What is the point of a divers watch which is water resistant to more than 200m?

[merkur]

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[mdg137]

Youre essentially right--

one thing to consider however (although not in any way indicating that someone would need resistance to 3900...) is that pressure is not just static-- if you are at 100m and motionless, the pressure is 100m-- but if you add in lateral movement at that given depth, the pressure is significantly greater.

 

[acidboy]

True. But what is the use of a chronograph in real life? A double rattrapante? A flyback? Even a date function is pretty much useless. And paying top dollar for a tourbillion is illogical imo. At least with a deepsea diver when you fall off the Marianas Strait and they fish your body the watch can still be salvageable.

 

[Flambeur]

Originally Posted by acidicboy

True. But what is the use of a chronograph in real life? A double rattrapante? A flyback? Even a date function is pretty much useless. And paying top dollar for a tourbillion is illogical imo. At least with a deepsea diver when you fall off the Marianas Strait and they fish your body the watch can still be salvageable.

Marianas are just a bit deeper than even the strongest diver watch can handle.

Plus the ratings are kinda off due to the factors mentioned above. A typical rating is something that a watch can sort of achieve at ideal conditions for a brief period of time. However, a prolonged exposure, bumps, etc - those all add to the stress. 200m/20ATM is pretty much the bare minimum for a real divers watch. And those deep diver watches are just damn cool.

 

[Tarmac]

trust me, i need a watch which can withstand 600ATM when I am hitting 255mph in my Koenigsegg

 

[anon]

Originally Posted by mdg137

Youre essentially right--

one thing to consider however (although not in any way indicating that someone would need resistance to 3900...) is that pressure is not just static-- if you are at 100m and motionless, the pressure is 100m-- but if you add in lateral movement at that given depth, the pressure is significantly greater.
pressure underwater is only dependent upon depth... anyway, I think the issue is that water resistant isn't the same as waterproof. it may be resistant to 200m but waterproof to only like 50m or something. thus a higher water-resistant rating also means it's waterproof to much greater depths. that's the way I've always understood it, anyway.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Originally Posted by acidicboy

True. But what is the use of a chronograph in real life? A double rattrapante? A flyback? Even a date function is pretty much useless. And paying top dollar for a tourbillion is illogical imo. At least with a deepsea diver when you fall off the Marianas Strait and they fish your body the watch can still be salvageable.

I think its pretty nice to be able to look at my watch and know what the date is, its a pretty solid function, right after the time function, the one where you can look at the hands and see what time of day it is.

I know everyone has a cell, but for me its easier to glace at my watch.

 

[eg1]

"this one goes to eleven" ...

 

[maufic]

Originally Posted by merkur

What is the point of a divers watch which is water resistant to more than 200m? eg the Rolex Deepsea which is resistant to 3900m. Who the hell goes diving that deep without a submarine?

After 200m, does the water resistance rating become like the super 120's rating?

The same reason people buy cars that can go 200 mph, because it's faster than 190 mph!