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Care & maintenance
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Care & maintenance
Nicolas Bernard23 min
5 ATM on a watch: everything you need to know (shower, swimming pool, swimming)
5 ATM on your watch dial, how many actual metres is that? Can you shower, swim in a pool, swim in the sea? The honest answer, from a PADI diver who tested in real conditions. The 50-metre myth debunked, the proper use of your 5 ATM, and how to choose if you want more.
Nicolas Bernard23 min
Care & maintenance
Pierre Laurent24 min
Misting in a watch: normal condensation or water resistance problem?
A haze under the crystal, droplets after a shower, panic on waking: condensation in a watch is almost always a normal physical phenomenon, not a water resistance defect. Here's how to tell the difference in thirty seconds, what to do (and above all never do), and how to prevent the problem for good.
Pierre Laurent24 minPreviousPage 2