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·Two people arguing over the water resistance of a chronograph — you both lose.
Water Resistance: Regular vs. METAS?
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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerJokes and whatnot aside, Omega does actually test some of its watches past the stated resistance. I was reading about how they do an extra 25% or something depth for the Ultra Deep during testing, cant remember where the article is now though.
Omega requires high pressure wet testing of any watch that is rated for more than 120 m (going from memory). In those tests, they are done at 125% of the rated pressure. This is quite standard in the industry.
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·Omega requires high pressure wet testing of any watch that is rated for more than 120 m (going from memory). In those tests, they are done at 125% of the rated pressure. This is quite standard in the industry.
Just did some googling.. ISO 6425 requires minimum 100m and 125% depth testing.
So I guess in regards to the speedy, this wont apply anyways.
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·Unless you are strapping you watch to your outboard motor, you don't have much to worry about with dynamic pressure..
Archer, This video is excellent and to the point ! Awesome How would a diver manage to generate such static pressure through his body movements under water. Ok, a waterski fall can generate quite a hit as I remember bouncing on the water surface a few times and be dizzy from it once but I doubt there would be so much pressure.
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·Archer, This video is excellent and to the point ! Awesome How would a diver manage to generate such static pressure through his body movements under water. Ok, a waterski fall can generate quite a hit as I remember bouncing on the water surface a few times and be dizzy from it once but I doubt there would be so much pressure.
Whatever the source of the pressure it ends up as a pressure in stagnant fluid at any potential leak, such as the o rings. Therefore there is no need to simulate moving water to perform a leak test.
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