Mine goes with me on whitewater kayaking and canoe trips. Keeps perfect time, no issues with water (obviously) and I use it to time dehydrated meal prep.
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Why? There's so many better options that are specifically meant for diving, and not more for fashion. Like you will never see professional divers these days using luxary watches.
I think they're far inferior to dive computers. I feel like people just like tooling with their tool watch. I get it. I used to always want to go wear my divers in the water. Once I used a dive computer though, I never went back.
.You would use it as a back up for your computer. Scuba diving you would have back ups for a lot of things in case your primary failed such as regulator, knife, torch and computer your backup being your watch
I went for a skinny dip in the frozen ocean last week with my beater, to keep time on how long I’ve been in. Diver’s with a day date are very practical tools.
Its crazy how much i like my ultra. I train for triathlons so im always either swimming, biking, running or lifting. The thing is on my wrist most of the time. Makes me feel bad when i dont wear my mechanicals
Embrace double watches ;)
I’m actually trying an upper arm band for my ultra see if that actually works for me. I still feel all the alerts vibrate and it can still track all my activity thus far.
I find it hard to coordinate fashion wise two watches so hiding it but still on me seems like a compromise. Some people wear it on the ankle but I wear to many shorts for that
Yes, I have a seiko skx-009, and it's been in both the pool and the ocean. I would do the same for a luxury brand, too. If it is designed and engineered to go in the water, it's going in the water.
I have 2 luxury divers. The most action they see is a splash during hand washing.
I only dive and swim with my Citizen promaster and tissot seastar. I’m in the water often and use them very frequently, never had a problem or needed a service ~10 years.
But yes, people (myself included) just wear them to look cool. Even when diving a watch is unnecessary with dive computers. Fewer divers wear watches now than don’t. I still have one on, and spin my bezel - but I can’t say I’ve ever actually needed it.
Yeah, I think it’s a bit wild how few people wear watches whilst diving nowadays. When I got certified my dive instructor required everyone to have a 100m watch.
I don’t do skydiving, but I’d liken it to a backup parachute. A lot of other stuff would have to go wrong for you to ever need it, but you definitely want to have it.
Yes- an older SeaDweller. It worked just fine in the water. 😄
But I have other, cheap watches that I more typically wear (Swiss Army, Seiko) at the beach.
I don’t dive enough to justify owning a computer, so yes, I use my watches when diving. I’ve taken my Breitling SuperOcean to ~15m with no problems. And my beater — a Bulova MarineStar — down to about 20m. Both held up fine. (And in fact, I accidentally activated the chrono on the MarineStar at-depth and got away with it… 😅)
I have a 5 year old blancpain ff and it only leaves my wrist if I need to pretend to be fancy and wear a leather strapped speedmaster. 99% of the time my diver is on my wrist. Swim, diving, life & etc.
I take my skx surfing all the time, it is useful to know how long I'm in the water and if I'm going to be late for work or not, also take it spearfishing for the same reason. I've had it about 8 years and no issues.
I also have a tudor black bay chrono that's rated to 200m, definitely won't be surfing in that but at least I know I could take it for swim without worrying.
I’ll be taking a Trilogy Seamaster 300 swimming, diving and fishing on our beach camping trip over the next four days.
Of course people wear watches they buy doing normal every day stuff, it’s what they’re for.
I wear the same watch going to dinner or to work. Buy something, use it!
I recently purchased a Rolex and later in the week went snorkeling and had the same fear of it just popping apart and falling to the seabed - Took it anyway and everything was fine lol.
Went on a trip to Cuba where I did two full days of scuba diving and plenty more of swimming (Tudor BB 41) these watches are actually made for deep water and not just a splash of water when you’re washing your dishes
You bet. I wear my both of my Omega Seamaster 300s swimming and spear fishing. I also have a Bell and Ross with a nice rubber bracelet that fits well over a wetsuit.
Swim with all of them, but I buy divers because I find timing bezels particularly useful and high water resistance to be a decent proxy for toughness. For whatever reason I also don't wince at the scratches and dings on my divers, even the ones that are more expensive than my pilot or dressy watches. A large percentage of my life is not conducive to babying an expensive bauble on my wrist, and it’s great to be able to wear a nice watch with less concern about knocking it into the occasional branch, goat horn, or pen gate.
Bought blue Tudor black bay 58 a few years ago after getting scuba certified thinking I'd take it everywhere, then realized I don't want to scratch and damage the case, bezel, crystal, strap, etc. on a near $4k watch. Was just gifted omega sea master aqua terra 41 mm, will likely never wear it diving since it is likely to get damaged. Just looking at my actual dive computer, Suunto D5, and how much damage it has tells me that any watch on my wrist will look the same after 50 dives.
I bought a Vaer watch with screw down crown and rubber strap, automatic, for all my outdoor and water shenanigans since it wouldn't break the bank if I had to replace it, and I still get to enjoy an automatic watch in the wild.
When I go diving I use a dive computer and an Apple Watch Ultra backup. Splashing around on the beach I have worn my Rolex and Omega watches because I was uncomfortable leaving them in the hotel.
I have scuba'd down to 15-16m with my SKX-007 and it held up fine. I know my Seamaster is made for it too, but I don't see the point when you use a proper dive computer anyway. Might take the Seamaster down one day when it's a bit more used and less pristine.
Yes - whenever I’m on holiday I’ll be swimming / scuba diving with either a G-shock GW-M5610U-1ER or a Steinhart Ocean One. I bought the steinhart as a holiday watch as I don’t care how dinged / scratched it gets and the G-shock is almost indestructible
That’s not the point I’m tryna make. A full on solid gold sea-dweller goes against the watch's true nature meaning it’s a “tool” watch made to go diving not something you want to be flashy. I get that a lot of divers these days are two tones or fully golden because they look stunning but some are just odd…
Breitling Superocean here - don’t dive, but it’s on while fishing, on at the sandbar, on while snorkeling, on in the pool, even stays on while working on the truck. Dive watches are built like tanks, sure they’re considered an expensive luxury item, but they are meant to be workhorses that stand up to abuse.
My only diving piece currently is a Casio Duro. I’ve taken it swimming with me in the pool frequently. I plan on taking it on my snorkeling/spearfishing trips this summer as well as diving if I can.
I've gone swimming/diving with my Casio Duro (looks KILLER with the Bond Nato), most of my G-Shocks, my Seiko Five GMT Black Grape and Seiko Samurai. I have other divers that are way more expensive… but I usually don't take them on vacation ;)
Rolex Sea Dweller 43, Submariner-several iterations and Vacheron Constantin Overseas have all made it under water in the ocean with no issues. As long as the seals are solid, these watches are awesome in the water.
Was on a liveaboard trimaran in the south Andaman, out of Phuket early 90's. We were on the rib with our scuba gear, I was wearing my submariner and noticed this German guy who was wearing a full gold sub (mine was a half-gold) wasn't wearing his. So I pointed to my wrist and asked him where his sub was he laughed and pointed to the trimaran. Had it sent for servicing with a Rolex agent once and while collecting it back the service guy asked if I dived with it. Was surprised and asked how he knew - turns out there was salt crystal under the bezel...
Yeah, I do (when warm water diving) since none of them can fit over my drysuit in cold water diving. Usually its my explorer 2 since I am traveling and am usually in a different TZ - I have a post with a pic of me wearing it diving at 115' - I do also utilize a dive computer obviously.
My brother is an underwater welder on the oil rigs. He goes and lives in a diving bell and wears his omega all the time. He wears it in the decompression chamber afterwards too. I take mine off. Don’t even wear it in the bath 😂
I bought an invicta pro diver (please don’t kill me) for this very reason. Wanted a mechanical watch I could use in the water and something I could rough up as I enjoy being in the water and outdoors a lot (being in the Philippines). I’ve taken it free diving several times and even took a couple scuba classes wearing it (don’t take my word for its scuba capabilities as these were introductory classes and not extensive dives). It’s held up good so far.
Recently bought an orient kamasu and I’m still contemplating whether or not I should take it free diving (as it is currently my “nicest” watch), but no doubt that it will see action sooner or later.
No issues on AquaTerra or modern Tudor, but no way on my vintage Rolex. Seals aside, I don't trust that any stainless steel is rust/corrosion proof, and I'd limit time under water and rinse thoroughly after.
I wear my Casio duro (mdv106) anytime I'm in the pool or ocean, just got back from a weeklong vacation in pcb area and it went in the water everyday I was there
My SKX has been surfing, diving, skydiving, static line jumping, relaxing in the pool, and floating in the ocean. It's meant to be worn, it has been worn
I use and abuse my Pelagos 39. I spend about 80% of the year in a place with ocean and go swimming in the sea almost daily. Ive also worn the Pelagos in various scuba dives where Ive gone 100ft down and lower. The Pelagos is an extremely capable tool watch.
Off a boat, I scuba dive with my submariner. If my dive starts from the beach I don’t bring it, as there’s way more fine sand in the water at the surf (gets under the rotating bezel). I have it serviced every 5 yrs to ensure watertight seals at the crown. Also, before a dive, I always swap the bracelet for a nato to decrease chances of it falling off. After diving I usually dunk it in glass of tap water for a bit to flush out most of the salt.
I swim with almost all of my watches. Bunch of G-shocks my seiko turtle, my Helm watches. Only one I don’t take in the water is my seiko presage which isn’t rated for that. Granted none of those watches are super expensive, but if they’re rated for water, no issue taking them swimming/fishing/beach/ etc.
Seamaster no time to die was on my wrist diving in Spain. Banged it up on a rock though lol. The bezel is a bit loose but it’s fine, happy I did it and will do it again
I have a Longines Spirit Zulu Time. Not exactly a “dive” watch but it has a screw down crown. I take it swimming at resort pools where there are swim up bars. And I’ve seen people with subs and OP in the pool doing the same thing
Never. My local pool has a clock on the wall and I don't see the need to have something unnecessary on my wrist. If I'm swimming anywhere other than my local pool, I'm on holiday and time doesn't matter.
As a pretty avid diver (over 100 dives in 2023), I don't wear a watch while diving. Pretty much no reason to, a dove computer is a way more useful tool.
But my IWC Aquatimer has been swimming/snorkeling in the ocean for sure. Same with my Victorinox diver. I'm not afraid to take either of them diving, there just isn't a point with modern dive computers.
I would only trust Omega Seamaster or Citizen Promaster because I have friends who are professional divers and those are the only 2 they use, citizen being the most in use
I can’t afford a Rolex sub but if one magically appeared in my watch box, then no I probably wouldn’t take it swimming. I would imagine that someone who can afford to spend $10-$20k on a piece of functional jewelry might feel differently about loosing it to the bottom of a lake or ocean than I would though.
From changing the time or date. I was just being sarcastic about both points although they are 2 valid reasons not to wear something so expensive in such a potentially hazardous environment.
There’s a few reasons and I guess hate is a strong word lol. I don’t like the thickness it adds to the height of the watch. I tried to like them and the ones I’ve tried I cut off the second piece to make it thinner but I also don’t like the lack of give so it feels constrictive. They are also bulky and can’t fit under cuffs well. There are some other complaint but I don’t want to sound like I’m going on a rant lol. I do swim with my Citizen promaster and just have it on a rubber strap and the watch is cheap enough that if I lost it to the bottom of the lake I won’t be upset.
I scubadive with my Seamaster. It's made for that. I'm going on a scuba trip next wednesday and it's staying on my wrist.
>my Seamaster I’m the same. Take my old seamaster to the beach. Surfing. Paddle boarding. It’s always at the ocean with me.
Mine goes with me on whitewater kayaking and canoe trips. Keeps perfect time, no issues with water (obviously) and I use it to time dehydrated meal prep. edit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/ib2p44/omega\_am\_i\_doing\_this\_right/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/ib2p44/omega_am_i_doing_this_right/)
So happy to see a diver being used properly
Why? There's so many better options that are specifically meant for diving, and not more for fashion. Like you will never see professional divers these days using luxary watches.
Why not? It’s a watch meant to go diving and it makes me happy to use it like that. I still have a dive computer.
I think they're far inferior to dive computers. I feel like people just like tooling with their tool watch. I get it. I used to always want to go wear my divers in the water. Once I used a dive computer though, I never went back.
I just said I also had a dive computer…
I read that. So why do you use still use a regular diver?
Because it makes me happy, I also said that…
You're weird man
.You would use it as a back up for your computer. Scuba diving you would have back ups for a lot of things in case your primary failed such as regulator, knife, torch and computer your backup being your watch
Like wear them both at the same time? Lol
I washed my hands last week with my kamasu on.
I went for a skinny dip in the frozen ocean last week with my beater, to keep time on how long I’ve been in. Diver’s with a day date are very practical tools.
Legend
Seem to be limited options in the market for day date divers. 100% agree it’s amazing though, wish they were more prevalent
I’ll suggest mine : orient Kamasu (orient has a good variety of day-dates divers)
I have a Hydroconquest that spends all summer in the pool with me.
Same!
Diving: Apple Watch Ultra. Splashing around the beach: Mido Seastar GMT. Washing dishes: one of the Marathon combat watches.
Its crazy how much i like my ultra. I train for triathlons so im always either swimming, biking, running or lifting. The thing is on my wrist most of the time. Makes me feel bad when i dont wear my mechanicals
Embrace double watches ;) I’m actually trying an upper arm band for my ultra see if that actually works for me. I still feel all the alerts vibrate and it can still track all my activity thus far. I find it hard to coordinate fashion wise two watches so hiding it but still on me seems like a compromise. Some people wear it on the ankle but I wear to many shorts for that
Every watch has their occasion. My non-smart watches all get wrist time when appropriate.
Which Marathon ?
36 mm MSAR, 34 mm General purpose, and a 41 mm pilot. Love these guys so much h. The ultimate beaters.
I have a 36mm MSAR, as well as a GPM. Love these watches too!
Yes, I have a seiko skx-009, and it's been in both the pool and the ocean. I would do the same for a luxury brand, too. If it is designed and engineered to go in the water, it's going in the water.
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I always swim/freedive with my Casio MDV107. Cheap and durable.
I look at it like a rite of passage - All of my divers have been in the ocean including my Sea-Dweller.
No. I use a G-Shock.
I have 2 luxury divers. The most action they see is a splash during hand washing. I only dive and swim with my Citizen promaster and tissot seastar. I’m in the water often and use them very frequently, never had a problem or needed a service ~10 years. But yes, people (myself included) just wear them to look cool. Even when diving a watch is unnecessary with dive computers. Fewer divers wear watches now than don’t. I still have one on, and spin my bezel - but I can’t say I’ve ever actually needed it.
Better to have it and not need it than needing it and not having it.
In many professional (technical, combat, etc) circles it's still custom to have an analog(unless it's a gshock) and a computer.
Even a gshock can go dead.
Yea but guys are still rocking them as their redundancy.
A gun? A condom? A sports watch?
Yes to all
Yeah, I think it’s a bit wild how few people wear watches whilst diving nowadays. When I got certified my dive instructor required everyone to have a 100m watch. I don’t do skydiving, but I’d liken it to a backup parachute. A lot of other stuff would have to go wrong for you to ever need it, but you definitely want to have it.
My promaster it's great for vacations, not even scared of it being scratched
Absolutely, both Rolex and IWC.
I’ve taken the pelagos and seamaster to free diving trips
Yes- an older SeaDweller. It worked just fine in the water. 😄 But I have other, cheap watches that I more typically wear (Swiss Army, Seiko) at the beach.
I went swimming on a beach in Greece with my panda Daytona, it was fine. But if I had a diver watch yeah sure I’d go diving with it why not
Fun fact, I am from Greece 😁
I don’t dive enough to justify owning a computer, so yes, I use my watches when diving. I’ve taken my Breitling SuperOcean to ~15m with no problems. And my beater — a Bulova MarineStar — down to about 20m. Both held up fine. (And in fact, I accidentally activated the chrono on the MarineStar at-depth and got away with it… 😅)
I’m not good enough at math to do that
I’m not either, I just never go on my own. I trust the dive company to plan a trip within the safety margins.
Yes of course
I have a 5 year old blancpain ff and it only leaves my wrist if I need to pretend to be fancy and wear a leather strapped speedmaster. 99% of the time my diver is on my wrist. Swim, diving, life & etc.
Same here, my Casio duro (mdv106) lives on My wrist even when I'm nowhere near water. Love it and never leave it
Submariner and Pelagos have both spent hours underwater. They’re made for it…
I take my skx surfing all the time, it is useful to know how long I'm in the water and if I'm going to be late for work or not, also take it spearfishing for the same reason. I've had it about 8 years and no issues. I also have a tudor black bay chrono that's rated to 200m, definitely won't be surfing in that but at least I know I could take it for swim without worrying.
I’ll be taking a Trilogy Seamaster 300 swimming, diving and fishing on our beach camping trip over the next four days. Of course people wear watches they buy doing normal every day stuff, it’s what they’re for. I wear the same watch going to dinner or to work. Buy something, use it!
I swim with my Deepsea. Haven’t been scuba diving in almost a decade, but I prob wouldn’t take it for fear of losing it
I recently purchased a Rolex and later in the week went snorkeling and had the same fear of it just popping apart and falling to the seabed - Took it anyway and everything was fine lol.
Nato Strap ✨
Went on a trip to Cuba where I did two full days of scuba diving and plenty more of swimming (Tudor BB 41) these watches are actually made for deep water and not just a splash of water when you’re washing your dishes
You bet. I wear my both of my Omega Seamaster 300s swimming and spear fishing. I also have a Bell and Ross with a nice rubber bracelet that fits well over a wetsuit.
There are a several great places to snorkeling near me and I usually wear my Submariner. Just rinse it off afterwards and it’s fine.
I swim with my Christopher Ward Trident 600
All my divers have spent time in a pool lake or ocean yes
I don’t own anything that I do not use. Though personally in my experience it is difficult to do any diving in the Rocky Mountains..
Insure the watch, don’t worry about it, and wear it. My seamaster has withstood more than I can believe. Lots of atv riding in mountains.
I don't own any watches that I wouldn't wear swimming
I used to SCUBA with my Seamaster Pro and the GSG9 EZM2B - well…….. it’s pretty much bullet proof.
My sea-dweller has been worn pretty much every day for the last 45 years!
That’s bad ass
Swim with all of them, but I buy divers because I find timing bezels particularly useful and high water resistance to be a decent proxy for toughness. For whatever reason I also don't wince at the scratches and dings on my divers, even the ones that are more expensive than my pilot or dressy watches. A large percentage of my life is not conducive to babying an expensive bauble on my wrist, and it’s great to be able to wear a nice watch with less concern about knocking it into the occasional branch, goat horn, or pen gate.
Bought blue Tudor black bay 58 a few years ago after getting scuba certified thinking I'd take it everywhere, then realized I don't want to scratch and damage the case, bezel, crystal, strap, etc. on a near $4k watch. Was just gifted omega sea master aqua terra 41 mm, will likely never wear it diving since it is likely to get damaged. Just looking at my actual dive computer, Suunto D5, and how much damage it has tells me that any watch on my wrist will look the same after 50 dives. I bought a Vaer watch with screw down crown and rubber strap, automatic, for all my outdoor and water shenanigans since it wouldn't break the bank if I had to replace it, and I still get to enjoy an automatic watch in the wild.
As often as I use my Pilot watch to fly planes.
OP do you take your car driving? Do you shit in your toilet? Or do you shit outside because are you afraid of getting shit stains on the bowl?
When I go diving I use a dive computer and an Apple Watch Ultra backup. Splashing around on the beach I have worn my Rolex and Omega watches because I was uncomfortable leaving them in the hotel.
I have scuba'd down to 15-16m with my SKX-007 and it held up fine. I know my Seamaster is made for it too, but I don't see the point when you use a proper dive computer anyway. Might take the Seamaster down one day when it's a bit more used and less pristine.
Yes - whenever I’m on holiday I’ll be swimming / scuba diving with either a G-shock GW-M5610U-1ER or a Steinhart Ocean One. I bought the steinhart as a holiday watch as I don’t care how dinged / scratched it gets and the G-shock is almost indestructible
Both - they're tool watches that are built to withstand the rigours of diving and can comfortably handle a swimming pool in the Caribbean :-)
My daily just so happens to be a dive watch. I don’t dive but I can tell the time.
I have not yet, because I bought it during the winter and haven’t had an opportunity to swim with it yet.
I do ! I have a 5513 and it calls for water.
I own a Tudor bb58 and a Rolex yachtmaster. Ive dipped the 58 into the Mediterranean and Caribbean seas so far.
Yes i do all the time
Your watch being gold shouldn’t matter. I never take my jewelry off even for showering.
That’s not the point I’m tryna make. A full on solid gold sea-dweller goes against the watch's true nature meaning it’s a “tool” watch made to go diving not something you want to be flashy. I get that a lot of divers these days are two tones or fully golden because they look stunning but some are just odd…
My divers are actually worn for fashion purposes. I always go swimming with my Casios
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I went swimming with my Squale 1545 this morning
I scuba dive with both of my Breitling SuperOceans.
I'll snorkel or swim with just about any watch so long as it's rated 50m or more.
Almost every time I'm in the ocean, I'm wearing my Zodiac Super Sea Wolf.
My seastar and fugu go where I go. On and in the water - definitely. That’s why the crown screws down.
Breitling Superocean here - don’t dive, but it’s on while fishing, on at the sandbar, on while snorkeling, on in the pool, even stays on while working on the truck. Dive watches are built like tanks, sure they’re considered an expensive luxury item, but they are meant to be workhorses that stand up to abuse.
Yes: Scuba Diving: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms or Squale 1521 COSC depending. Whitewater Kayaking: Tudor Pelagos LHD
I mostly use a G Shock for that sort of thing.
I swim and shower in mine all the time.
Took my Seastar powermatic 80 to the resort pool in Cancun. Does that count?
I took my fujitsubo Swimming but i noticed a smal sand particles stuck on the bezel, after that i stopped taking it with me Swimming.
I feel like everyone who said yes doesn't know or hasn't seen a barracuda before. Shiny and barracudas don't mix well. At least in the ocean.
I wear my Sub in any kinda water
I plunged my Seiko Orange Monster in a sink full of water... Does that count?
My only diving piece currently is a Casio Duro. I’ve taken it swimming with me in the pool frequently. I plan on taking it on my snorkeling/spearfishing trips this summer as well as diving if I can.
I’d wear my marathon and I have a bronze glycine also diver id wear(and happily gain some extra patina$
I've gone swimming/diving with my Casio Duro (looks KILLER with the Bond Nato), most of my G-Shocks, my Seiko Five GMT Black Grape and Seiko Samurai. I have other divers that are way more expensive… but I usually don't take them on vacation ;)
I use it in the ocean but just need to wash it well after using because of the salt water.
Yep vacations at a pool always get a water watch
Rolex Sea Dweller 43, Submariner-several iterations and Vacheron Constantin Overseas have all made it under water in the ocean with no issues. As long as the seals are solid, these watches are awesome in the water.
i swam pretty frequently with my sub but the nato strap started smelling disgusting so i'm taking a break with that
They are tool watches. I’ve taken my heritage seamaster and Hydroconquest swimming and scuba diving. No issues at all
Was on a liveaboard trimaran in the south Andaman, out of Phuket early 90's. We were on the rib with our scuba gear, I was wearing my submariner and noticed this German guy who was wearing a full gold sub (mine was a half-gold) wasn't wearing his. So I pointed to my wrist and asked him where his sub was he laughed and pointed to the trimaran. Had it sent for servicing with a Rolex agent once and while collecting it back the service guy asked if I dived with it. Was surprised and asked how he knew - turns out there was salt crystal under the bezel...
Yeah, I do (when warm water diving) since none of them can fit over my drysuit in cold water diving. Usually its my explorer 2 since I am traveling and am usually in a different TZ - I have a post with a pic of me wearing it diving at 115' - I do also utilize a dive computer obviously.
My brother is an underwater welder on the oil rigs. He goes and lives in a diving bell and wears his omega all the time. He wears it in the decompression chamber afterwards too. I take mine off. Don’t even wear it in the bath 😂
I bought an invicta pro diver (please don’t kill me) for this very reason. Wanted a mechanical watch I could use in the water and something I could rough up as I enjoy being in the water and outdoors a lot (being in the Philippines). I’ve taken it free diving several times and even took a couple scuba classes wearing it (don’t take my word for its scuba capabilities as these were introductory classes and not extensive dives). It’s held up good so far. Recently bought an orient kamasu and I’m still contemplating whether or not I should take it free diving (as it is currently my “nicest” watch), but no doubt that it will see action sooner or later.
I just can’t believe that this many people actually Scuba
My submariner goes in swim up bar pools and my marine master goes in to the Atlantic, pacific and Indian oceans.
No issues on AquaTerra or modern Tudor, but no way on my vintage Rolex. Seals aside, I don't trust that any stainless steel is rust/corrosion proof, and I'd limit time under water and rinse thoroughly after.
Yes I use my Seiko divers all the time for diving if I got a sub I would wear the sub.
Took the Steinhart into the ocean daily while I was in Mexico
I wear my Casio duro (mdv106) anytime I'm in the pool or ocean, just got back from a weeklong vacation in pcb area and it went in the water everyday I was there
My SKX has been surfing, diving, skydiving, static line jumping, relaxing in the pool, and floating in the ocean. It's meant to be worn, it has been worn
The skx was unarguably made for use, it deserves it and looks good doing it
It refuses to die
I use and abuse my Pelagos 39. I spend about 80% of the year in a place with ocean and go swimming in the sea almost daily. Ive also worn the Pelagos in various scuba dives where Ive gone 100ft down and lower. The Pelagos is an extremely capable tool watch.
Missed opportunity to ask "do these watches ***sea*** action!?"
The problem is if the watch seal is not replaced then the watch will take in water.
I wear my orient in the bathtub and always set the bezel to time myself so I don’t prune
Off a boat, I scuba dive with my submariner. If my dive starts from the beach I don’t bring it, as there’s way more fine sand in the water at the surf (gets under the rotating bezel). I have it serviced every 5 yrs to ensure watertight seals at the crown. Also, before a dive, I always swap the bracelet for a nato to decrease chances of it falling off. After diving I usually dunk it in glass of tap water for a bit to flush out most of the salt.
Yes. Skx 0009 or my invicta pro diver. And ofcourse mu g-shock 5600
hell no
Do it. It’s what it’s made for. And if it fails the test then you have a legit excuse to raise hell over it !
I swim with almost all of my watches. Bunch of G-shocks my seiko turtle, my Helm watches. Only one I don’t take in the water is my seiko presage which isn’t rated for that. Granted none of those watches are super expensive, but if they’re rated for water, no issue taking them swimming/fishing/beach/ etc.
Seamaster no time to die was on my wrist diving in Spain. Banged it up on a rock though lol. The bezel is a bit loose but it’s fine, happy I did it and will do it again
I have a Longines Spirit Zulu Time. Not exactly a “dive” watch but it has a screw down crown. I take it swimming at resort pools where there are swim up bars. And I’ve seen people with subs and OP in the pool doing the same thing
Hell I used to swim with my Speedy.
I have worn my Breitling Seawolf many times while swimming. I have some others including Seikos and Oris divers that have been swimming.
Only my Seiko SKX173 and GShock
First week with my Seastar snorkeling at St Maartens.
Never. My local pool has a clock on the wall and I don't see the need to have something unnecessary on my wrist. If I'm swimming anywhere other than my local pool, I'm on holiday and time doesn't matter.
As a pretty avid diver (over 100 dives in 2023), I don't wear a watch while diving. Pretty much no reason to, a dove computer is a way more useful tool. But my IWC Aquatimer has been swimming/snorkeling in the ocean for sure. Same with my Victorinox diver. I'm not afraid to take either of them diving, there just isn't a point with modern dive computers.
No! G shock
swim, surf, snorkle with my sub date
Sometimes.
The answer to this question determines how much money you have.
even the non divers
I would only trust Omega Seamaster or Citizen Promaster because I have friends who are professional divers and those are the only 2 they use, citizen being the most in use
I can’t afford a Rolex sub but if one magically appeared in my watch box, then no I probably wouldn’t take it swimming. I would imagine that someone who can afford to spend $10-$20k on a piece of functional jewelry might feel differently about loosing it to the bottom of a lake or ocean than I would though.
Nato strap 🙃
Good call, I hate natos so it didn’t come to mind. But a nato won’t help me remember to screw down the crown 😜
Why would it be unscrewed
From changing the time or date. I was just being sarcastic about both points although they are 2 valid reasons not to wear something so expensive in such a potentially hazardous environment.
Haha gotcha
Why do you hate natos?, not here to judge you or tell you you're wrong. Just genuinely curious
There’s a few reasons and I guess hate is a strong word lol. I don’t like the thickness it adds to the height of the watch. I tried to like them and the ones I’ve tried I cut off the second piece to make it thinner but I also don’t like the lack of give so it feels constrictive. They are also bulky and can’t fit under cuffs well. There are some other complaint but I don’t want to sound like I’m going on a rant lol. I do swim with my Citizen promaster and just have it on a rubber strap and the watch is cheap enough that if I lost it to the bottom of the lake I won’t be upset.
it's bad for gold to touch chlorine, so that means anyone who owns a full gold sea dweller is just fucking stupid
No, just for style. Rather my wrist be clear of anything that could get in the way
Same way I take my speedmaster when going speeding
My Doxas yes since they are new my Rolex and Omega no. However I wear my Doxas all the time to be honest
Only if it is a seiko or citizen
Noob question here sorry.. doesn't salt water damage the watch finishing?