Best Rep For Diving Or Swiming?

[OiRogers]

This is something i've been wondering myself recently. But not so much for just swimming but sports in general. I havent seen many reports of people wearing reps playing tennis, soccer, running, sport swimming etc...

Will the movements last under vigorous activity?

I don't wear my chrono's swimming... just too many places for water to get in for me to chance it... I'm also pretty anal about not running my chrono's to excess... I love the a7750 movement, but I don't trust it 100% without a full servicing and have only had 2 of mine serviced thusfar.
But I do wear my ETA and Asian movement reps doing various hard activities... running a chainsaw, mountain biking, water-skiiing/wakeboarding... I also wear a horrible VC rep for running every morning.... I think I've managed to kill one movement so far, its rotor fell off... But I don't think it ever had a screw holding it on in the first place... I carefully opened the caseback and hunted for the loose screw, never found it and the movement runs fine as a handwind....


BTW, Anyone know what size screw I need to put a rotor onto a high beat a7750?... or have a spare?

 

[jag0]

OiRogers,

Thanks for the info... so basically i need to pick up a few A21j and ETA movements for physical activity.... or i could just get one of those cheap nike or swiss army watches

 

[OiRogers]

I figure every time I do something physically active with one of my watches strapped to my wrist, I'm running a chance of killing the movement... I'm ok with that. I have a few spares and can fix many issues myself... I've got a few watches, that are my favorites, that I am careful to take off before serious physical activity... but for the most part, I figure they are meant to be worn and used. Thats just me though.

I think that for most people, I'd suggest look at a quartz watch for serious physical activity.

 

[Dario33]

I'd go with either flavor of IWC CD or Breitling SFSO...

 

[fakemaster]

Seiko
:wink:

So a gen.

 

[apentivolpi]

Seiko
:wink:

So a gen.

Took the words right out of my keyboard lol i know gen are but the fourm is about rep....

 

[Pix]

For free diving...

 

[bong]

I always swim and dive with my UPo and never had any problems

 

[b16a2]

I would recommend the SFSO, I wouldn't buy a chrono watch to go diving in. With any choice you do make, always get it pressure tested before you go diving with it, there are no guarantee's with replicas