What we do about upgrading the waterproof

[mightynimrod]

Im sure it can happen occasionally, but dude, it looks like you have either shit ton of bad luck, or you guys are doin something wrong.

Ive never heard of, seen, or read about a cracked gen xtal during a 3bar pressure test.
Im getting sus here.

Doesn't seem right does it.

3 Bar is nothing, especially for a gen xtal - there must've been an inherent fault in it to crack, pressurising at 3 bar wouldn't have done that.

 

[dogwood]

Doesn't seem right does it.

3 Bar is nothing, especially for a gen xtal - there must've been an inherent fault in it to crack, pressurising at 3 bar wouldn't have done that.

It depends on how the crack happened. If the crystal came flying off during a vacuum pressure test, or during the decompression cycle of a 3 bar test, there’s more than enough energy in a 3 bar gauge pressure difference to send the crystal flying really fast into the hard metal edges inside the machine.

 

[WatchAficionado]

I'm late to all this water conversation but is a little disturbing that you can't even shower with them.. nowadays a $20 battery watch from walmart would hold a shower, just saying....

 

[Reaps]

I'm late to all this water conversation but is a little disturbing that you can't even shower with them.. nowadays a $20 battery watch from walmart would hold a shower, just saying....

They can be made water resistant but there's no guarantee they're water resistant out of the box. Most modern Rolex replicas and such are pretty good nowadays.

Many people (including myself) have water tested, swam with replicas, no problem. It's just precautionary.

Illegal replicas, they don't follow QC standards for assembly. Pinched gaskets, improperly closed casebacks, missing gaskets, these are all real possibilities in replicas, which would make them not water test.