Horological Meandering

The FF is a diving watch, so I dive with a FF "no radiation" screwed crown. Attention to sensitive souls. While leak testing before launching otherwise. Best regards JL...  

the real stuff!!!...very brave! to be real hard core you can use a vintage depth meter gauge as well!!!...but keep the modern one on the other wrist for safety reasons!!!! Matt

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Hey, JL - Thanks for the heads up. As an avid diver and all around safety freak, I go deep with my Submariner, but wont be caught "dead" without my handy Atomic Aquatics Cobalt computer. A must have! http://www.atomicaquatics.com/computer.html - scott

XX-FF, Regarding sky-divng: I would not jump from a perfectly serviceable aircraft so why would you dive with a watch outside its validated water-resistant waranty? "To swim with the fishes, you must have the mindset of the ocean"...... Japanese proverb. ... 

...dive with old watches, that is.... The movement is the mundane bit of these watches...I shudder to think what's happened to the dial...

maybe just send it in for a service! ;-). How long after diving in it did you have it opened up? Cheers Andrew

Thank you all for your comments but the rusty watch is not mine, it's a photo taken by a watchmaker. Rest assured my "no radiation" is tight and works perfectly. She was even part of the expo FF as No. 242.

The water resistance of their watches. Best, Nicolas.

While I agree a diving watch should be used for that purpose I would be a little concerned. Yes pressure testing to avoid the risk is a good way to to reduce the risk but you can't eliminate it. A watch like that FF would be very hard to replace should th...