Luminox

[JenCell]

I bought a nice luminox navy seal dive watch 2 weeks ago, took it for a small dive yesterday, went to 37 feet and flooded!!

can you imagine, a watch rated at 600f and died at such a shallow depth....

i'm sad...I liked it! Did you have similar problem with Luminox?

jen

 

[t0w]

I have one. It's getting on about 15 years old, has been on many dives and never had a problem.

Sorry to hear it flooded.

 

[Red_5]

mine did the same thing.

they replaced it under warranty (about 10 years ago now.. it's getting very well worn, almost time for a replacement)

Its my favorite watch, but I don't dare take it diving (I use my Seiko Divers or UK UDT).

too bad too, I like the luminous hands, dial and bezel.... guess I'll have to save up for a Ball.

 

[DIVER2550]

Just bought one in Playa del carmen---it is rated to 600ft but only water resistant, not water proof---now I wonder how good it just might be?

 

[vladimir]

Did you screw down the crown? I flooded a Tag Heuer by not screwing down the crown after changing to Micronesia Standard Time. It didn't even spoil my day, the diving was so good.

 

[fnfalman]

There's a reason why the Navy SEALs don't use them...

 

[JenCell]

Did you screw down the crown? I flooded a Tag Heuer by not screwing down the crown after changing to Micronesia Standard Time. It didn't even spoil my day, the diving was so good.

Yes I screw down the crown, everything's was in place.

 

[tridacna]

Just bought one in Playa del carmen---it is rated to 600ft but only water resistant, not water proof---now I wonder how good it just might be?

It's a legal term. "With the new ISO standards The "Water Resistant" mark has come to replace the "Water Proof". Now if your watch is water resistant it is water proof to a certain extent. Actually both the marks mean the same thing to some extent. A water resistant watch is equivalent to water proof to a certain extent. This can be summarized with some figures

Watches are usually marked with one of the following ratings:

* 30 Meters/100 Feet
* 50 Meters/160 Feet
* 100 Meters/300 Feet
* 150 Meters/500 Feet
* 200 Meters/660 Feet
* 1000 Meters/3300 Feet

These however, do not generally indicate the point at which a watch's resistance to pressure is expected to fail. For example, a watch rated 30 Meters would not be expected to survive Scuba Diving to 30 Meters, but would be expected to survive light splashing, for example wearing in the shower."

From watchesbest.com

 

[tomboyy]

It's a legal term. "With the new ISO standards The "Water Resistant" mark has come to replace the "Water Proof". Now if your watch is water resistant it is water proof to a certain extent. Actually both the marks mean the same thing to some extent. A water resistant watch is equivalent to water proof to a certain extent. This can be summarized with some figures

Watches are usually marked with one of the following ratings:

* 30 Meters/100 Feet
* 50 Meters/160 Feet
* 100 Meters/300 Feet
* 150 Meters/500 Feet
* 200 Meters/660 Feet
* 1000 Meters/3300 Feet

These however, do not generally indicate the point at which a watch's resistance to pressure is expected to fail. For example, a watch rated 30 Meters would not be expected to survive Scuba Diving to 30 Meters, but would be expected to survive light splashing, for example wearing in the shower."

From watchesbest.com

I agree with your message to a certain extent

 

[down4fun]

I have had my Luminox for about 5 years and it has well over 300 dives on it. With probably a third of those at depths greater than 100ft and a max depth of 164. Never had a problem, well except that some people think the glow in the dark dial is to bright at night. Take it back, good luck!