| Author | Message | ||
     Todd Nash (Nash) New Member Username: Nash Post Number: 39 Registered: 02-2003 |
Not really. However, he did challenge my Ironman Triathlon watch a couple of months ago. He said he didn't think that cheap-ass watches were really waterproof/water-resistant to the numbers printed on their faces. My Walmart Ironman decided to take the challenge earlier this month on a trip to the Florida Keys. It says "100M" on its face. I rented a 20ft center console for a days fishing in Islamorada. Late in the day (after catching squat) we headed off-shore to deeper water. Allegedly it was 400+ feet deep. My Ironman and I parted a sad farewell. I tied it to a 5lb dive weight and sent it downtown. I let out about 320 feet of line, let it sit, and then reeled it back in. My plan was to blame John Lee for the loss of my $30 watch and guilt him into buying me a new one. Eureka! It survived. True, it had a small hazy look to the face (I guess some moisture seeped in) but the sucka works. Its now back to baseline. By the way, you can go to 100+ feet and push the buttons, and no troubles. Indiglo too. Just an update. T Nash | ||
| Tim '92 RR (Snowman) Senior Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 707 Registered: 12-2002 |
John Cameron Swayze (RIP) would be very proud  . Tim | ||
| Rupert J (Tehamarx) Member Username: Tehamarx Post Number: 125 Registered: 11-2002 |
"It takes a licking, but keeps on ticking" | ||
| Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 1393 Registered: 04-2003 |
LOL, your experiment was a success. | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Senior Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 330 Registered: 01-2003 |
Blue- At least it wasn't sprouting geysers. Many years ago I had an underwater movie camera case fill up with water at about 70 feet. When I got it to the surface, it was not only still full of water (Duh!) but it was also sporting a small geyser of water that was shooting about 10-15 feet into the air. We stayed as far away from it as possible until the geyser went away, then opened it very gently. Of course the camera was toast (salty soggy toast) A good time was had by all but the owner of the camera (me). I would gladly have settled for just a hazy face on the case. Laughing about it now... | ||
| R. B. Bailey (Rover50987) Senior Member Username: Rover50987 Post Number: 775 Registered: 07-2002 |
I made fun of my brother for wearing those Ironman watches - when he got in the Spec. Ops. he was SUPPOSED to wear a cool looking "Bond" watch or something, right? - well, they do hold up, and they are cheap. So after getting in a fight or having one break while jumping out of a plane, he could easily afford a new one. But I still make fun of him. | ||
| Greg Hirst (Gregh) Senior Member Username: Gregh Post Number: 526 Registered: 10-2002 |
LOL-That's perfect, SpecOps with INDIGLO watches... | ||
| Steve Rupp (Steve_rupp) Member Username: Steve_rupp Post Number: 126 Registered: 03-2003 |
How deep is John's Speedmaster rated for? | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 1036 Registered: 02-2002 |
the deepest part of the swiming pool in his backyard... | ||
| Steve Rupp (Steve_rupp) Member Username: Steve_rupp Post Number: 128 Registered: 03-2003 |
LOL | ||
| Porter Mann (Porter) Member Username: Porter Post Number: 150 Registered: 05-2003 |
I've pushed buttons on my Casio G-Shock watch at over 200 feet, and it never flooded. Its not the coolest watch out there, but I have to say - I trust it with my life as I need it for keeping track of my decompression depth/time. Something to take into mind, is that there's a difference between the static pressure and slow increasing pressure the companies used to describe their max depth. Static pressure can be caused by a diver who moves their arm quicky, causing an instant static pressure to be put on the watch. Even at some shallow depth, the movement can cause the pressure on the watch to exceed the maximum depth (actually a conversion of the pressure it can handle). Most companies put their watches in chambers and slowly increase the pressure until it floods (or leaks), so its a little decieving what they note on their watches sometimes. Salt water eats anything. While teaching scuba, I would always ensure that the students tightened their flashlight covers before entering the water. Inevitabily, there was always someone who would reopen, and then not close the cover causing salt water to enter the light - causing instant death to the inside components. | ||
| Robin Marshall (Sirrobin) New Member Username: Sirrobin Post Number: 19 Registered: 08-2003 |
I'll stick with my SUUNTO, thanks. Hundreds of hours under water, no problems, but then it's a dive computer too... pretty good one at that... Porter, hope you were on mix at 200ft, that's awfully close to the MOD of plain old air. Also I'm sure you meant dynamic pressure, not static. Static pressure is the way watches are rated, dynamic pressure is what can theoretically occur with movement. | ||
| Porter Mann (Porter) Member Username: Porter Post Number: 152 Registered: 05-2003 |
Robin I stand corrected, I ment dynamic pressure. With an MOD at 220 on air, I agree I was pretty close. I've done a few dives to that depth on air, and I don't think i'll be going back there again without trimix at this point. Even with adv. nitrox/deco/deep air training its just too dangerous. It was at the height of my diving career when I was going out every weekend though. | ||
| Todd Nash (Nash) Member Username: Nash Post Number: 41 Registered: 02-2003 |
Too deep for me. I'm happy maxing out at around 110 feet. You can only stay a few minutes, anyway (without big decompression stops, etc.) I just had a colleague die diving in Cozumel last month. I'm going to Ixtapa in 2 weeks, so I'm a little unnerved. She just swam away from her partner from the surface to over 100 feet, and perished. No real explanation. I'm guessing an embolism, but she was near the surface when something "happened". |
