The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread
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Beautiful @Stuart.T looks prettier, cleaner and more refined there than it does in the product pics around the web. Thanks very much and well done. I may have to check my priorities after all.
I'll take a pic later next to my Seiko for comparison. This is a much thinner watch and the strap is 20mm. That suits me just fine for winter as it sits under cuffs really nicely as you can see from my pic it's hard to imagine a much better quality mechanical watch at this price, but I don't purport to be an expert. I was going to get a NATO strap for it but the more I read online about the damage they can cause the less inclined I am. I like this strap too…
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What damage? I've been using NATOs for years and I haven't noticed anything.
I've seen pics of pins being quite badly bent when natos have been used on watches where there pins don't lock (as they do on my seiko). I know that Zuludiver provide a set of there own pins when you buy one of their straps. Have you had any experience of their products @DougNg ? I'm interested to learn of other experiences. Thanks in advance.
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I've never had a problem. It has never occurred to me to worry about it, springbars are cheap.
And I would really prefer a springbar failure over a pin that locks in place. A pin that's locked up will eventually rip out the hole in the lug if you apply force to it.
$3 part vs expensive repair (if can be fixed at all)
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I’ve had this watch for the last few months and can personally attest it’s tough as shit. Couple hundred miles running, three rock climbing sessions, three weeks of travel, two rifle training sessions (which include runnning/climbing/hitting the dirt/slamming into things) and 7k rounds of ammo (around 2k at the courses and another five of practice) downrange and it’s doing just fine. I put on a glass screen protector so I never worry about damaging the crystal.
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I need a G Shock. Thank you for the recommendation
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I can’t find my g shock. I’m sick to my stomach. Fucking love that thing. ReAlly hope It turns up.
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It actually says in the manual to not go swimming to any depth that requires an oxygen tank.
With that being said, you can see search and rescue divers wearing G-Shocks all the time in photographs.
I suspect it's because most models don't have a screw on caseback. They use casebacks with four screws and a gasket.
From the Thailand cave rescue (left photo):
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You’re such an ISO
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_watch
While many watches can go diving, I think it's good that there is a standard for dive watches. You can throw a grandfather clock into the ocean but that doesn't make it a dive watch.
You can bounce on your dick but it doesn't make it a pogo stick.
Jeggings identify themselves as jeans. Iron Heart self identifies itself as jeans. That does not make them the same and equivalent.
It is unwise to devalue the meaning of words. I'm dealing with that in my workplace right now.
My Iron Heart/Pinion has dived with me to 210ft and still tells the time…...That's all I need to know