5:20 this is a myth. You’d need to swim at the speed of a rocket to generate any noticeable dynamic pressure. This has been discussed scientifically in an old thread if you are interested
I have a question. Could you make an episode about watch servicing? And also the cost that comes along with that? Great show again! Makes me smile al the “time”
I'm with Tom on the 30m water resistant question. I have been doing some of my own research on this, and all of the evidence based information seems to indicate that you can, in fact, trust the depth ratings. All of the arguments that I've seen against this seem to be somewhere along the lines of, "well I wouldn't," or, "I'm too scared to," or the debunked "I can create 30 meters of pressure simply by wiggling my arm around in 1m of water." We need to get the Myth Busters out of retirement to settle this for good.
The pressure rating is merely a pressure rating in a lab. Look at the manual for what you can do with it. Some manufacturers state you can swim with 50m (or even 30m), other say 100m is needed.
@@seattlegrrlie I'd raise that to 3 metres, which is about the maximum depth of a swimming pool you can jump into head first (from low altitude). I do like to breathe out and sit on the bottom now and then.
@@adyyzels living near the beach is even more dangerous…. Think of the dynamic air pressure as the tide comes in and squeezes the air pressure upwards. Accordingly high tide could be dangerous to the health of your watch….
@@PhilbyFavourites 😂😂😂😂 totally agreed,living near to sea level also dangerous,as the air pressure is higher here compare to live in mountain.. and i also ride my bike at high speed,the air resistance could also hurt my watch..😅
Closer, but not correct. 30m is actually 4 atmospheres. Because it’s 1 atm at the surface, 2@10m, 3@20m, 4@30m…….. All watchmakers get it wrong, or maybe they just like to use round numbers like 10am, 20atm. Divers have to know the right answer because their lives depend on understanding the physics.
Closer, but not correct. 30m is actually 4 atmospheres. Because it’s 1 atm at the surface, 2@10m, 3@20m, 4@30m…….. All watchmakers get it wrong, or maybe they just like to use round numbers like 10am, 20atm. Divers have to know the right answer because their lives depend on understanding the physics.
Interesting point on the quickset date: actually most of the newer (swiss) movements have a fail safe to avoid damaging anything but they keep advising people to be watchful of this so as to avoid them damaging their older watches by mistake...
For any reputable watch manufacturer 30m means exactly that (in fact usually tested to above that), ditto for 100m etc. People are way too precious about this and overcomplicate it. The biggest risk for a 30m watch in the water is probably to the (usually) leather strap.
Does it mean I can submerge the 30m watch under water for example when cleaning and I just want to rinse the soap off the watch? Or take it to a pool. I’ve heard people go to pools with 30m watches and have no issues.
Since I am scoring myself, and you asked some questions that were wrong no matter the answer, I gave myself 100%+ score. No matter what you asked or what the answer, I got it right because I read the instructions no matter how small the print, because I know how to use an electron microscope. I even built one.
The 30m thing is rubbish. Maybe except for some cheap trash watch from Aliexpress. I've worn many a Swatch over the years (those are 30m water resistant) and I took them swimming and snorkeling without any issue at all.
Take your $50 Casio into the pool if you want. If I have a Lange dress watch that has 30M or even 50m of water resistance, I’m not taking that shit near a kiddie pool.
But the unidirectional bezel can be inadvertently increased, thereby increasing their "no decompression time" limit, which doesn't make sense. The bezel is to time their decompression stages during ascent, so they can be sure that the minimum decompression time has been met based on their time submerged at their lowest depth. If the bezel is accidentally bumped up, it can only increase that time, so there is no danger of spending less time than necessary to decompress safely.
@Will Harris no, the bezel has nothing to do with running out of air at all. The longer and deeper you stay under water, the more chance of decompression sickness. Sometimes you might have plenty of air, but need to surface anyway to prevent the bends. I do use these as I am a diving instructor.
The bezel isn't there to warn anybody of anything. It's just a timer, not an alarm or warning device, and can be used to time anything the user wants. If you want a diving watch with an alarm then JLC has the Polaris Memovox. But every diver already has an extremely reliable indicator of the air left which is not subject to "inadvertent" adjustment: an air pressure gauge. Relying instead on the rotating bezel of a diving watch to monitor remaining air is nonsense, even as a backup (if your air pressure gauge gives up, the dive is immediately over no matter what time it is).
@@RandomGuyRandomNumber I'm a diving instructor with over 2000 dives. I know what the bezel is for. It is to warn you when your no decompression limit is up. I know it has nothing whatsoever to do with air. But it is a timer. I never said it was an alarm, you have yo keep looking at it and before the minute hand reaches the zero on the bezel you need to start ascendiqng so you don't get decompression sickness.
Thank you guys so much! I’m really not feeling well and stayed home from work and a new video from WF was just what the Dr. ordered! Love you mad bastards 😉 Tom is hilarious!
Love the video . For cleaning my watch . I will really wring out a chamois leather until very nearly dry and use it wipe the glass over and a cotton bud very slightly moistened to wipe around the back of the case and the inside of the strap . I am in the habid of taking my watch off while doing anything like washing up and similar PS. I do not own a decent watch .
People forget that their watches have trillions of built up bacteria both dead and alive, hiding on every surface of the watch. Additionally anyone who uses their watch frequently will know how sweaty it can get under there. A little soap, like Dawn or something else mild, is absolutely good for your watch and for you. And if you have a croc strap you absolutely can put it in water and clean it as well.
@@TheBelgianGamers1 Not that I don't love my Seamaster but it was surprising. Sometimes I wish they didn't do such a fantastic job in filming, these are details I'd never see without magnification. Or unless something catastrophic happened...
Wait, wait, wait. We can set the date with the hands at any point?! I’ve not worn so many watches because I wanted to switch watches but it wasn’t the right time of day so I just leave it.
Mr Talking Hands (AKA Andrew) mentions at the and "Hopefully U2 scored well....", of course they did they even had several top 10 hits back in the day. Not sure if the band members know anything about watches though. A great fun but informative vid guys!
the "metres" in water resistance rating is a completely arbitrary conversion of pressure units (atmospheres) and has very little to do with how the watch will perform in terms of actual water resistance. its all marketing. Also, 30 metres water resistance = resistant to atmospheric pressure of 3 ie. the approximate units of pressure force applied to an object at 30 metres below the earths surface (where approximate atmospheric pressure at sea level = 1)
At 05:12 ... 30 meter under water is 3 Bar of pressure in old units. Proper SI units are Pascal. 3 Bar is ca 30000 Pa. (1 Pascal is 1 Newton per square meter FYI) What a silly video anyway. I used to wash my Rolex Submariner inside a sock in the washing machine with my other clothes. But that was before "hairdressers" like you started all this hype about watches.
If it says Vostok on the watch and 20 metres water resistant it means if you dive to a depth of 20 metres wearing your Vostok it won't leak water. Russians aren't Swiss or Japanese.
Aren’t most watches tested beyond the listen depth rating anyway? You should be able to trust the depth rating from a reputable company. If water gets in then there is probably a defect or the seals went bad over time. That being said I still tend to prefer 100m or more when buying a watch
Hi guys, wuick question. How about 100m without a screwdown crown? I’ve got a hamilton khaki auto and been wondering if I could go swimming with it. Thank you kind people!
Is there a way you could change the podcast thumbnail as opposed to the thumbnail for the regular Watchfinder videos so we can tell the difference between the Watchfinder exposes and the podcasts? Those damn trumpets on the podcast are VERY UN-ASMR!!!!!!
One more thing ... whenever you go out THE WATCH STAYS ON THE WRIST , I don't care if the weather is hot or your wrist hurts , there are so many horrible accidents could happen, the dog or your nephew could knock it of the table or even worse an adult person could do that 🤣 so just keep ur watch on your wrist untill you come bk home
BONUS ROUND: You shouldn't set the time by going backwards (i.e. moving the hands counterclockwise). That's always been a fear I've had. I know that most modern watches are designed to protect the gears from being damaged, but seeing the hands move more than once around the dial in the opposite direction makes my insides want to fall out.
Had my caseback very badly gouged by an AD, I've done it myself ever since, just be careful and watch a few instructional videos first. You care about your watch more than anyone else 🤷♂️
Why is it that even the experts get the water ratings wrong. Firstly watch manufactures should just quote pressure ratings in bar and not meters. 30 bar is not 30m its 300m. When they say 30m it means its basically splash proof and 50m is ok to wear in the shower. 100m is ok for swimming and 200m is the minimum for diving. As its a pressure rating and not depth if you slowly increased the pressure on a watch rated to 3 bar it would would test fine at 30m. However if you stood in the shower the water droplets falling and hitting the watch might have a higher water pressure than 3bar so the watch could leak.
If the water droplets would create a pressure higher than 3 bar, we would make use of this in other fields. But we don’t, because water droplets cannot create any significant water pressure. It has been studied, calculated and measured many times before.
@@diavalus Thanks for your reply. Presure is a force. What is the standard water presure in a house., is it over 3bar. What about a power shower. Some showers are so powerfull they can hurt. The water coming out of a hose pipe might travel over 10m...
@@stephens2r338 that pressure is only inside the pipes/hoses, once it exits, the pressure drops to somewhere in between 0.25 - 0.5 bar, depending on how the big water droplets are and considering your shower height is on average height (around 2.5 meters). Now, if someone showers with such a high pressure that it can hurt, then probably the main problem is not the watch water rating but something else
@@diavalus Thanks again. The energy stored in the water droplets doesn't just vanish when it leaves the pipe, it takes time to dissipate. Just like a bullet, All the pressure is in the barrel but it takes a few seconds before its stored energy is lost. Water pressure in your house is around 5bar.
@@stephens2r338 the pressure dissipates in the first few mm/cm after it leaves the nozzle, but I doubt anyone would keep their watch so close to the nozzle. The difference between a water droplet and a bullet is mass and force/pressure. The bullet is having a lot more mass and a lot more force, so even after losses, it is still enough to create damage. The water droplets do not have this “advantage”
Only chronograph question tricked, I forgot how idiot prove watches are, though maybe some vintage watches could be damaged by pushing pusher responsible for backing up chronograph whilst it's running.
Just a small correction… One atmosphere (14.7 psi) is approximately equal to 10.3 m/33.8 ft in fresh water. So 30 meters of water resistance would be able to go underwater quite a ways down. But don’t forget about the 1 ATM of pressure already pushing on the surface of the water to begin with. TLDR: I would only wash hands, rinse off or surface splash with a watch that had a 30m water resistance rating. I wouldn’t risk ruining a great watch. Use a dive watch or a digital watch to time dives.
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Well played
5:20 this is a myth. You’d need to swim at the speed of a rocket to generate any noticeable dynamic pressure. This has been discussed scientifically in an old thread if you are interested
True indeed
I have a question. Could you make an episode about watch servicing? And also the cost that comes along with that? Great show again! Makes me smile al the “time”
I'm with Tom on the 30m water resistant question. I have been doing some of my own research on this, and all of the evidence based information seems to indicate that you can, in fact, trust the depth ratings. All of the arguments that I've seen against this seem to be somewhere along the lines of, "well I wouldn't," or, "I'm too scared to," or the debunked "I can create 30 meters of pressure simply by wiggling my arm around in 1m of water." We need to get the Myth Busters out of retirement to settle this for good.
Nobody can create a pressure equivalent of 3 bar by only moving their wrist in water. And for this reason, 3 bar rated watches are absolutely fine,
The pressure rating is merely a pressure rating in a lab. Look at the manual for what you can do with it. Some manufacturers state you can swim with 50m (or even 30m), other say 100m is needed.
Let's be real, for most of us if we're more than 1m below something has gone seriously wrong with our day
Unfortunately it’s on record that Jamie hates Adam and vice versa.
@@seattlegrrlie I'd raise that to 3 metres, which is about the maximum depth of a swimming pool you can jump into head first (from low altitude).
I do like to breathe out and sit on the bottom now and then.
Dynamic pressure for water resistance thing is rubbish, Long Island Watches goes through the maths and found it made essentially no difference.
If you had told me that was an actual Rolex Submariner ad campaign in the 1950s I would not have been surprised
True,i wear my 5atm watch in the sea and pool,and it goes well for years.. i live near to the beach btw..
@@adyyzels living near the beach is even more dangerous….
Think of the dynamic air pressure as the tide comes in and squeezes the air pressure upwards. Accordingly high tide could be dangerous to the health of your watch….
@@PhilbyFavourites 😂😂😂😂 totally agreed,living near to sea level also dangerous,as the air pressure is higher here compare to live in mountain.. and i also ride my bike at high speed,the air resistance could also hurt my watch..😅
@r2l100 are you saying that im not torpedoing my watches? Preposterous!
Come on, 30 metres and 30 ATMOSPHERES are completely different. It's only 3 atmospheres for 30 metres.
Closer, but not correct. 30m is actually 4 atmospheres. Because it’s 1 atm at the surface, 2@10m, 3@20m, 4@30m…….. All watchmakers get it wrong, or maybe they just like to use round numbers like 10am, 20atm. Divers have to know the right answer because their lives depend on understanding the physics.
@@acoustonaut780 you are right !
@@acoustonaut780 are they not just referring to gauge pressure?
30 meters is not equivalent to 30 atmospheres -- you're off by an order of magnitude.
3 ATM
Just a brain fart i think, I'd bet the house that Andrew just had a word-woopsy-daisy. Let's forgive him, we all know he meant 3ATM
Closer, but not correct. 30m is actually 4 atmospheres. Because it’s 1 atm at the surface, 2@10m, 3@20m, 4@30m…….. All watchmakers get it wrong, or maybe they just like to use round numbers like 10am, 20atm. Divers have to know the right answer because their lives depend on understanding the physics.
The question about the reset button for the chronograph did not specify new and or old, so the response was correct.
Interesting point on the quickset date: actually most of the newer (swiss) movements have a fail safe to avoid damaging anything but they keep advising people to be watchful of this so as to avoid them damaging their older watches by mistake...
The midnight trick was very cruel indeed
For any reputable watch manufacturer 30m means exactly that (in fact usually tested to above that), ditto for 100m etc. People are way too precious about this and overcomplicate it. The biggest risk for a 30m watch in the water is probably to the (usually) leather strap.
A strong splash from e. g. waterfall exceeds easily allowed pressure.
Does it mean I can submerge the 30m watch under water for example when cleaning and I just want to rinse the soap off the watch? Or take it to a pool. I’ve heard people go to pools with 30m watches and have no issues.
@@michalremis I crawled with my Indian Seiko, just "Water resistant"-no issus at all. The technician at the Allwyn shop in Madras approved this, too.
Since I am scoring myself, and you asked some questions that were wrong no matter the answer, I gave myself 100%+ score. No matter what you asked or what the answer, I got it right because I read the instructions no matter how small the print, because I know how to use an electron microscope. I even built one.
The banter in this episode is real. 👏🏼
The 30m thing is rubbish. Maybe except for some cheap trash watch from Aliexpress. I've worn many a Swatch over the years (those are 30m water resistant) and I took them swimming and snorkeling without any issue at all.
True,just test the casio 30m watch..
That’s great to hear! I was worried about rinsing my 30m seiko 5 under water whem cleaning. Now I feel much safer doing so
@@michalremis yess,a normal human wont even survive 30M in the water.. we will die first before our watches.. 😂
Take your $50 Casio into the pool if you want. If I have a Lange dress watch that has 30M or even 50m of water resistance, I’m not taking that shit near a kiddie pool.
The bezel isn't to warn divers of running out of air, it's to warn them when they are low on no decompression time.
But the unidirectional bezel can be inadvertently increased, thereby increasing their "no decompression time" limit, which doesn't make sense.
The bezel is to time their decompression stages during ascent, so they can be sure that the minimum decompression time has been met based on their time submerged at their lowest depth. If the bezel is accidentally bumped up, it can only increase that time, so there is no danger of spending less time than necessary to decompress safely.
@Will Harris no, the bezel has nothing to do with running out of air at all. The longer and deeper you stay under water, the more chance of decompression sickness. Sometimes you might have plenty of air, but need to surface anyway to prevent the bends. I do use these as I am a diving instructor.
@@james82182 as it only rotates one way it can only decrease your dive time, making it safer.
The bezel isn't there to warn anybody of anything. It's just a timer, not an alarm or warning device, and can be used to time anything the user wants. If you want a diving watch with an alarm then JLC has the Polaris Memovox.
But every diver already has an extremely reliable indicator of the air left which is not subject to "inadvertent" adjustment: an air pressure gauge. Relying instead on the rotating bezel of a diving watch to monitor remaining air is nonsense, even as a backup (if your air pressure gauge gives up, the dive is immediately over no matter what time it is).
@@RandomGuyRandomNumber I'm a diving instructor with over 2000 dives. I know what the bezel is for. It is to warn you when your no decompression limit is up. I know it has nothing whatsoever to do with air. But it is a timer. I never said it was an alarm, you have yo keep looking at it and before the minute hand reaches the zero on the bezel you need to start ascendiqng so you don't get decompression sickness.
Thank you guys so much! I’m really not feeling well and stayed home from work and a new video from WF was just what the Dr. ordered! Love you mad bastards 😉 Tom is hilarious!
Love the video . For cleaning my watch . I will really wring out a chamois leather until very nearly dry and use it wipe the glass over and a cotton bud very slightly moistened to wipe around the back of the case and the inside of the strap . I am in the habid of taking my watch off while doing anything like washing up and similar PS. I do not own a decent watch .
Excellent vdo. I like it very much. So much fun. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Does anyone have the name or reference number for that first Longines watch that was shown? Its gorgeous. Thank you.
30 meters is 3 atm. 1 atm for every 10meters , correct?
Yes, correct
Casio F-91W has "only" 30m water resistance, yet this has been proven to be quite conservative 👍
I just got the chronograph one wrong, so 9/10 ehhhh, happy.
You guys ate great fun to listen to. Is watchfinder in birmingham the same company as this channel?
Always happy to listen to your videos before bed
Wow was that a backhanded compliment, implying that the boys are sleep-inducing, lol?
@@waltwearswatches3056 no, I was literally about to go to bed before watching this lol.
About the lose bracelet , i've worn my seiko 5 sport on a lose bracelet for 10 years and it was not a problem.
Amusing vid, in fact Tom is now an Horologist, hope for us all!!
People forget that their watches have trillions of built up bacteria both dead and alive, hiding on every surface of the watch. Additionally anyone who uses their watch frequently will know how sweaty it can get under there. A little soap, like Dawn or something else mild, is absolutely good for your watch and for you. And if you have a croc strap you absolutely can put it in water and clean it as well.
I have an ostrich strap that smells like a croc.
Did anyone catch the poor finishing of the underside of the second hand on the Omega Planet Ocean reflected on the broad arrow, at the 4:20 mark?
Yes! Was very surprised :/ For an Omega???
@@TheBelgianGamers1 Not that I don't love my Seamaster but it was surprising. Sometimes I wish they didn't do such a fantastic job in filming, these are details I'd never see without magnification. Or unless something catastrophic happened...
Looks like rust spots..
Very educational. Funny that some people don’t even get their SM PO wet.
30m under water get you to 4 atm pressure rather 30. 1 atm on the surface and additional 1 atm each 10 m
No, the internal pressure of the watch is already at one atmosphere so the pressure differential at 30m will be 3 atmospheres :)
More of this quiz format, please! 👍
Very enjoyable
9 out if 10 for me
I took the point on the setting of the date question as I also meant the same thing 😅
Can you change date with non quick set date at anytime ?
10. Must be the daft engineer in me. But some of those questions were nasty trick ones.
30m = 3 atm = 3 bar (approx)
dp = rho x g x dh
exactly :)
Fun and educational. Kinda like Sesame Street.
9/10. I missed the flyback/reset button thing. Chronographs aren’t my jam.
…this was great ! #10 is a little too subjective but i’m going to give you an extra point for the great, unexpected Phillip K Dick reference !
If it's 10 questions, you cannot score 75%. You may as well make the passing score either 70% or 80%.
Wait, wait, wait. We can set the date with the hands at any point?! I’ve not worn so many watches because I wanted to switch watches but it wasn’t the right time of day so I just leave it.
Love you guys!
😂 great video, thanks so much!
Mr Talking Hands (AKA Andrew) mentions at the and "Hopefully U2 scored well....", of course they did they even had several top 10 hits back in the day. Not sure if the band members know anything about watches though. A great fun but informative vid guys!
I read that U2 are in fact huge watch fans, but they still haven't found what they're looking for.
@@rayalix Brilliant, and they've been looking with or without you since the Joshua Tree.
When I attend to a concert or some ceremony, I'm always unsure about how safe is it for my watch to clap my hands. Can it dammage a mecanical watch?
Tom; You are officially, a Bloody Englishman.
the "metres" in water resistance rating is a completely arbitrary conversion of pressure units (atmospheres) and has very little to do with how the watch will perform in terms of actual water resistance. its all marketing. Also, 30 metres water resistance = resistant to atmospheric pressure of 3 ie. the approximate units of pressure force applied to an object at 30 metres below the earths surface (where approximate atmospheric pressure at sea level = 1)
Haha the quick date question was a low blow....poor Tom
0:24 Whenever I see mic like this I will double my guard against rickrolls lolz
Dental floss for watch strap changing is not really a bad idea
At 05:12 ... 30 meter under water is 3 Bar of pressure in old units. Proper SI units are Pascal. 3 Bar is ca 30000 Pa. (1 Pascal is 1 Newton per square meter FYI)
What a silly video anyway.
I used to wash my Rolex Submariner inside a sock in the washing machine with my other clothes.
But that was before "hairdressers" like you started all this hype about watches.
Love the quiz!
Annoying correction, because I'm a smartass: 30m of water equals 3 atmospheres. 30 atmospheres would be 300m of water.
'A Neddy No-No.' Hahaha, I haven't heard ANYBODY EVER use that phrase outside of The Simpson's.
Pfffff. You guys take all the fun out of Temple.
I like omega watches
How about a boxing match of 50m water resistant means you can only wash your hands against the opponent who slightly better understands ATM pressure
You can happily set your watch at midnight with a quartz watch.
If it says Vostok on the watch and 20 metres water resistant it means if you dive to a depth of 20 metres wearing your Vostok it won't leak water.
Russians aren't Swiss or Japanese.
Aren’t most watches tested beyond the listen depth rating anyway? You should be able to trust the depth rating from a reputable company. If water gets in then there is probably a defect or the seals went bad over time. That being said I still tend to prefer 100m or more when buying a watch
9 without the flyback bonus
loosey goosey giggly jangly jubilee ...
Eco drive watches' encourage you to put them in direct sunlight though
I scored 9 out of ten each time I tried...BECAUSE I LISTENED TO TOM😬
🤣😂
"If it's not screw-down, don't take it down."
What happens when you leave your watch with faux patina in the sun? 🤣
Hi guys, wuick question. How about 100m without a screwdown crown? I’ve got a hamilton khaki auto and been wondering if I could go swimming with it.
Thank you kind people!
Is there a way you could change the podcast thumbnail as opposed to the thumbnail for the regular Watchfinder videos so we can tell the difference between the Watchfinder exposes and the podcasts? Those damn trumpets on the podcast are VERY UN-ASMR!!!!!!
9/10 I don’t know much about chronograph watches.
1:00 WELP!…
One more thing ... whenever you go out THE WATCH STAYS ON THE WRIST , I don't care if the weather is hot or your wrist hurts , there are so many horrible accidents could happen, the dog or your nephew could knock it of the table or even worse an adult person could do that 🤣 so just keep ur watch on your wrist untill you come bk home
100/100. Can I have a job?
Watchmackers be like:
Interesting 🤔
10 / 10 I am a watch nerd
Just one learning out of 10 but funny 😄
BONUS ROUND: You shouldn't set the time by going backwards (i.e. moving the hands counterclockwise).
That's always been a fear I've had. I know that most modern watches are designed to protect the gears from being damaged, but seeing the hands move more than once around the dial in the opposite direction makes my insides want to fall out.
I've always wondered this as well and try not to do it whether it's true or not idk.
Had my caseback very badly gouged by an AD, I've done it myself ever since, just be careful and watch a few instructional videos first. You care about your watch more than anyone else 🤷♂️
30 m is equivalent to 3 atm.
I'm only here for the voice 🙂
Okay so I'll back off that Crown just a Scosch...
9/10
I got a score of Π how did I do
Why is it that even the experts get the water ratings wrong. Firstly watch manufactures should just quote pressure ratings in bar and not meters. 30 bar is not 30m its 300m. When they say 30m it means its basically splash proof and 50m is ok to wear in the shower. 100m is ok for swimming and 200m is the minimum for diving. As its a pressure rating and not depth if you slowly increased the pressure on a watch rated to 3 bar it would would test fine at 30m. However if you stood in the shower the water droplets falling and hitting the watch might have a higher water pressure than 3bar so the watch could leak.
If the water droplets would create a pressure higher than 3 bar, we would make use of this in other fields. But we don’t, because water droplets cannot create any significant water pressure. It has been studied, calculated and measured many times before.
@@diavalus Thanks for your reply. Presure is a force. What is the standard water presure in a house., is it over 3bar. What about a power shower. Some showers are so powerfull they can hurt. The water coming out of a hose pipe might travel over 10m...
@@stephens2r338 that pressure is only inside the pipes/hoses, once it exits, the pressure drops to somewhere in between 0.25 - 0.5 bar, depending on how the big water droplets are and considering your shower height is on average height (around 2.5 meters).
Now, if someone showers with such a high pressure that it can hurt, then probably the main problem is not the watch water rating but something else
@@diavalus Thanks again. The energy stored in the water droplets doesn't just vanish when it leaves the pipe, it takes time to dissipate. Just like a bullet, All the pressure is in the barrel but it takes a few seconds before its stored energy is lost. Water pressure in your house is around 5bar.
@@stephens2r338 the pressure dissipates in the first few mm/cm after it leaves the nozzle, but I doubt anyone would keep their watch so close to the nozzle.
The difference between a water droplet and a bullet is mass and force/pressure. The bullet is having a lot more mass and a lot more force, so even after losses, it is still enough to create damage. The water droplets do not have this “advantage”
30 meters is 3atm, not 30!
I would watch these if you stuck a camera somewhere so we could see you fellas.
If you have 10 discrete questions how can you have a pass rate of 75%?
30m is 3 ATM, not 30 ATM.
30 meter is 3 atmospheres
I'm confused. I thought you should NOT set your watch between 12am to 3am.
10!
Only chronograph question tricked, I forgot how idiot prove watches are, though maybe some vintage watches could be damaged by pushing pusher responsible for backing up chronograph whilst it's running.
Mechanical sympathy FTW!
Half a strike 🤣😂
30m is about 3atm, not 30.
30 meters is 4 atmospheres😂
I have always been thrown off by the way you guys say anti-clockwise. We say counterclockwise in America, and it just sounds a bit odd for me.
The brits also say "sun cream" and now I can't use sunscreen since I've heard it
9 / 10
So the temple is a no no? But the church is ok?!🤪😂🤭
Just a small correction… One atmosphere (14.7 psi) is approximately equal to 10.3 m/33.8 ft in fresh water. So 30 meters of water resistance would be able to go underwater quite a ways down. But don’t forget about the 1 ATM of pressure already pushing on the surface of the water to begin with. TLDR: I would only wash hands, rinse off or surface splash with a watch that had a 30m water resistance rating. I wouldn’t risk ruining a great watch. Use a dive watch or a digital watch to time dives.
10
Crap, I'm a watch nerd