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dx009
路I wouldn't go swimming in a speedmaster. 馃槖
Speedy Pro and water resistance...
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Dombo63
路Would I take my 15lb road bike on a gnarly mountain bike trail? Or skeet shooting with a bolt action rifle? Cross country skiing with a snowboard? I could go on.
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路路schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorAahhh the do anything watch.
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Foo2rama
路路Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...Call me biased but I'm not sure why every watch person does not have an SKX 007/009. True beater and iso dive rated. They look great and the more beat up they get the better they look. Coming in under 200 bucks on a bracelet they only problem is not buying more then the value of the watch in straps.
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路路schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorAahhh the done everything watch
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dx009
路Ahhh the "when I was dodging shells in Verdun your company wasn't even founded" watch...
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lando
路Our Company was founded in 1848 (no it was not "Louis Brandt & Fr猫res", but it is a swiss company). So it was founded before that...
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dx009
路Omega is one of those old watch companies, as opposed to most of the existing brands... 馃榾
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dennisthemenace
路Omega is one of those old watch companies, as opposed to most of the existing brands... 馃榾
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yinzerniner
路I understand that one of the NASA tests was for the watch to be waterproof and the reason that the Breitling navitimer was dropped was it's failure when it got wet after landing. I'm sure that a modern speedy pro is fine in water and if the seals are ok on an older watch it would be fine as well. They aren't dive watches though.
http://www.timeandwatches.com/p/history-of-omega-speedmaster.html
There was a "relative humidity" test. And there was no "landing" test at all as any launch is prohibitively expensive.
As for the whole "Swimming with Speedy" I'll say it again - you can, but why would you? It's not designed to be a dive watch. You COULD go on a 10-mile run with Ferragamos but it's not advisable.
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Perseus
路The 3573 is water resistant to 50m so unless you swim like Michael Phelps you should be fine if you've had your seals tested recently.
Because nothing kills a watch faster than water I'd take something more appropriate.
Because nothing kills a watch faster than water I'd take something more appropriate.
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z1109r
路If you're so terribly worried about swimming why don't you just get a cheap Seiko 5sport or a Seamaster quartz. That ain't much money either. Then just swap to your precious Speedy for showing off att the bar....馃槈
Oh..oops...I was snowboarding wth my Seamaster馃槻 Should I get a Project Alaska for below zero sports
Oh..oops...I was snowboarding wth my Seamaster馃槻 Should I get a Project Alaska for below zero sports
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dennisthemenace
路If you're so terribly worried about swimming why don't you just get a cheap Seiko 5sport or a Seamaster quartz. That ain't much money either. Then just swap to your precious Speedy for showing off att the bar....馃槈
Oh..oops...I was snowboarding wth my Seamaster馃槻 Should I get a Project Alaska for below zero sports
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Jminchoi
路I wouldn't chance it, when on vacation I always just wear a casio, less of a headache. If you wouldn't lose any sleep over losing the watch then by all means.
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noelekal
路路Home For Wayward WatchesI never have been inclined to get my watches wet, but then I have no imagination.
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dc_in_sf
路Given that have to wind your speedmaster every day, my suspicion would be that the crown seal might wear more quickly than say an automatic watch that you don't have to wind every day. Add in the fact that it doesn't have a screw down crown for extra protection, it doesn't seem like the most logical choice for submersion.
I'm sure if you test your watch for water resistance regularly then it would be fine, but I suspect few of us get that done as frequently as we should. I for one never swim with my speedie, though that may also be due to the fact that neither are easily replaceable (old style snoopy and vintage).
I'm sure if you test your watch for water resistance regularly then it would be fine, but I suspect few of us get that done as frequently as we should. I for one never swim with my speedie, though that may also be due to the fact that neither are easily replaceable (old style snoopy and vintage).
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sky21
路I second the beater alternative for vacation and especially for swimming. Why take the risk?
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Morrisdog
路Before I a Wis I only had one watch , the speedie reduced and wore it every day and night. Showered with it, swam with it even occasionally snorkled with it.. No problems until one day I noticed a chrono pusher had fallen off. The problem is that I happened to be in my pool at the time!! Water entered in a big way. The watch stopped and I thought it was all over! I started looking for a replacement and this is what pushed me over to becoming a Wis. I sent my speedie to omega to see what the damage was. To my surprise they decided to repair it as it had been serviced by them within the previous 12 months . thank God!! They did replaced everything apart from the case and bracelet.
Well the message is that a watch is waterproof until it's not! And then you are in trouble.
Well the message is that a watch is waterproof until it's not! And then you are in trouble.
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z1109r
路I don't know what bars you frequent, but I've never felt the need to show off any watch, anywhere.
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stamsd
路Reminds of the time where I posted this chart on WUS in a similar topic:
That swimming guy there?
Someone actually argued that he was "wading".
WADING!!!
WADING!!!
Shortly thereafter I came to OF. Haven't looked back.
You can clearly see that the guy "wading" has his left hand out of the water. Obviously all warrantees are void if you can't follow directions. 馃槈
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