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From: pfeiffer@uwvax.UUCP (Phil Pfeiffer)
Newsgroups: net.rec.scuba
Subject: Re: Beware of Casio \"50M\" rating...
Message-ID: <699@uwvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 14:30:30 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 14:30:30 1986
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Summary: Deja vu in netland (not to be confused with "Lullaby of Birdland"?)

Six months ago (or so?) there was an extended discussion of Casio "50M"
water resist watches.  Let me recap: 

It *IS* possible to blow the seal on a 50M Casio in less than 50 meters of
water! My wife's watch ruptured in 80' of water at a nearby quarry.  Actually,
the watch didn't die a dramatic death:  some moisture got inside the casing, and
that was enough to render the timepiece non compos mentis within 24 hours.

Opinion was divided regarding whether it was deceptive to call a waterproof
watch designed for "swimming-only" use a 50M watch.   Certainly, my wife and
I were taken in by the name.   We didn't bother to read the fine print in the
handbook (which the earlier poster quoted) until after the watch quit working.

I used to dive with a 100M Casio watch.  The watch still works fine (static
reset problems excepted), but I now dive with a bottom timer and a 200M Casio
instead.

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-- Phil Pfeiffer

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