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Thanks fellow Omegans for good answers,

My initial question was pretty much or even purely academic, since I wanted to have opinions (experince) on durability and shock resistance of automatic Seamaster Professional while wearing it during shooting training.

As Derek is kind enough to offer these web pages to us all Omegans and has good contacts with Omega, maybe he can do a little bit reserch on this particular matter and add founded results perhaps on FAQ features section?

In real practise, I'm not fool enough and I don't dare to wear my titanium/white gold auto 150th Anniversary SMP while shooting or training.

I agree with you Ron and Jack about wearing a quartz generally while shooting.

However, I've practised shooting quite some time and during these years of training (in different climate conditions - sometimes truly rough ones) I've personally been able to break following list of watches: One Swiss auto diver's watch (a well know and respected quality brand), one Swiss hand wound watch (a good quality brand as well), one Swiss quartz (not totally, after being serviced, it performed as it did before), three Japanese quartz diver's watches (Seiko, Pulsar and Citizen) and one Japanese quartz chronograph (Seiko). Plus I've seen lots of other quality Swiss and Japanese divers watches both autos and quartzs breaking into pieces during trainings.

Hence, I'm truly curious about the shock resistance and duralibity of auto divers' watches and also vs quartz divers' watches. So far I haven't had any definite answers nor have I seen any researches about the issue.

Thanks for your answers!

Best Wishes,

Marko