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Interesting - I wasn't aware that the crown would take 30 atmospheres UNSCREWED and still be watertight. Obviously, the pushers for the stopwatch have to take the same pressure while they are being used, but they don't screw down. The used 2296.80 that a dealer ran in on me had the seals on the pusher strip out, so you could pull it right out of the watch. There are a whole series of gaskets in there rather than just a single one.
Despite the crown being watertight unscrewed, there is absolutely NO reason to ever have to rely on this fact. An SeMP keeps time perfect enough that you never have to reset it unless you have an O/C disorder, so the ONLY reason you need to unscrew the crown is for 3 minutes at the end of months with less than 31 days in them, and when you travel through different time zones. Other than that, you should LEAVE the watch on your wrist 16/7 (or 24/7 if you sleep with it on) and enjoy it!
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