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  1. 20th September 2010, 02:10 PM #141
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    Quote Originally Posted by MiniSnaps View Post
    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
    ....Brilliant!

    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore View Post
    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?

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    Edit: After a good old Google search it looks like that means it's 100M water resistant.
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  2. 20th September 2010, 02:25 PM #142
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    Reminds me of an old joke....

    A very successful lawyer parked his brand new Porsche Carrera GT in front of the office, ready to show it off to his colleagues. As he got out, a truck came along too close to the curb and completely tore off the driver's door.

    Fortunately, a cop in a police car was close enough to see the accident and pulled up behind the Porsche, his lights flashing. But, before the cop had a chance to ask any questions, the lawyer started screaming hysterically about how his Porsche, which he had just picked up the day before, was now completely ruined and would never be the same, no matter how hard the body shop tries to make it new again.

    After the lawyer finally wound down from his rant, the cop shook his head in disgust and disbelief. "I can't believe how materialistic you lawyers are," he said. "You are so focused on your possessions that you neglect the most important things in life."

    "How can you say such a thing?" asked the lawyer.

    The cop replied, "Don't you even realize that your left arm is missing? It got ripped off when the truck hit you!!!"

    "OH, MY GOD!" screamed the lawyer, "MY ROLEX!"


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  3. 20th September 2010, 03:24 PM #143
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    Quote Originally Posted by MiniSnaps View Post
    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
    cheers - slightly more accurate than my "you can dunk it" comment :-)

    Perfume - I'm guessing that if you have the watch on, and continue to spray perfume on your wrists then the mist will get into the internals and over time gunk it up. Would need a LOT of perfume though!

    I'm only just about brave enough to dunk my 200M divers watch in the bath, never mind to wear it when swimming. Mind you, it's so heavy and I'm such a wuss, I'd be going round in circles endlessly!
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  4. 20th September 2010, 04:43 PM #144
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    Cheers for the info, 50M sounds fine as I don’t go diving but I have been swimming with my Tag on. If I can swim with it that’s fine after it’s a diving watch.
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  5. 20th September 2010, 04:51 PM #145
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    Mods - think this thread needs to be moved to Off Topic & Banter (don't think it's really holding up as a Photography thread).
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  6. 20th September 2010, 04:58 PM #146
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    Sorry Del thats my fault asking about the watch place I'm taking my Tag.

    Quick anyone got a pic of a new Watch
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  7. 20th September 2010, 05:00 PM #147
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    Quote Originally Posted by Delboy View Post
    Mods - think this thread needs to be moved to Off Topic & Banter (don't think it's really holding up as a Photography thread).
    Yeah, kind of agree with you there. Trouble is, any photography thread is going to drift towards discussing the subject of the photographs. So, the same could really be said about any topic raised in the Photography section.

    Stuff, it, I'm taking the 5th on this one. Alan, your call.

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  8. 21st September 2010, 07:23 AM #148
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    No need to apologise Stewart, this isn't a criticism - it's great that the thread has been so popular!

    I guess it doesn't really matter if it's moved or not, it just seemed the thing to do so that folk could discuss all aspects of watches without feeling the need to post any photos. Although that didn't stop Stewart .
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  9. 21st September 2010, 07:47 AM #149
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    I think this section needs the banter to keep it going, but, if anyone wants it to be kept to pictures and comments only then let me know and i'll strip the banter out
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  10. 21st September 2010, 08:50 AM #150
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gismo Man View Post
    I think this section needs the banter to keep it going, but, if anyone wants it to be kept to pictures and comments only then let me know and i'll strip the banter out
    No Alan, that wasn't what I meant. I think the discussion/banter is good so just leave it please.

    Forget I said anything about moving this thread .
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    So, about those watches............
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