Talk:Water Resistant mark

message: The section that describes what is permissible at each depth does not match up with the reference it cites (footnote [1]).  The cited chart says that "water resistant" (usually means 30m) is for splashes only, 50m is OK for swimming, and 100m is OK for swimming, snorkeling, or water sports.
Here is a slightly more readable version of the same chart (1 bar == 10 meter of depth): Seiko Water Resistance FAQ
incandenza 06:08, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of depths is off by one? 

message: Does anyone know where iso standards can be looked up for free?
Itn't it a bit ironic that you need a watch that says it can resist water 100 meters deep before you can swim in a 3 meter deep pool with it?
====ISO 6425 and Breitling====
Regards this statement: "Watches conforming to ISO 6425 are marked with the word 'Divers'."  Looking at my two Breitlings right now, I don't see the word "Divers" anywhere on either one of them.  They're both diving watches, rated to 500 and 1,500 meters.  Assuming Breitling conforms to ISO 6425, the statement above should read "Watches conforming to ISO 6425 are allowed to be marked with the word 'Divers.'"
--ExarPalantas (talk) 07:22, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISO standards 

message: Regards this statement: "Watches conforming to ISO 6425 are marked with the word 'Divers'."  Looking at my two Breitlings right now, I don't see the word "Divers" anywhere on either one of them.  They're both diving watches, rated to 500 and 1,500 meters.  Assuming Breitling conforms to ISO 6425, the statement above should read "Watches conforming to ISO 6425 are allowed to be marked with the word 'Divers.'"
--ExarPalantas (talk) 07:22, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ISO 6425 and Breitling

message: Can you operate a watch marked Water Resistant X M under water?  Can buttons be pushed?  Is that part of the spec or is it arbitrary?
--Olethros 13:40, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about operating? 

message: I think that the chart on this page is a little sparse compared to others I've seen, including the one in the instruction manual to my own diving watch.  I'm working on a new one.  Does anyone know what the reference is for "20 bar/200 meters/scuba diving to a depth of 30 m"?  It's not in the FAQ pages at Seiko Watches website, which is the only reference on the site.
--ExarPalantas (talk) 07:57, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Remind ISO 6425 deals with diving watches that do not need breathing gas in contrast to divers. The only problem the diving watch/watchcase has to deal with are the exposition of liquids and/or (in much rarer cases) gases in the watch environment. What liquids or gasses the divers are exposed to is often irrelevant for the watch. A technical scuba diver might be exposed to helium gas during a dive, whilst a during that dive used diving watch only gets submerged in seawater. During saturation diving operations the used watches are often subjected to the same environment as the divers for prolonged time periods. Since the presence of helium in the watch environment posses practical problems I pointed helium exposure out in the table.--Francis Flinch (talk) 14:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Depth Chart