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Breitling Bloke

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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:28 pm

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Hi

Just wondering if anyone knows anything about how to check if a watch is water resistant after having the back off.

I'm planning to replace a movement on a Shark Auto (thanks for your help Brian) & was wondering if there's some way I can check this (within reason) myself. Is there perhaps a service kit available?

I know the easy answer is to go to my local maintenance centre but was wondering if it would be possible to attempt this myself.

Any help much appreciated.

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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:01 am

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Sorry, the only way I know of is the obvious test - and that's a bad one if the watch fails...

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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:35 am

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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:11 pm

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Kind of... You can make the watch crystal real warm (with a hairdryer or so) and then drop on ice-cold drop of water on the crystal, and then time the amount of time it takes for the condensation underneath the crystal to disappear. If it takes longer than 15 seconds, your gaskets should probably get replaced...
This is one way of testing, it doesn't ensure your watch being water resistant though! So you should still take it somewhere they can professionally test it!
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:22 am

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Watchmakeress wrote:

You can make the watch crystal real warm (with a hairdryer or so) and then drop on ice-cold drop of water on the crystal, and then time the amount of time it takes for the condensation underneath the crystal to disappear. If it takes longer than 15 seconds, your gaskets should probably get replaced...

Cool tip Vanessa! :thumbsup:

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