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That was my first thought too

I'm no physicist, nor a golfer for that matter, but it seems to me that the Gs at the point of impact - where the club head meets the ball - would be the greatest, and would lessen the closer one gets to the pivot point of the swing. Assuming the pivot point in a golf swing is somewhere between the shoulders and the elbows, it seems the wrists are closer to the pivot point than the point of impact. At any rate, to bear the full brunt of force in a golf club swing, wouldn't the watch would need to be mounted on the head of the club, rather than on your wrist? Conversely, when you bang a watch into a wall at walking speed, the watch is inherently at the point of impact.

I know a couple biomechanical engineers who would be happy to figure this out. They charge a lot though. But yes, presumably the average golfer gets to 86mph -125ft/sec at the moment of impact - either with the ball or the ground. Your arms, wrists, and hands are moving at 125ft/sec as well. IF you bury the club and otherwise keep your footing, everything stops and the delta V occurs in maybe 50 milliseconds. Bam! As I said before, some of the energy will dissipate in deformation of the club shaft and induced movement to the wrists, but it is still going to be many times the gs of a wall strike. A nice perfect swing without a hitch will produce 150g. That isn't produced by the impact with the ball - the ball impact is negligible due to, among other things, the club face and ball having HUGE coefficients of restitution. Rather, it's simply the process of the swing going to Zero ft/sec at the end of the swing. Your Delta V on an average swing is 125 ft/sec, but it occurs over nearly a full second, not milliseconds. The time factor greatly impacts the amount of gs.

Look at it this way - if I'm sitting in the driver's seat of a car and get from behind by a target vehicle, my vehicle accelerates from zero to some velocity (Delta V). So do I. Once you know the Delta V and impulse, you can calculate g (we've all been using G, but that is the vertical force of gravity - g is the horizontal application in equivalent measurements). If I am strapped the the rear bumper, the g (acceleration I experience is no different than if strapped to the front bumper. It's effectively the acceleration of the car for both guys, even though the guy in front is farther from the impact point. I'm just along for the ride. Granted, perhaps the poor dude on the back bumper has broken bones from blunt force trauma. But the effect of horizontal gs on him is no different than the guy in the front.

And the golfer, a good golfer, who golfs once a week and spends a bit of time on the range before the round swings about 200 times per week. How many times do any of us bang our watches full force and straight on into a wall?

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SHARKMAN

No need for any engineer; the amount of shock transferred to your wrist on a 280 yard drive down the middle is significantly less than the same swing speed into the sod resulting in a topped 75 yard embarrassment...trust me

I have compared the black to black. I wore the dssd for a bit, and I like its face size but not its thickness. That thing is a beast and I don't have the stature to pull it off. I don't know what it is about the sub vs the SOH. The sub just looks really small. Maybe it is the mesh bracelet...I don't know. I think I'm going to leave this one up to the Mrs. and let her surprise me.

The Sub at 40mm will look small if you're comparing it to the 46mm SOH. That doesn't mean it will look small on its own. A lot of it is a matter of perspective, what you're used to, your wrist size, etc. When I first got into Breitlings, I was in a "bigger is better" frame of mind. After having contended with a couple big chunks of steel, I now realize my sweet spot is 39-41mm. With a 6.5-inch wrist, this makes sense. For me, the 46mm SOH would likely be too big, although the new 42mm could work. The Sub looks perfect on my wrist, as it does on Otto's 6.75-inch wrist. But again, you've got to go for what you like. If you like the SOH, don't let us talk you into spending double on something you won't like as well.