably know that a watch which is rated as, say, 5 ATM/5 bar/50m is based on 'st...
92

I'm gonna tell you a secret 🤫

I love me some solid water resistance!! I need 100m minimum for me to relax, much rather 150mm. 200m ISO certified? Yes please 🙏 More? Why does my pa...
24

Watch get a wrist-shower/bath?

One of the first memories I have of watches in movies was Roy Scheider washing his hands with his watch on his wrist in Jaws.  Man, was he drenching h...
15

Who has ever went swimming / even scuba diving with a 50m water resistant watch

What can i say..... may be dont try this at home? 🤷🏻‍♂️ Those were the naive days (almost two decades ago) that i took the text on a watch for what...
5