Recommended Use: Understanding the durability of your watch.
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Recommended Use: Understanding the durability of your watch.
On A Blog to Watch.......Recommended Use: Understanding Thr Durability of Your Mechanical Watch and When To Take it Off.
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Re: Recommended Use: Understanding the durability of your wa
I shall go back and digest it in depth, but that looks a very good article – thanks for posting it, Kip. I do wish they would use a little more plain speaking when it comes to water resistance.
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Re: Recommended Use: Understanding the durability of your wa
A well written article. I think that 'plain language' WR ratings would go a long way to demystifying the watch industry.
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Re: Recommended Use: Understanding the durability of your wa
I am sure that at some point a wealthy owner will define these ratings through a court case...
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If that is the case it is simply false advertising if it claims that it will resist water at 30 meters and doesn't clarify what is meant by that then it is totally reasonably to expect it to be fine swimming... Unless there is a legal basis under which a manufacturer believes that they can tell you that their watch resists water down to 30 metres, but at the same time claim that you can't submerge it, they wouldn't have a leg to stand on... It really doesn't matter what they argue about it being the standard industry approach you can't advertise one thing in plain english and then not support it under warranty...No watch water resistant to 30 meters is actually rated to be submerged in water.
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Re: Recommended Use: Understanding the durability of your wa
I just reread it. I completely agree with his views on WR ratings. I also wish someone would proof read his articles!
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Re: Recommended Use: Understanding the durability of your wa
Thanks for posting Kip , very interesting article.
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Re: Recommended Use: Understanding the durability of your wa
Should watch companies re-evaluate how they label the durability ratings of their watches? No, seems clear to me and to everyone I know.
Should they educate consumers more? No, why when the accompanying literature is clear enough.
Or are most consumers perfectly aware of how to use their watches, and the few that aren't, give the rest a bad reputation? I'm yet to meet anyone who is not aware of how to use there watch. I would love to meet the 'few'.
Thanks for posting the article Kip.
Richard
Should they educate consumers more? No, why when the accompanying literature is clear enough.
Or are most consumers perfectly aware of how to use their watches, and the few that aren't, give the rest a bad reputation? I'm yet to meet anyone who is not aware of how to use there watch. I would love to meet the 'few'.
Thanks for posting the article Kip.
Richard
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