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and mighty fine it is...
Argos have it on clearance for £33.00 ! other places still charging between £60 -£100 ! also the stainless steel version also on clearance
Its very chunky with a nice weight.
Best of all is that it matches my middle management Audi and log burner...(old saab and candle)
Cheers for the PSA, been without a watch for a year now and it's starting to annoy me.
Decent watch for the money, but I can't understand why they make a divers watch you can't wear diving?!
ooh linky?
trying to cut back on phone use, need a watch!
Looks like a TAG Formula 1 from the late 80’s.
a divers watch you can't wear diving?!
Isn't water resistant down to 100m divey enough for you? That's 10 atmospheres of pressure.
100m means you are using a blend of helium, nitrogen and oxygen that isn't breathable in shallower depths and you have to carry a third tank to 'travel' to the bottom - using traditional tanks or you have a closed circuit rebreather
or you can hold your breath and swim down and up which is world champion level competition depth
100m is a lot. but I would bet that a casio would crap out at about 50m, at which point you wouldn't want to rely on just a casio anyway.
FFS STW, I have no need or desire for a new watch but I'm now on the Argos website debating a purchase. You're a bad influence you lot are.
It'll probably cope with the shower and doing the washing up, then?
It has to be said, there's a rotating bezel on my citizen divers watch and it is THE most useful thing. I use it daily for cooking times and the like.
okay Muff divers who here dives to 100m ? your holiday padi thing will only let you go down 20m max, if you're into serious diving then I guess a casio wont cut the mustard...
I myself will be using it for washing up, showers, probably not diving of any sort...wife says watch needs to come off...
wife says watch needs to come off...
I wear a watch rated to 300m. In 10 years of wearing it, it's never been in the sea....but, you never know, one day I might need to open the helium release valve whilst scrubbing a casserole dish. 
bodgy said » wife says watch needs to come off...
Moar commas 
Argos have it on clearance for £33.00 !
“Was £35.99”
legend - Member
Argos have it on clearance for £33.00 !
“Was £35.99”
from my snooping that was also a clearance price...
“Was £35.99”from my snooping that was also a clearance price
Fair enough
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Seems there is some misinformation around watch depth ratings.
The rating is the static pressure the watch can withstand, not the depth of water.
http://www.watchshop.com/watch-guide/waterresistance.html
or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Resistant_mark
200m is the minimum you'd want for diving. 300+ for deep sea.
Despite being 30m resistance, a 30m watch wouldn't survive swimming in a standard swimming pool, for example.
I once accidentally left my G-Shock on in a swimming pool
True story.
binners - Member
I once accidentally left my G-Shock on in a swimming poolTrue story.
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was it/are you okay hun ?
It was quite traumatic when I realised my mistake
But with the help of God we got through it
binners - Member
It was quite traumatic when I realised my mistakeBut with the help of God we got through it
amen to that, I was shaking with fear for you...
The issue arises when it is moved, as when it is being worn in water, the pressure on the watch varies, and can cause seals to fail, and water to enter the watch.
As pressure is only a function of depth I'm struggling to see the logic of this. Sounds more like people in marketing have upped the numbers to make the product seem better than it actually is with little understanding what the changes mean and now no one can walk them back so they become accepted industry standards.
Why all the talk of diving, most divers wear a dive comuter that is also a watch rather than a watch as it provides alot more useful info
The OP's new watch does look very nice though
I'm struggling to see the logic of this
So am I. Doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong though, just that I don't understand it.
I'm struggling to see the logic of this
Stick your head out of the window of your car at 70 MPH
The air will press on your face with considerably more than the prevailing atmospheric pressure due to your movement.
I think this is what they mean and I can kinda see the logic in it for surfers who are getting pummelled by waves but not so much for divers who are making relatively slow movements under water.
I wouldn't recommend doing that PP....
Stick your head out of the window of your car at 70 MPH
See I thought that (I was thinking of things like a pressure washer), but it seems counter-intuitive to me that a watch can be waterproof at a depth of 30m so long as it's perfectly still, yet is at risk of ingress if I wear it whilst doing the washing up. If I swam at 70mph then it'd make sense!
Maybe you aren't doing the washing up quickly enough?
I wouldn't recommend doing that PP....
I used to rock double denim back in the day.
Nice watch OP .
I have a watch which since its last battery change is waterproof to a depth of 0.00 of an inch ..as in not at all
Wearing it outside in the rain causes it to steam up ..once this has occurred is it then possible to make it water resistant again?
It holds a lot of sentimental value as it was the first present my missus bought me 18 years ago ...
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As said above, 200m is required for diving. As regards computers, divers always double up on things that may save your life, I don't dive any more, but always had a watch and tables to back up my computer.
@hodgy send it to animal. They still service their watches. The founders went on to form Elliot and Brown watches and the old animal watches were well made. Have a couple that need to go in for new batteries.
My 'watch' for diving, slightly over engineered for everday use
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