zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Thank you, Derek for the information on Omega's standards.

Thanks to John for the detailed scientific analysis. I will not give the matter a second thought.

The AT should be arriving in a week!

: If my calculus and physics are correct, the
: watch would be falling at a rate of 4.41
: meters per second (about 14.55 feet per
: second) just before impact with the hardwood
: surface. Since I am not a golfer, I don't
: know exactly how quickly someone can swing a
: club. However, for argument's sake, let's
: say someone is wearing a loose watch that
: flies off as the club is swung. The watch
: would have to fly 14.55 feet in a straight
: line in one second and impact a hardwood
: surface to meet the ISO test criteria. Would
: this ever really happen during a round of
: golf? I cannot imagine such a scenario
: because the arm movement during a swing
: would cause the watch to fly off in a (most
: likely) upward trajectory which would lower
: its velocity substantially.

: Also, for argument's sake, let's say the watch
: stays on the wrist throughout the golfer's
: powerful swing. If the watch is tightly
: secured to the golfer's wrist and he swings
: the club fast enough to theoretically launch
: the watch 14.55 feet per second, what
: exactly is the watch impacting? If it is
: tightly secured to the wrist, it isn't
: impacting anything, it is remaining
: stationary. It is the ARM that is moving,
: NOT the watch. If it is a loose fitting
: watch, it is impacting the golfer's wrist as
: it wiggles around during the swing.
: Obviously, the wrist is far more resilient
: than a hardwood surface (skin, tissue, blood
: and bone are far softer and would absorb
: more shock than a piece of hard wood).
: Essentially, the wood would transfer more of
: the energy at impact back to the watch since
: it is too hard to absorb this energy, thus
: causing more "shock" damage to the
: watch than an impact with one's wrist.

: So, just thinking about this in terms of simple
: physics, I can't see how a golf swing could
: do more damage to a watch than the ISO test.
: Then again, the first rule of science is
: that if an experiment works, something has
: gone wrong.