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I fish in salt water with heaps of gear that gets sea spray ,dunked , swamped by waves over the side sometimes and plenty of reels that sit in rod holders with moving perts. Sprayed down with fresh water on light mist while cleaning the boat and never have a problem. Pull reels apart each season and most issues are worn out bearing,s from big fish hardly ever rust from salt water.
Do wear several dive watches that get a mist clean at the same time no issue.
 
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This is, I am sure, a novice question: I am a target pistol shooter, both 9mm and .45 semi-automatics. I have made it a practice to not wear any of my watches to the range because of repeated pistol recoil. Am I being too cautious?

Oh, and thanks for all the interesting and educational reading here.

Mark
Depends, are there any dive rolls involved?

Yes = Take off your watch
No = You should be doing dive rolls.
 
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I had about 14 scans on my last rip...lots of flights and I was scanned before every single one. Wore my watch the whole time, and no ill effects. It's not a concern...
What watch were you wearing?
A few years ago I had to travel every week twice a week by air. I guess I was up around 30 flights or so. I put my Speedmaster Day/Date in a zipped jacket pocket and so it got scanned like my hand luggage. Shortly after all this travelling the Calendar function just stuck partway through the month transition. Whether that was just coincidence or not I'm not sure, but when Omega serviced it they said it was magnetised. Since then it has run very well, even though I still stick it through the luggage scanner.
 
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What watch were you wearing?
A few years ago I had to travel every week twice a week by air. I guess I was up around 30 flights or so. I put my Speedmaster Day/Date in a zipped jacket pocket and so it got scanned like my hand luggage. Shortly after all this travelling the Calendar function just stuck partway through the month transition. Whether that was just coincidence or not I'm not sure, but when Omega serviced it they said it was magnetised. Since then it has run very well, even though I still stick it through the luggage scanner.



I'm sure the issues with your watch were not related to the scans. If there was a direct correlation, watch forums would be full of reports of people having problems after a trip.

There are plenty of strong magnets all around us, like in the cover of the iPad I'm typing this on. Saw a tear down of one of these and they found 21 magnets inside it...

Cheers, Al
 
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I'm sure the issues with your watch were not related to the scans. If there was a direct correlation, watch forums would be full of reports of people having problems after a trip.

There are plenty of strong magnets all around us, like in the cover of the iPad I'm typing this on. Saw a tear down of one of these and they found 21 magnets inside it...

Cheers, Al

Forget the watch, well almost, that picture just isn't fair!
 
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I'm sure the issues with your watch were not related to the scans. If there was a direct correlation, watch forums would be full of reports of people having problems after a trip.

There are plenty of strong magnets all around us, like in the cover of the iPad I'm typing this on. Saw a tear down of one of these and they found 21 magnets inside it...

Cheers, Al

That Hawaii, Al? Kona side of the big island?
 
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That Hawaii, Al? Kona side of the big island?

That's Maui, but we did spend time on the Big Island and Oahu as well.
 
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I have always worn my 300M to the range. Probably 20-25,000 rounds per year. No watch problem at all.

Note to self: don't mess with @ctpete....
 
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Note to self: don't mess with @ctpete....

No worries. My shooting buddies would say that you are in no danger unless you happen to be standing in front of the broad side of a barn while I am shooting!

To be technically accurate about the watch while shooting issue, I have been wearing a Seamaster 300 M automatic. I wear it on my left wrist. The pistol is in my right hand usually and supported by the left using a Weaver or Isosceles stance. So generally the watch is not getting as much recoil as if I wore it on the right hand. That said, about 10% of my shooting is using my left hand (for IDPA) so there is some more recoil on the watch. With AR shooting, the watch hand is gripping the hand guard, so there is plenty of recoil felt there.

My only point is that in my case, I have not seen any effect on my watch from this activity.
 
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That's Maui, but we did spend time on the Big Island and Oahu as well.

Nice! I took the family to Maui in 2008, and for 5 of us it wasn't cheap since we did all the tourist traps (surf lessons, snuba diving, aquarium, road to hanna, luau, etc...)
 
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Only in the movies...
Have you been on the range? Trust me there are ricochets.
 
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I think most watches these days are pretty robust. I would wear the right tool for the job. If I were going to a shooting range I'd wear a gshock, not a patek. I wouldn't dive with my Speedmaster, etc
 
alam
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...Having to soak your watch for 45 minutes to rinse off seawater?.....

I must confess. I do place my watches in a cup of fresh water after exposing them to seawater - the same technique recommended by Nikon to Nikonos camera users - this kept all my U/W photo gear in top shape and prevented knobs and controls from getting stuck! The bezel on my watches never got stuck either!
 
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Nice! I took the family to Maui in 2008, and for 5 of us it wasn't cheap since we did all the tourist traps (surf lessons, snuba diving, aquarium, road to hanna, luau, etc...)
PLEASE tell me you rented a Ferrari 308 GTS while you were there. If you're in Hawaii, go all out.


When I do end up soaking my seamaster in the ocean, it ends up in the shower afterwards. Years later, no problems... no soaking in cups for 10 minutes... Splish splash, all clean.
 
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alam alam
I must confess. I do place my watches in a cup of fresh water after exposing them to seawater - the same technique recommended by Nikon to Nikonos camera users - this kept all my U/W photo gear in top shape and prevented knobs and controls from getting stuck! The bezel on my watches never got stuck either!

Sure, rinsing them off is standard advice - you might even find it in the manual for the watch if anyone ever actually bothered to read them. But I can assure you there is no need to soak a watch for 45 minutes after exposure to sea water...🤦
 
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Nice archer, I was there too in December. I visited that omega store, spoke to a kid named Erik I think? Forgot his name but t he was super nice. Nice pictures
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This was at Maui at the hyatt up in Lahaina
 
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