What watch do you wear?

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DaveHS said:
Spectacular !
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Wishfulthinker580 said:
Very cool! Was just looking at their website the other day. Very nice stuff
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Thanks, guys. 🙂

Love the inspiration for this watch, as well as RGM’s execution. And, yes — the website has some beautiful examples of Roland Murphy’s work. Really nice to see a U.S.-based manufacture — located just outside of Lancaster, PA, with all of its watchmaking heritage. 👍🏻
 
John A. Larsen said:
Interesting looking watch. According to the Water Resistance Guide I found, 100M means you can swim or snorkel with this watch, but not SCUBA Dive with it. John
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Correct. I've been PADI AOW (Advanced Open Water) certified for more than 30 years and would never take a watch with just a 100m rating diving. I did take a Rolex Sub, w/r rating 300m, down to about 120 feet on a wall dive in the Caymans years ago but had it pressure tested before doing it. Also took a Casio Duro, w/r rating 200m, down to about 60 feet on a wreck dive off of Key West a couple years ago without getting it pressure tested and it's still running well. Of course with everyone using dive computers nowadays a dive watch is more or less just jewelry.
 
44Magpie said:
Correct. I've been PADI AOW (Advanced Open Water) certified for more than 30 years and would never take a watch with just a 100m rating diving. I did take a Rolex Sub, w/r rating 300m, down to about 120 feet on a wall dive in the Caymans years ago but had it pressure tested before doing it. Also took a Casio Duro, w/r rating 200m, down to about 60 feet on a wreck dive off of Key West a couple years ago without getting it pressure tested and it's still running well. Of course with everyone using dive computers nowadays a dive watch is more or less just jewelry.
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ive been certified diver since 1989...and ive dove open water type dives all over the world with many quality brand watches under 100m and they did fine. one time i took a seiko 50m watch down to about 60m in Bonaire back in 1991, it did fine.

this was a different time back then. I dont recommend anyone break any depth restrictions, dive tables or rules in today's world.

this was also long before internet, dive computers and affordable iso 6425 watches, were easy to find. nowadays we have good budget dive watches that meet or exceed iso6425 like the citizen diver line.

I dont dive anymore, due to a lung disease. it isn't safe for me anymore. I do miss it.

I still swim and snorkel though.
 
I went to the USN Ship's Diver course at the New London, Sea base in 1973.No deep diving there, but did go down to 130 feet several times on Re-Qualification dives at Key West Florida. I had a Seiko Professional rated to 300 meters, which I bought at Higa's Pawn Shop in Futema, Okinawa in Oct 1971. Wore it for the rest of my tour in Vietnam, and for the next 17 years. Five of those years on a SF Scuba Team, made many dives, swims and it kept right on plugging along. Recently found a local man who specialized in repairing Seiko, and had it overhauled. Rugged watch. John
 
John A. Larsen said:
I went to the USN Ship's Diver course at the New London, Sea base in 1973.No deep diving there, but did go down to 130 feet several times on Re-Qualification dives at Key West Florida. I had a Seiko Professional rated to 300 meters, which I bought at Higa's Pawn Shop in Futema, Okinawa in Oct 1971. Wore it for the rest of my tour in Vietnam, and for the next 17 years. Five of those years on a SF Scuba Team, made many dives, swims and it kept right on plugging along. Recently found a local man who specialized in repairing Seiko, and had it overhauled. Rugged watch. John
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John,
Thank you for sharing. I’d love to see a photo of that old overhauled Seiko!
 
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