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Useful: What are the various levels of water-resistance?
Watches with the lowest level of water resistance are labeled simply "water-resistant." They can withstand splashes of water but should not be submerged. Above that (or below it, literally speaking), the most common designations are- 50 meters (1 meter is about 3.3 feet), which means the watch is suitable for swimming;
- 100 meters; indicating it can be worn snorkeling;
- 200 meters, suitable for recreational scuba diving and, believe it or not,
- 1,000 meters (roughly three-fifths of a mile).
Watches in this last category can endure deep-sea diving. Their gaskets are made of materials that can withstand the helium used in decompression chambers. Some have valves that let the wearer release the helium that has seeped into the watch so the case won't explode as the watch and diver adjust to normal atmospheric conditions |
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