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Hi Teeritz,
I tend to err on the conservative side when it comes to expensive watches like this. This is only my personal opinion, but I think what you are doing is correct. If you tell a customer they can go swimming with their Speedmaster and it does end up getting damaged, who are they going to blame? From a liability standpoint, erring on the side of caution makes sense.
I have owned other watches (quartz without screw-down crowns) that were damaged from swimming even though they were marked as 50 meters water resistant, so I will never take that chance again. I don't even swim with my 300M SMP's because I don't NEED to do so, and I don't want to risk any chlorine damage.
I just think that a watch without a screw-down crown and a low water resistance rating should be kept in the "splash proof" category (as you tell your customers). Again, this is only my opinion.
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