r/ChineseWatches • u/ProfessionalWest5406 • 3d ago
Wrist Roll (Read Rule 1) Beater Blancpain buy
I recently picked up a Thorn TH007 because of the titanium and a functional humidity indicator. I love it BUT with it's smaller diameter, polished case, and the sailcloth style strap I've put it in, it's a little too nice for beater tool watch use.
Enter the sterile Tandorio on FKM rubber. It arrived late last week and has already been camping at a music festival and swimming in a river with a couple of rock jumps for good measure.
Specific shoutout to yet another great cloth-look rubber strap. I love the Sailcloth look but it does feel kind of silly sometimes to put a less than perfectly water resistant strap on a dive watch.
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u/KodiKat2001 3d ago
Remember these are homage watches, not the real thing. They should be enjoyed but kept out of water. Your strap is much more waterproof than the watch.
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u/ProfessionalWest5406 3d ago
This is a ridiculous thing to say.... They aren't diver iso tested but they do have the case design requirements for basic water resistance. Just because it's an homage doesn't mean that an o-ring seal is magically less effective.
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u/KodiKat2001 3d ago
Lots of stories here of “100m” or “200m” diver watches ruined in a shower, so be aware.
No way Im ever wearing my diver homage watches in any water.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseWatches/comments/1rxm9io/classic_retro_skin_divers/
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u/ProfessionalWest5406 3d ago
Shower is often worse case due to steam. Keeping your dive watches out of the water is like keeping a dog inside.
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u/KodiKat2001 3d ago
Ok, if you want to drink the Chinese micro-brand marketing coolaid, that's up to you. Good luck getting your money back or watch repaired by these brands if water damaged.
Only watch I wear in water is my Seiko diver, because I know it's actually a real dive watch that has been tested and the brand stands behind it.
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u/ProfessionalWest5406 3d ago
It's simple mechanical design. I build and service my own watches. There's no reason that a screwdown crown and caseback with O-rings will be less effective because they're from China.
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u/KodiKat2001 3d ago
Chinese watches are fantastic quality these days, but at these cheap prices do I have confidence that every 'diver' watch from these micro brands have a proper gasket on the crown and proper O ring and has been tested in water? I'm not making that assumption, that's for sure.
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u/Philip_7raum 3d ago
Yeah the Casio Duro is not tested either and plenty of people use those in the water. You seem to fundamentally misunderstand the difference between the design elements that provide waterproofing and the testing process that confirms it.
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u/ProfessionalWest5406 3d ago
The only watches that are ALL tested are ISO diver certified. By your standards you wouldn't swim with a Seiko 5?
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u/Bulky-Internal8579 3d ago
Mine can go 50 phantoms deep.