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Re: SMP c-grph questions
In Response To: Re: SMP c-grph questions ()

Hi Bill and John,

I was actually at Omega's the other day and they told me that the watch should be water tight even with the crown unscrewed - So if your watch is working properly you should be safe around water even if the crown is unscrewed.

: Correct. The watch has an overwind protection
: mechanism built into it.

: Yes. What you are hearing is the overwind
: protection mechanism. When you hear this, it
: means the watch is fully wound and you don't
: need to wind it any further.

: You should NEVER expose the watch to water with
: the crown unscrewed. You are asking for
: trouble and an expensive repair bill.
: However, your watch has a 44 hour power
: reserve, so if you wear it daily there is
: absolutely no reason to wind it everyday.
: All you are doing is wearing out the
: threads/gaskets for no reason. You can wear
: the watch all day, take it off overnight,
: and put it back on the next day without
: winding it each day. The kinetic motion of
: your wrist will keep it wound all day and
: the power reserve will keep it wound
: overnight.

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