Are automatic watches durable?

This topic has been beat to death but I wanted to add my own experiment. Why you ask? Because I don’t trust autos to take a beating and keep working accurately. At work I have to meet multiple time lines a day within a 10 second window AND I work in an environment that’s hard on everything. All those factors considered I’ve always worn quartz watches and I’ve never been let down (except by my old Marathon TSAR; i really hate Marathon). Last year I got a…

What can an auto take?

Hi all,
I went for a battery change for my casio duro which is water resistant at 20bar. I also asked for a water resistant test afterwards.

The test which I got, states that was tested from -0.5bar to 3bar.
When I asked why is that, they told me that there is no machine for testing 20bar and that the watch will break. Moreover, that the sea’s pressure is different that the machine’s one.

Are any of these true?

Some of us have gotten to the point where we don’t want to be reminded of our advancing years.We have even taken to wearing watches that do not have a day or date function.As founding member these are my no date divers.Please show your support by posting your No Date Divers & let us know if your of the age to be an alum or just a supporter.

Don’t see too much about this brand but wanted to pull some of the owners out of the woodwork. After chatting with the owner Andrew, who’s very helpful in answering Qs, it seems like we need a thread for this very unique and over engineered brand.

Let’s see your photos of your OmniDivers/D42/OPTx builds or final pieces. I’m waiting to start a MKII build myself but till then let’s see some pics!

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