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·Go buy a SKX for swimming.
It's built for diving, and if by chance it leeks you can throw it out and start over.
Shazam! Best "Speedmaster swimming" advice I've seen yet.
Go buy a SKX for swimming.
It's built for diving, and if by chance it leeks you can throw it out and start over.
Isn't the situation clouded by the issue of hermeticity? While it would be perfectly possible to make something like the Speedy Pro have a deeper depth rating by beefing up the seals or fitting screw down pushers, the NASA certification for EVA may be compromised if they did since the existing hesalite crystal would take a lot of stress and risk popping off if the watch were suddenly exposed to the vacuum of space without an easy path for the gas inside the watch to escape ie the seals. Plenty of non-Pro Speedmasters have deeper ratings as noted above in this thread. You either need to give the watch a way to outgas or secure the crystal more rigidly and in fact perhaps consider a stronger material than the existing crystal. I think having a watch suitable for duty simultaneously on Buzz Aldrin and Captian Nemo's wrists is just not easy from an engineering standpoint! Just a thought!
Okay, so which one of you WUSsies is going to start the other perpetually repeating thread "Can I shower with my ___________?" (fill in any dive watch, but usually a Submariner is in the title).
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Geez, the balls on that guy speaking ill of the classic Speedmaster by claiming it could be improved. 🙄 Now all you Speed Freaks should put down the pitchforks & torches and go take your meds before you end up in jail.
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A couple decades ago I purchased a Speedmaster that a friend of mine went swimming with. I purchased the watch for a very low price. The case dial hands were all as new however the movement was a total rust bucket. Almost everythong was rusted. Only things that did not rust was the plates and bridges.
One day I ran into a friend thst is an advanced collector and parts hoarder. At one time the guy would purchase all the stock from retired watchmakers and jewelers. I mentioned the Speedmaster he told me bring him the watch and he would see what he could do with it.
He had all the nos parts to rebuild the watch. My friend did me a big time favor rebuilt the watch with all nos parts The charge was $600 to me that was outstanding. However I sold that speedmaster I should have kept that one
Certainly did you a favour if he replaced those parts for $600...a new balance will cost you close to that now. And been there, done that...
Nice work
Some of the parts required...I did salvage quite a lot also...
Of course it's not just the movement that needs fixing, or the watch would not have flooded in the first place, so case issues must be dealt with...
I have had plenty of dive watches in the same shape - it's all about maintenance in the end.
Cheers, Al
Certainly did you a favour if he replaced those parts for $600...a new balance will cost you close to that now. And been there, done that...
Some of the parts required...I did salvage quite a lot also...
Of course it's not just the movement that needs fixing, or the watch would not have flooded in the first place, so case issues must be dealt with...
I have had plenty of dive watches in the same shape - it's all about maintenance in the end.
Cheers, Al
I laugh at all the claims on watch forums that 50m of water resistance isn't suitable for swimming when watches designed for swimming and triathlon only have 50m of water resistance.
It actually means 50m water resistance according to Omega...