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Steelfish, anyone dared to test the "diving" capab

subseeker

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Has anyone (brave enough) tested the steelfish in water?

Is it REALLY water proof?
I don't care about 1000meter, but will it really survive in the beach or swimming pool?

Is this our answer to true water proof rep?
 

repliking

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1000M :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That's funny!!! I would not take a shower with a rep.....no matter what the "claim" is. :wink: If you need/want to go diving,get a gen diving watch. :D
 

denisegold

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I believe that someone will be "turning up the heat" on this watch. Should be a good read.
 

takashi

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rbj has promised to do an independent water pressure test on this watch. I am looking forward to the result. However, judging from latest batch of reps, it seems that they really have very good water resistance.
 

rbj69

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Well as u know angus asked me to pressure it up so i did various ways and i did it standard and then i left it under pressure for longer than standard and still i couldnt blow the crystal off or the crown out or the caseback loose, so i say lets go diving , lol

disclaimer: all i can tell u is how this particular watch in the pics handled the pressure , so dont come crying to me if u sink yours, lmao

also when people send me watches to do this job i normally only go half way , cause most will never go over 10 feet of water , lol


ok here goes , first i pumped it up to 3atm which is more than enough for the average swim guy and the results no bubbles around the crystal or the caseback or the crown
i placed watch in the container


i pumped it up to 3atm which is standard practice (also letting it sit there and be scared for a little while) and is plenty for most people


and now i lowered in the cold depths of the ocean, lmao


then i slowly released teh pressure gauge, at this point u look for bubbles , usually u will see bubbles escape tthe bezel and the bracelet pin and sometime underneath the crown and they look a bit different than a leak bubble , its a zen thing, lol

anyway it passed with flying colors , then i did that same test again , same results

now i said to myself angus would want me to blow this thing up , so i tried and here r the results

same thing i suspeneded it and pumped it up till i couldnt pump it no more, i almost turned the whole machine over pumping so hard, lmao it gets really tight when u go full blast , the only other watch that i had tried this with was a mbw drsd and it did fine as well



then i waited ample time and then i lowered the boom , and i was seriosly expecting it to make me jump , cause i thought for sure that crystal was going to pop off really hard, usually that is what happens when a watch is weak in a area, i remember the first time i just bout peepeed in my pants , cause u dont expect it the first time, u r looking really close and hard for bubbles and then boom the crystal come flying at u and it scares u senseless and then u laugh and hury to get it out of there and salvage it , lmao

anyway here it is under 6at doing just fine and saying give me some more u cruel person, lmao


then i did it again and same results , hope u enjoyed it as much as i did , kudos to Angus for providing us with such a workhorse of a watch

joe
 

FLIP954RR

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Could not see some of the pics Joe.
But great tests-now I know it was money well spent!! :lol:
 

tiresmoke

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Well... since 6 ATM is roughly 50 m, I would say that this watch looks like it will survive any type of recreational diving that almost anyone would do. Nice test.
 

Sylar

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Awesome Joe, for those that did not belive there is he proof. I am waiting for mine and I will take divigng up to 200ft next month in the carribean. We shall se how it does.
 

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Yllwtrb said:
Awesome Joe, for those that did not belive there is he proof. I am waiting for mine and I will take divigng up
to 200ft next month in the carribean. We shall se how it does.

Can't wait to hear the results... don't forget to bring a backup Gshock just in case ;)
 

road rash

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Great post, thanks Joe.

I hope we see some more reps with better water resistance. I would be willing to pay for that little WR treat. everytime I wear my orange monster I forget that it is a gen and can take some water. When you wear reps one develops that wrist fear of water habit :D