Water resistant

[Bethi]

Made me laugh anyway. In last months copy of New Scientist I found this:

Peter Groves's son has a watch with the words "100 metres water resistant" written on the front. As he understands it, "water resistant" means you can splash the watch, in the bathroom for example, but should not immerse it completely. So he found himself pondering how a watch can be casually splashed at a depth of 100 metres. Were careful tests perhaps conducted in submarines and down mines? Possibly.

Bethi.

[Reeve]

Originally Posted by Bethi

Made me laugh anyway. In last months copy of New Scientist I found this:

Peter Groves's son has a watch with the words "100 metres water resistant" written on the front. As he understands it, "water resistant" means you can splash the watch, in the bathroom for example, but should not immerse it completely. So he found himself pondering how a watch can be casually splashed at a depth of 100 metres. Were careful tests perhaps conducted in submarines and down mines? Possibly.

Bethi.

My cheapish adidas watch (£50) 100m waterproof did a 50m+ dive last w/end and is still working fine.

[Tyke]

Just the compny covering there backs what it really means is that the they pressure test the watch using a bath and comp air upto 101 bar and check for leaks my Timex expedition watch cost about 30 squid and has been to 30 Meters without a problem the guy who did one one dive with us on holiday totaled his dive watch at 25 Meters he forgot to put the 'O' ring back after he renewed that battery

Alastair

[scubadog]

I asked the LDS two weeks back about their watches, " get a cheapo from Lidl´s...2.99€, their just as good "...[ he´s a mate which helps ]...
My girlfriend, and buddy has a ' Baby G ' which says it is water resistant to 10 bar...so far no problems after several dives to 30 metres...