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As I understand it
the watches are placed in a chamber containing water to the desired pressure and, in fact, the watch can withstand 30 meters of static water pressure if its passes the test. Nothing misleading there. The key is the test is in static non moving water. When you add motion as you would in swimming or diving, the actual pressures then exceed, in 30 meters of water those of static non moving water of 30 meters, by a considerable amount. The force on moving water is quite substantial as we all know. This is why 100 meters is the recommended pressure resistance for swimming. I hope that makes sense and is again as I understand it.
Sorry guys, no Patek today (3800 inside)
I went for a swim with my 2yo son. And the Royal Oak is just the perfect watch for this IMHO This message has been edited by JC/ on 2016-06-11 04:02:18...
Just to be sure... Did you swim with your AP?
If yes, I think I will die instantaneously ;-)
Sorry for you
But happy for me because I take great care of my watches and stuff in general (as I have many other passions and collectibles), but I have one big guideline which is : wear all your watches, drive your vintage cars, play your rarest guitars, drink your fi...
I am totally agree with you as you must enjoy life as much as possible because it is too short (I am talking like an old man ;-)
But, as I am very cautious with my watches, I cannot imagine wear them on the beach or for swimming. If anything bad happens, I would be really disappointed and angry about myself. In addition, I would like to pass down some of them to my son so... I pref...
If I remember right,
this RO is water proof to 50 meters. In reality it means shower, no swimming. Your Nautilus is water proof to 120 meter. In reality it means swimming, no scuba diving. Don't swim with watches with less than 100 meters of WR. Rolex, as an example, is a goo...
OK good to know, thanks. But with my 2yo boy, swimming is very very relative thing :-)
It\'s more like a long shower ;-)
My future 5066 aquanaut will be perfect for sport and swimming then?
I will grab it on Monday
Aquanaut is a perfect watch for swimming
and if you don't tell anybody, I have also been wearing my 5167 on scuba diving. Best, Kari
I like the "couple" pics a lot!
You have a very nice taste for your watches, this is a real pleasure admiring them, aside from the usual stream. As said, the RO is 50m waterproof whereas the 3800 is 120M, be careful when you use them underwater. Usually the 30/50m label is not for swim...
Royal Oaks are not water-resistant enough to swim in
Hard to believe with all the nuts, bolts and screw- down crown and ad hype but the standard RO is only pressure proof to 50m. Clearly not a swimmer's watch.
Water resistant? What does it really mean?
I am perplexed, and have been for some time, about this subject. What does it mean when a manufacturer states that a piece is water resistant to 30, 50, 120, 4000 meters? What do the specs need to be to shower, swim, dive etc.? If a watch is water resista...
I totally agree
This is the main thing I really found odd when I came to watches at the beginning. As you say, it is totally misleading, for a "normal" client but even for someone who knows a little about watches. That's why I made a post about this issue, before summer,...
As I understand it
the watches are placed in a chamber containing water to the desired pressure and, in fact, the watch can withstand 30 meters of static water pressure if its passes the test. Nothing misleading there. The key is the test is in static non moving water. When...
Indeed Bob
The testing is made with the right pressure from that level. The thing is that the test doesn't take what I would call "real life use" into account. Hence, in the end, the client who isn't someone aware of all that, when he reads "30m", he concludes that ...
Cool
Last week I was standing next to an Iranian guy in Frankfurt Airport's Senator lounge, and he had one of those (but might have been an oversized version). Very nice with jeans and trainers (unfortunately I dont own neither).