The C65 Vintage is calling to me.

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fishman wrote:Well, I'm considering two ideas for a watch to be worn while swimming and other water related outdoor activities. The Trident C60 300 black dial , red bezel with rubber strap or the Trident C65 classic black dial with the rubber touch black strap with red stitching. Thoughts?
While I think the C60 Pro 600 more than makes up for the price increase over the 300, I would still pick the 300 over the C65 in the context of a watch to swim with. Your talking twice the amount of water resistance. At 30 ATM WR, the C60 300 can withstand swimming, showering, and recreational diving. At 15 ATM, the C65 dress watch is pretty comfortable around water, but not so much a sure thing in it. When you have a friend who gets drunk and pushes you in the pool at a wedding, the C65 has got you covered. Spending time in the pool, not really a problem. But if you are doing laps at more than a leisurely pace, the pressure on the watch might be heavier than I would feel comfortable with.

The automatic movement, extra water resistance, and ceramic bezel though, make the C60 Pro 600 hard to resist if you are really looking for a great watch to get wet with.
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fishman wrote: When you have a friend who gets drunk and pushes you in the pool at a wedding, the C65 has got you covered. Spending time in the pool, not really a problem. But if you are doing laps at more than a leisurely pace, the pressure on the watch might be heavier than I would feel comfortable with.
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Man, I never thought about the actual pressures applied to the watch when one is in motion in the water. Everyone must have known this but me. I assumed 2000 ft. meant swimming at 2000 ft.. Dumb as.
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Psalty wrote:
Sandman wrote:
fishman wrote: When you have a friend who gets drunk and pushes you in the pool at a wedding, the C65 has got you covered. Spending time in the pool, not really a problem. But if you are doing laps at more than a leisurely pace, the pressure on the watch might be heavier than I would feel comfortable with.
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Man, I never thought about the actual pressures applied to the watch when one is in motion in the water. Everyone must have known this but me. I assumed 2000 ft. meant swimming at 2000 ft.. Dumb as.
Not dumb. You just don't know until you know. Now you are in the know.
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Man, I never thought about the actual pressures applied to the watch when one is in motion in the water. Everyone must have known this but me. I assumed 2000 ft. meant swimming at 2000 ft.. Dumb as.
Not dumb. You just don't know until you know. Now you are in the know.
:lol: I just like the term, but I appreciate the hand up. :thumbup:
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150m water resistance and screw down crown... you could lap the pool until you collapsed from exhaustion and the watch will be fine
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fishman wrote:Well, I'm considering two ideas for a watch to be worn while swimming and other water related outdoor activities. The Trident C60 300 black dial , red bezel with rubber strap or the Trident C65 classic black dial with the rubber touch black strap with red stitching. Thoughts?
While I think the C60 Pro 600 more than makes up for the price increase over the 300, I would still pick the 300 over the C65 in the context of a watch to swim with. Your talking twice the amount of water resistance. At 30 ATM WR, the C60 300 can withstand swimming, showering, and recreational diving. At 15 ATM, the C65 dress watch is pretty comfortable around water, but not so much a sure thing in it. When you have a friend who gets drunk and pushes you in the pool at a wedding, the C65 has got you covered. Spending time in the pool, not really a problem. But if you are doing laps at more than a leisurely pace, the pressure on the watch might be heavier than I would feel comfortable with.

The automatic movement, extra water resistance, and ceramic bezel though, make the C60 Pro 600 hard to resist if you are really looking for a great watch to get wet with.
All great points, but at 13.3mm in height I find the C60 Pro 600 a bit too thick for my taste and the 300 model is a more palatable 11.6mm in case height. My wrist is 7-7.125 inches so, I'm concerned that a thicker watch would just be too large for my wrist.
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stefs wrote:150m water resistance and screw down crown... you could lap the pool until you collapsed from exhaustion and the watch will be fine
interesting and useful point. The C65 is also a thinner watch than the C60 perhaps giving it more versatility. A quick strap change to solid brown changes the whole look.
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stefs wrote:150m water resistance and screw down crown... you could lap the pool until you collapsed from exhaustion and the watch will be fine
I saw a 15 ATM watch fail when a friend jumped off of a diving board. That is clearly more pressure than one would normally experience doing laps. I merely wanted to emphasize that it is far from water proof. Some people get too comfortable with a sub 20 ATM watch and it is really sad to see them fail. If someone is comfortable swimming with it, they may not think twice about jumping into the water from a high dive and ruining their watch.
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stefs wrote:150m water resistance and screw down crown... you could lap the pool until you collapsed from exhaustion and the watch will be fine
I saw a 15 ATM watch fail when a friend jumped off of a diving board. That is clearly more pressure than one would normally experience doing laps. I merely wanted to emphasize that it is far from water proof. Some people get too comfortable with a sub 20 ATM watch and it is really sad to see them fail. If someone is comfortable swimming with it, they may not think twice about jumping into the water from a high dive and ruining their watch.
The C60 was designed for regular use in water so, it's becoming clear that's the correct type of watch to have for a wide variety of water related activities. I'm not a big fan of thick watches and I've seen some divers from other companies, Oris for example, that are in the 10.5-11.5mm range. Is there any correlation between diver thickness and durability?
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Between the two, the C65V has more personality. There's nothing wrong with the new C5, don't mistake me. But the C65V has an understated vibe that can go with anything short of formal wear. Grab a nato strap for vacations and you're in a good spot.

Neither choice is a bad choice. But I think the C65V is a better choice.
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fishman wrote:
Sandman wrote:
fishman wrote:Well, I'm considering two ideas for a watch to be worn while swimming and other water related outdoor activities. The Trident C60 300 black dial , red bezel with rubber strap or the Trident C65 classic black dial with the rubber touch black strap with red stitching. Thoughts?
While I think the C60 Pro 600 more than makes up for the price increase over the 300, I would still pick the 300 over the C65 in the context of a watch to swim with. Your talking twice the amount of water resistance. At 30 ATM WR, the C60 300 can withstand swimming, showering, and recreational diving. At 15 ATM, the C65 dress watch is pretty comfortable around water, but not so much a sure thing in it. When you have a friend who gets drunk and pushes you in the pool at a wedding, the C65 has got you covered. Spending time in the pool, not really a problem. But if you are doing laps at more than a leisurely pace, the pressure on the watch might be heavier than I would feel comfortable with.

The automatic movement, extra water resistance, and ceramic bezel though, make the C60 Pro 600 hard to resist if you are really looking for a great watch to get wet with.
All great points, but at 13.3mm in height I find the C60 Pro 600 a bit too thick for my taste and the 300 model is a more palatable 11.6mm in case height. My wrist is 7-7.125 inches so, I'm concerned that a thicker watch would just be too large for my wrist.
The 300 is definitely thinner and lighter and looks a good worker/beater but I've 2 x C60 600 38mm and they don't really look thick on the wrist due to the bevelled bottom or feel particularly heavy plus they'll give you better water resistance. Some of the other 600 models are getting just that bit too thick though.
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I bought one just before Christmas, I absolutely love it, it ticks all the boxes for me. The new logo looks good on this watch I my opinion.

Bought it with the bracelet the adjustment on the bracelet is very good, I also had a leather strap with the deal, which I do not particularly like, I think it looks cheap, and cheapens the watch with it on!
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Pat51 wrote:I bought one just before Christmas, I absolutely love it, it ticks all the boxes for me. The new logo looks good on this watch I my opinion.

Bought it with the bracelet the adjustment on the bracelet is very good, I also had a leather strap with the deal, which I do not particularly like, I think it looks cheap, and cheapens the watch with it on!
very helpful, thanks!
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There are plenty of threads on watch forums about WR on watches and whether there is a difference between a watch just sitting at a given depth or the supposed extra pressure exerted from thrashing around in the water.

Paul (Stefs) I am with you on this one. I would go as far as to say if it's a decent watch 100m WR is more than sufficient. I am not really aware of any recreational divers going anyway near that depth!

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nbg wrote:There are plenty of threads on watch forums about WR on watches and whether there is a difference between a watch just sitting at a given depth or the supposed extra pressure exerted from thrashing around in the water.

Paul (Stefs) I am with you on this one. I would go as far as to say if it's a decent watch 100m WR is more than sufficient. I am not really aware of any recreational divers going anyway near that depth!

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