I wonder how many owners actually wear these 300m-rated watches into the abyss? If so, how do they fair in terms of viability of time and the lume down there? Interestingly for Omega, one has He escape valve and one doesn’t, both rated same. I know I wore...
DIN 8306 (European requirements) are that the lume remains visible from a distance of 25cm (a little less than a foot) in pitch darkness. Not sure how long that needs to remain the case, but I’m gonna try to find out.
The limit for recreational diving is 40m and most boats have a 30m limit. After your certification (PADI open water or similar) 18m is how deep you can go. Helium is in the domain of technical diving which requires specialist training, and the gaskets are...
But didn’t specify like you said, the depth or level of diving skills, conditions etc. You’re right about good lighting, because I would imagine during night diving, these will not be very useful. To that point, their Deepsea at 4000ft, I guess Lume is no...
That was a long long time ago. Should never have let it go. It was only SGD$8.8k back then. It had a hard life, on frequent trips to the reef. The maximum depth was 30m with it. Later, I had the JLC Navy Seals alarm. I brought it on many dives too. The al...
You’re absolutely right about the straps. I’m not sure the new NTTD Omega has a good design for diving with the deployant. I also like the Nekton but with the NTTD, I don’t need another similar model. Blancpain’s FF and other models are always intriguing ...
Since the Kermit, SM NTTD Titanium (no Tantalum) and Tudor Qatar were all new additions, Oct 16/29, 2020, and May 2021, I wear them more to check against accuracy and making sure no issues while still under warranty. The Hulk ((2019) is next follow by the...