Watches.

[GCA3N]

That's what I wanted. Oh disregard the comment on ur happy birthday thread now.

Very very nice btw very jealous.

[Bazthemod]

Very nice seen that someplace before lol

[euan]

Lovely watch there, look after it!

[Delboy]

Lume shot for the photographers ...

[Stewart]

Very nice, while we are on about watches my Tag just started its five second hand movement to indicate its battery is on the way out. Popped into a jewellers Braehead and they wanted £50 and a three week turnaround.

So took a look and this Martains does top of the line way beyond my watch and can do while I wait plus its a short drive to the other side of Glasgow.
The cost to replace the cell for an origianl Tag F1 is £25.00, fully inclusive of Swiss Renata cell & testing for water-resistance to 50mts.
This work can usually be completed while you wait!

Testing to 200mts and above, if required, is £35.00 and takes aprx’ 1 week.

Regards

http://www.martinsjewellers.co.uk/Watch-Repairs.php


Anyone used this Company.

[MiniSnaps]

Haven't used them, but I phoned for a quote to brush a Rolex bracelet and they wanted something like £80, which sounded an awful lot, in the end I bought a packet of Scotchbrite for a quid and did it myself....

[euan]

Very nice, while we are on about watches my Tag just started its five second hand movement to indicate its battery is on the way out. Popped into a jewellers Braehead and they wanted £50 and a three week turnaround.

So took a look and this Martains does top of the line way beyond my watch and can do while I wait plus its a short drive to the other side of Glasgow.
The cost to replace the cell for an origianl Tag F1 is £25.00, fully inclusive of Swiss Renata cell & testing for water-resistance to 50mts.
This work can usually be completed while you wait!

Testing to 200mts and above, if required, is £35.00 and takes aprx’ 1 week.

Regards

http://www.martinsjewellers.co.uk/Watch-Repairs.php


Anyone used this Company.

I haven't used them, but they get a decent write up on some of the watch forums I look at.

I guess the key thing is if you want it pressure tested again to 200M - 50M basically means it's splash spoof, 200M means it won't get damaged if you properly dunk it.

[MiniSnaps]

I haven't used them, but they get a decent write up on some of the watch forums I look at.

I guess the key thing is if you want it pressure tested again to 200M - 50M basically means it's splash spoof, 200M means it won't get damaged if you properly dunk it.

Here's the "official" rating of the various levels of water resistance...

Water Resistant or 30 m Suitable for everyday use. Splash/rain resistant. Not suitable for swimming, snorkeling, water related work and fishing. Not suitable for diving.

Water Resistant 50 m Suitable for swimming, white water rafting, no snorkeling water related work, and fishing. Not suitable for diving.

Water Resistant 100 m Suitable for recreational surfing, swimming, snorkeling, sailing and water sports. Not suitable for diving.

Water Resistant 200 m Suitable for professional marine activity and serious surface water sports. Not suitable for diving.

Diver's 100 m Minimum ISO standard (ISO 6425) for scuba diving at depths Not suitable for saturation diving. Diver's 100 m and 150 m watches are generally old(er) watches.

Diver's 200 m or 300 m Suitable for scuba diving at depths Not suitable for saturation diving. Typical ratings for contemporary diver's watches.

Diver's 300+ m for mixed-gas diving Suitable for saturation diving (helium enriched environment). Watches designed for mixed-gas diving will have the DIVER’S WATCH L M FOR MIXED-GAS DIVING additional marking

My favourite though is for the ladies' Cartier watches, in the literature that comes with them owners are advised to be careful not to get perfume anywhere near the watch as it can damage the internals

[AndyP & Lenore]

Handy to know.

But, my EBEL say's it's "Water resistant 10ATM", which I'm asuming is 10 atmosphere's. Where does that come in the 50M to 200M scale though?

A.

Edit: After a good old Google search it looks like that means it's 100M water resistant.

[MiniSnaps]

Handy to know.

But, my EBEL say's it's "Water resistant 10ATM", which I'm asuming is 10 atmosphere's. Where does that come in the 50M to 200M scale though?

A.



Edit: After a good old Google search it looks like that means it's 100M water resistant.

It's all nonsense anyway, if you ever find yourself 330ft under water the last thing you'll be worrying about is whether your watch is going to start leaking