[jpatricks1]

Hmm... I've had a couple of sea-pathfinders before and always thought it was silly that Casio made a watch with a depth gauge that was only WR to 100M.


Great read, very informative! Thanks!

 

[Joakim Agren]

Someone just posted an interesting field test of his Suunto Core:

https://www.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?p=1151534#post1151534

Dive was succesfull down to 15 meter or 50'. So I get more and more convinced that the 30 meter Core is indeed comparable to a 100 meter or 330' PathFinder when it comes to water resistance!:rodekaart

 

[James Haury]

Great information ,that explains why a 8 dollar watch from wal mart rated to 30m was able to be used by a commercial diver who took it down to 98 feet.I have that watch now because he quit. He left it behind and his boss gave it to me.

 

[Lexxorcist]

Dive was succesfull down to 15 meter or 50'. So I get more and more convinced that the 30 meter Core is indeed comparable to a 100 meter or 330' PathFinder when it comes to water resistance!:rodekaart

Remember Casio's ratings also tend to be conservative. A G-Shock survived a 318m scuba dive, which is well over it's 200m rating, rather than just half of it. It would be nice to see a Pathfinder and a Core go head to head in a depth test though. My money would be on the Casio. ;-)

 

[Joakim Agren]

Remember Casio's ratings also tend to be conservative. A G-Shock survived a 318m scuba dive, which is well over it's 200m rating, rather than just half of it. It would be nice to see a Pathfinder and a Core go head to head in a depth test though. My money would be on the Casio. ;-)

Yes I know casios are also conservative rated, but not as bad as the Core. Normally a 30 m watch that follows the normal standard would be utterly useless even for swimming. And yeat people are diving with it down to 100 feet and it survives and it has a depth meter and special stinger buttons that enables button pushes under water which makes it even more suitable for diving use then a PAW-1300 that is rated to 100 m. Its just stupid!:-s

I think that the PAW-1300 and the Core would perform very evenly when it comes to maximum depth...

 

[Lexxorcist]

Yes I know casios are also conservative rated, but not as bad as the Core. Normally a 30 m watch that follows the normal standard would be utterly useless even for swimming. And yeat people are diving with it down to 100 feet and it survives and it has a depth meter and special stinger buttons that enables button pushes under water which makes it even more suitable for diving use then a PAW-1300 that is rated to 100 m. Its just stupid!:-s

I think that the PAW-1300 and the Core would perform very evenly when it comes to maximum depth...

Well, 100 feet is about 30 metres, which is what it's rated at, so although it's impressive, a Casio survived a dive much deeper than it's rating. I'm just struggling to see how they out-strip Casio in this area. It would take a head to head contest to convince me which can survive at the greatest depth really.

Another thing that's crossed my mind is the huge, plastic crystals on Suunto watches, and how they'd hold up to pressure. How much pressure before they begin to bend? :think:

Anyway, I'm not knocking Suuntos, and a 30m rated watch that survives 30m is excellent. It's just that I've not seen evidence of what Protreks can withstand in order to make a comparison. I wouldn't be surprised at all if a Protrek survived a 100m dive. I'm not volunteering mine though... just in case. :-d

Your point about buttons is valid, although I'd never thought of Protreks/Pathfinders as diving watches.

 

[danpass]

G-Shock. Depth test toward the end.

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[alembic1981]

Have to agree with many of the colleagues here...an excellent and informative post. It is nice to see the science behind the facts that many of us know...don't believe the hype and do your research. Here are a couple of things I know...

A job needs a specific tool. If I were a serious diver, I would get a serious diving watch (I had a Luminox once. Are they a great diving watch?) that would overly compensate for the gravity (pun...yuck:-x) of the task.

For the things I do (which at my age are becoming much tamer), a GShock is actually overkill. I work out with weights, boat, fish, bicycle, shoot pictures, hike, swim, body surf, and any other number of more mundane around the house tasks. The list used to include many other things from working on cars to manual labor and a GS has always come through with flying colors. Hats off to Casio for this little slice of Heaven on earth.

Regards...
Steve

 

[digitalxni]

regardless of whether my watch is 200m or more, I'm still worried about dropping it in the sink :S

 

[JohnnyBlazE]

Very interesting article methinks!
Anyone know how good Rotary's Dolphin Standard is?

 

[Torque]

Sorry to revive this thread; for someone wondering how are Tissot rating their watches regarding water resistance, I found this from a warranty document on the web :

1. 3atm / 30m / 100ft
Watches water resistant to 30 meters/100 feet.
2. 10atm / 100m / 330ft5atm / 50m / 165ft20atm / 200m / 660ft
Watches water resistant to 50, 100 or 200 meters/165, 330 or 660 feet.
3. 10atm / 100m / 330ft20atm / 200m / 660ft30atm / 300m / 1000ft
Watches water resistant from 100 to 300 meters/330 to 1000 feet or more with screw down crown and diving bezel.

According to the water resistance 1, 2 or 3 listed above, watches are protected against:
1-2-3 Water splashes / Rain
1-2-3 Surface swimming
2-3 Shower
2-3 Free diving / Water sports
3 Scuba diving

Cheers

 

[Joakim Agren]

Sorry to revive this thread; for someone wondering how are Tissot rating their watches regarding water resistance, I found this from a warranty document on the web :

1. 3atm / 30m / 100ft
Watches water resistant to 30 meters/100 feet.
2. 10atm / 100m / 330ft5atm / 50m / 165ft20atm / 200m / 660ft
Watches water resistant to 50, 100 or 200 meters/165, 330 or 660 feet.
3. 10atm / 100m / 330ft20atm / 200m / 660ft30atm / 300m / 1000ft
Watches water resistant from 100 to 300 meters/330 to 1000 feet or more with screw down crown and diving bezel.

According to the water resistance 1, 2 or 3 listed above, watches are protected against:
1-2-3 Water splashes / Rain
1-2-3 Surface swimming
2-3 Shower
2-3 Free diving / Water sports
3 Scuba diving

Cheers

No problem a resurrection of this thread is always appreciated hehe:-d

Tissot sure knows the art to make info troublesome to read!:-d

 

[digitalxni]

just got another G-shock today and I'd like to go swimming with it but I'm still so paranoid about it getting wet! Is there anything to do or should I just jump in at the deep end? (no pun intended of course...) Or should I take it apart and grease it up or something?

 

[ShockMister]

just got another G-shock today and I'd like to go swimming with it but I'm still so paranoid about it getting wet! Is there anything to do or should I just jump in at the deep end? (no pun intended of course...) Or should I take it apart and grease it up or something?

Is it due to an irrational fear? I would just dive into the deep end. There is no chance of water getting in. In the (very) small likelihood that the watch is defective, you could just exchange it.

 

[danpass]

just got another G-shock today and I'd like to go swimming with it but I'm still so paranoid about it getting wet! Is there anything to do or should I just jump in at the deep end? (no pun intended of course...) Or should I take it apart and grease it up or something?

It'll be fine, you can even push the buttons underwater. :-!

 

[digitalxni]

I'd say it was rational fear! Even if you gave me a watch that was completely water PROOF, I'd still be paranoid about getting it wet... Not bothered much about the buttons underwater, just want to know I can put it on in the morning, do whatever I want, take it off at night and know its still working

 

[Tapped]

Very informative piece, sounds like you did your homework. Thanx for the post, this should be a special on the discovery channel.

 

[Percy]

It'll be fine, you can even push the buttons underwater. :-!

A drug trafficer's plane?

 

[Geopro]

Thanks very much for your work on that post! Very informative!

 

[James Haury]

I just bought a Timex expedition dive style watch with an elapsed time bezel a ss case and indiglo it is wr to 656 ft according to the manual and the manual also says it is not be used to dive with?In my opinion this is proof that there are too many lawyers.I also bought a cheap digital watch which is wr to 100 ft .The manual for it says you can swim with it and wash your car.