Your "Water Resistant" Watch Might Be Lying to You

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I assume ALL my watches are not meant to go in a pool. I’ll tske one in a pool but it’s one I won’t be too torn up about if it fails. I’m even hesitant to give them a clean under cool water. Double check the crown is in!!! Lol
 
None of my watches ever get fully submerged in any water... I know, I know... most can take it but I just won't take the risk.
 
If I thought it would help with shrinkage I'd submerge all of my Invicta's. They could afford to lose a few millimeters.

 
Now that i have a pool in the back yard all of the Aragons & Invictas 200 meter and up have passed with flying colors, like Daycoo said make sure you screw down the crown if applicable. My pool is only 8 feet deep so the test is scaled to pass..
 
As an advocate for safe timekeeping, all of the advice seems like a safe bet.

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Remind me to never buy a watch from Mike....lmao

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The Japanese watch manufacturers don't have any problem with this:

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Happy for Japan manufacturers, but they were not the innovators.

http://www.elitedivingagency.com/articles/dive-watch-history/

http://www.thehourglass.com/7-sons-of-the-deep-the-most-legendary-dive-watches/

https://www.ablogtowatch.com/brief-history-waterproof-watches/

https://www.rolex.com/science-and-exploration/exploration-underwater/rolex-deepsea-challenge.html


TO THE DEEPEST REACHES OF
THE OCEANS


Rolex Deepsea Challenge

True to its passion for underwater exploration, Rolex took an active part in the historic DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition of film-maker and explorer James Cameron (director of Titanic, Avatar) in partnership with the National Geographic Society. On 26 March 2012, the expedition’s submersible descended 10,908 metres (35,787 feet) to reach Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the world’s oceans. The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER carried an experimental divers’ watch, the ROLEX DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, on its robotic manipulator arm. The timepiece worked perfectly throughout the dive at extreme pressures, confirming Rolex’s position as the leading brand in waterproofness.

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THE MARIANA TRENCH

A dark valley in the Pacific

The Mariana Trench, which stretches in an arc around the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, is the deepest part of the world’s oceans. The deepest point in the trench, known as Challenger Deep, lies some 11,000 metres (nearly 7 miles) below the surface. If Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, were set in the trench, there would still be approximately 2,000 metres (1.3 miles) of water above it.

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THE TRIESTE

23 January 1960

Both James Cameron’s expedition and the ROLEX DEEPSEA CHALLENGE directly echo the bathyscaphe Trieste’s historic dive on 23 January 1960, the first and, until 2012, the only manned dive to the deepest-known point in the Mariana Trench. On that exploit, an experimental Oyster model, the DEEP SEA SPECIAL, was attached to the hull and accompanied the Triesteinto the abyss.

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In-Depth Seven Dive Watch Myths Deep-Sixed

Not everything you hear about dive watches is true – we're here to set things straight.


https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/seven-dive-watch-myths-deep-sixed

Diving Really Means (And What Watchmakers Do About It)

It's all about the helium, and not getting killed.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/w...really-means-and-what-watchmakers-do-about-it

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I would not do diving as I'm not that water resistant. LOL None of my watches
get wet, may be a wash if needed.
 
I've taken Invictas into my pool (moved since then), and a Renato and some Seikos into the ocean. No problems ever, except for some rusty spring bars that I found on one of my Seikos several months after being in the ocean. They were aftermarket spring bars--not the Seiko fattys....
 
Like others, I've had watches in the pool with no problems. I've even take showers (GASP!) with them on with zero problems, even did a hot tub once. If my miles deep water resistant watch won't handle three or four feet in a pool I don't want it, it's a false flag, a fraud, and a POS that deserves to get wet and subsequently tossed into the trash.
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All of mine get dunked at one time or another depending on how badly the exterior needs cleaned.

I bought an ultrasonic cleaner for rings and it works a treat on watches too.
 
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