Do you wear a dive watch?
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KeithG
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You apparently do not play hockey....My watch comes off on a weekly basis.
Captain Swoop
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Take it off if you have a shower or bath. Soap, shampoo and shower gell combined with hot water can allow water ingress. Direct spray from a shower can force water through as well.
gcarter
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Not a very good dive watch, then.
Captain Swoop
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Why not? Hot water softens o rings, hot water soap can remove the silicone grease on the drown and the case back. A directed jet of water can penetrate, ratings on watches are for static pressure.
Check out wome of the watch forums, there are plenty of examples of water ingress in to dive watched when they have been habitually worn in showers or baths.
CT Sean
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I'd be curious what watchmakers use o-rings that are fine at 85* F but go soft and mushy at 110* or so for your average shower. For the record, my Citizen says operating temp range is 14*F to 140*F. It also says I shouldn't wear in a sauna because the watch may burn me.
There's the physical problem of a shower delivering water at high enough pressure to push through a seal that is designed to keep 20+ ATM out. Looking all the couple dive watches in my house, there are none that would even allow a jet of water to be applied directly to the seal.
BTW, here's a thread from some watch forum with a fair amount of anecdotal evidence that showering will have no effect on your watch, assuming it is an actual dive watch and not a 10.00 wal-mart special that moderately resembles a dive watch. Watches in the shower (it's a couple years old, but the first I read and I doubt current dive watches are significantly worse than they were in 2010)
There's the physical problem of a shower delivering water at high enough pressure to push through a seal that is designed to keep 20+ ATM out. Looking all the couple dive watches in my house, there are none that would even allow a jet of water to be applied directly to the seal.
BTW, here's a thread from some watch forum with a fair amount of anecdotal evidence that showering will have no effect on your watch, assuming it is an actual dive watch and not a 10.00 wal-mart special that moderately resembles a dive watch. Watches in the shower (it's a couple years old, but the first I read and I doubt current dive watches are significantly worse than they were in 2010)
gcarter
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I would wager that those same watch forums are peopled by owners of dive watches that primarily consider them as accessories or collectibles rather than working tools and that very, very, very few of them ever get their collections wet beyond a bath, a shower, or maybe a swim at the beach. I have a watch that cost me under $200 CAD that I have worn daily for 5 years, taken on over 250 dives, cold water to 3C and warm to 30C, at depths to 126 FSW, worn in showers, baths, hot tubs, saunas and other wet environments with never a hint of moisture ingress. It is a dive watch, not a dive-styled watch.
Dave Bevan
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I wear a citizen dive watch. It is a simple device with a good lume, clear hands and time only. I wear it because it's my watch rather than as a piece of diving equipment. It's as useful on the boat/shore as in the water.
I prefer to keep my perdix bt as uncluttered as possible so don't have the time on the main screen.
It was £100 and has lasted quite a few dives without really showing any damage other than to the bracelet scratching up.
There is no requirement to wear a watch while diving. I choose to do so as a bit of a nod to time past and as a fashion thing.
I prefer to keep my perdix bt as uncluttered as possible so don't have the time on the main screen.
It was £100 and has lasted quite a few dives without really showing any damage other than to the bracelet scratching up.
There is no requirement to wear a watch while diving. I choose to do so as a bit of a nod to time past and as a fashion thing.
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