Speedmasters & Water Resistance -- best model / reference?

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Revo

·Jul 19, 2021

Hi All

I did have a look on here and elsewhere before asking this but the answers were many and varied!

So, Speedmasters and Water Resistance: do sapphire Pros have better WR than hesalite ones? Are the new ones better than the old ones (the age of the seals and gaskets aside)?

I know the later Reduced (3539.50) with the sapphire have much better WR than the early ones (3510.50). As I'm often in and around water that's one I'm considering.

Thanks

 

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Archer

·Jul 19, 2021·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

No, and no.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Jul 19, 2021

CK2998 as Mercury astronaut Walter "Wally" Schirra was using his personal 1962 Speedmaster for SCUBA diving and NASA water egress training !
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Revo

·Jul 19, 2021

What had Wally done to get punished by cleaning the bottom of the pool with a paintbrush??

"Military justice is to justice what military music is to music"

 

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dscoogs

·Jul 19, 2021

SpeedyPhill

CK2998 as Mercury astronaut Walter "Wally" Schirra was using his personal 1962 Speedmaster for SCUBA diving and NASA water egress training !
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If my Speedy costs $164 I might clean the pool wearing it also 😁

 

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Revo

·Jul 19, 2021

dscoogs

If my Speedy costs $164 I might clean the pool wearing it also 😁

And water was thicker then, too.

 

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scubafan

·Jul 20, 2021

If you are often in and around water, a better option will be a Planet Ocean Chrono....

 

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gdupree

·Jul 20, 2021

dscoogs

If my Speedy costs $164 I might clean the pool wearing it also 😁

If I could get a speedy for $164 I would clean any pool you want

 

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Revo

·Jul 20, 2021

scubafan

If you are often in and around water, a better option will be a Planet Ocean Chrono....

I find dive watches too big and heavy.

I guess a quartz beater is the way to go.

 

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StephenRL

·Jul 20, 2021

Speedmaster is WR to 50 meteres, roughly 150 feet. Should you dive with the watch, No! can you swim with one, only if it has recently been serviced or checked for water resistance and under no circumstances should you operate the pushers underwater. I have the 3861 master chronometer version and it has been tester to 125% water resistance, and I would not swim with my speedy, although, I wouldn't worry if I got caught in a rain storm.

 

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ConElPueblo

·Jul 20, 2021

Ditch the Speedmasters and go for a Dynamic Chronograph - fairly affordable and 50m WR.

 

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Revo

·Jul 20, 2021

The trouble with the Dymanic is that I really HATE the numbers. Kind of comic sans / Disneyland vibe. <shudder>

 

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ConElPueblo

·Jul 20, 2021

Revo

The trouble with the Dymanic is that I really HATE the numbers. Kind of comic sans / Disneyland vibe. <shudder>

In that case it is a fairly poor suggestion I'll admit 😁

 

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Revo

·Jul 20, 2021

I keep coming back to the 2nd generation Speedy Reduced (3539.50) . . . just need to find one for sale in the UK

 

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MtV

·Jul 20, 2021

ConElPueblo

Ditch the Speedmasters and go for a Dynamic Chronograph - fairly affordable and 50m WR.

IIRC you wear your FOIS in the shower - what does the Dynamic Chronograph have to go through then on your wrist, scuba diving? 😁

 

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ConElPueblo

·Jul 20, 2021

MtV

IIRC you wear your FOIS in the shower - what does the Dynamic Chronograph have to go through then on your wrist, scuba diving? 😁

No, I have a Constellation for that 😁