According to you, surface tension and viscosity of a liquid (again physical aspects) have zero impact on the potential of that liquid to penetrate a tiny hole?
First off, you are now accusing me of saying something that I have never said, so stop playing games. Now I'll address your strawmen...
How exactly are you suggesting that the "viscosity of water" is changing to make it more likely that it will enter the case? How do you make water less viscous?
As for surface tension, do you live in a place where they add surfactants to the water supply?
You do understand that watch cases are tested with air - vacuum and pressure, right?
I understand that. As long seals are in perfect condition everything is fine. As soon as there are imperfections the other parameters can make the difference.
I don't think about it in the real world. I wear my watches 24/7.
I was just enjoying the discussion 😎
From here...
https://swisspl.com/pages/watch-vs-steam
If I told you that watches are tested under vacuum as well as pressure, what does that do to this claim?
Can I wear my watch on a foggy day? 😂
Wow, there is just so much wrong on that page, I don't know where to start.
I don't recommend placing your watch in an autoclave, but to claim that steam from a shower causes a different kind of risk than other types of casual moisture is just silly.
The idea of putting a watch in an autoclave is both interesting and terrifying at the same time.
Every gasket works until it doesn’t….. if someone is worried about a failure after a pressure test confirmation is performed then please give me all your watches!!!!
Seems like people without real life experience are trolling here 🤣
Nope, borre is cites physics, water dont need to be boiling hot to turn to a gaseous state. It could even be sublimated from ice. Pressure and temperature are important variables here, and the looser connection between, lets say water particles, will have an effect on the ability to penetrate any thing. Hence my reference to breathing rain wear earlyer in this tread.
Will this have any practical significance for watches? The laws of physics apply to everything, but for a newly serviced watch the effects will probably be negligible. So in conclution; get your watches serviced and wear the hell out of them.
Nope, borre is cites physics, water dont need to be boiling hot to turn to a gaseous state. It could even be sublimated from ice. Pressure and temperature are important variables here, and the looser connection between, lets say water particles, will have an effect on the ability to penetrate any thing. Hence my reference to breathing rain wear earlyer in this tread.
Will this have any practical significance for watches? The laws of physics apply to everything, but for a newly serviced watch the effects will probably be negligible. So in conclution; get your watches serviced and wear the hell out of them.
Wow, there is just so much wrong on that page, I don't know where to start.
I don't recommend placing your watch in an autoclave, but to claim that steam from a shower causes a different kind of risk than other types of casual moisture is just silly.
Note that the permeation rates aren't often zero for all gasses
https://www.marcorubber.com/o-ring-permeation.htm
Again, the reference I was replying to was a "steamy shower" that had no actual steam, just water droplets suspended in air., Of course there's water vapour in the air all around us, so if this was really a concern our watches would get wet inside all the time. They don't for one simple reason - the seals that are there keep it out, provided they are in good condition. So as long as the seals are good, all these side arguments mean nothing.
When something is air tight, talking about the spacing of water molecules is a bit naff...
