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Dive Watch Failure?
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halocline
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Nice to know that if someone finds my bones at the bottom of the deep ocean someday they'll be able to see what time it is.
BTW, I had a russian dive watch that a friend gave to me years ago. It had a little drawing of a diver on it. It worked great!.....until I took it diving, that is. Then it didn't work at all. Silly russians....
Watch depth ratings are static. Worn on the arm of a diver, the watch gets knocked, bumped and swished about, that is dynamic and will be much less for reliability. But it would not seem so impressive, so the static ratings are what gets advertised. If it will be used for saturation diving then it will need a helium valve to vent the helium.
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I used to tell my students not to buy a knife, dive light, or watch they couldn't afford to lose. My favorite diver's watch is the Seiko 6309; but I don't dive with "Old Faithful" anymore for fear of losing it.
Over 30 years now.
Over 30 years now.
Captain Swoop
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My first watch flooded the first dive after a battery change and everyone told me that it was normal. So I went out and bought a Citizen Eco-Drive 200m Titanium. The advantage is the case has never been opened even after a dozen years.
Some friends use cheap and replace the watch instead of the battery. They have a point.
Some friends use cheap and replace the watch instead of the battery. They have a point.
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After each day of diving I rinse my watch, then let it dry for a day, then pull the knob out so it stops and the battery isn't being used for the next week while I'm not diving. I did hear that battery changes can cause flooding--maybe that's why my present $25 one has lasted since 2011 (over several hundred dives I guess)?
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