I am somewhat certain that depth ratings in watches don't work in this way. In other words if a watch is rated for 30m , it doesn't actually mean that can dive up to 30m depth. To my understanding it only means the watchs can handle lights splashes (washing hands, light rain).
As far as I know only a 100m depth rated watch is safe to swim and do some submersions. A 200m and up depth rating in a watch is what makes it usable in dives.
I think it has something to do with the watertightness test and the pressures use in those tests (3atm/bar, 5atm, 10atm etc) and to what "depth" that said pressure correlates underwater.
To my knowledge you cannot take a 3atm = 30m depth rated watch to 30m underwater, let alone to 1m.
I am no expert on this matter and happy to learn more about this if I somehow got this totally wrong.
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