Brings back great memories, diving boats and tanks can be rough on watches but you will have stories to tell (my son almost knocked off the sapphire of my first panerai)
Yes, the watch suffers more in inland Ubud than it does on the coast! It's okay! It's a souvenir from Ubud! I heard of someone in Ubud who had a monkey play with their watch, it was in the hotel and somehow the monkey got into the room. But he said the monkey didn't steal his watch, he waited until after the monkey put down the watch before he started to chase the monkey away.
For the WatchProSite members who aren't familiar with what Mary Anny is referencing to, please google Coral Bleaching. The Earth has increased in temperature rather dramatically the past few years and this temperature shock has hurt the health of coral reefs and their associated fish populations.
Coral bleaching is one among the causes of coral dying globally! We should never forget the many direct impacts of humans on coral reef ecosystems. It's funny how, however, many fish and reptiles, like the sea turtles, still use those impacted reefs where coral have died and keep them "alive"! Great to see pictures of dives (and the related watches) from all over the world in this amazing site! Simone
But in order for the coral to recover, the water temperature needs to drop by a significant amount. Hopefully, some day. Coral also grows very slowly, so that would potentially mean it recovers very slowly.
Most coral species recover slowly, other never do it in the short term, a few species do it quite fast!
A picture of mine from the very impacted Carribean...