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I have superocean chrono. Cant i wear it for doing sport? like tenis or golf? any one can advise?

For sport, yes but better not for tennis and golf because of impact. Take some Quartz watch for these two sports.

..................and Super Avenger's are not for wearing when playing on the Nintendo Wii, the crown can make a hole in your wrist..........................




Stef

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Sounds like this is from personal experience!

Nasty

Difficult to say 100% quartz - the likes of the B-1 & I guess the Aerospace too can become un syncronised if they get a shock. That is - the analogue and digital displays get out of whack and need to be reset.

I would say probably not a Navi but surely some of the robust looking watches will survive a bit of tennis & golf. I know this has been discussed before but can't remember if anything was agreed.

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Aerospace Titanium & Gold - Grey Face
B-1 on Fighter/Blue Shark - Blue Face
Emergency on Pro - Yellow Face

To complete the collection:
Navi 01 46/Black leather - Black/white
Montbrillant Datora/Navi - White face


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I've just said this in another thread, but I don't wear a watch when I'm playing sport or if I'm down the gym.

Two reason mainly - firstly I hate all the sweatiness under the case and bracelet. And secondly I've damaged cheaper watches in the past - catching them on the wall playing squash, falling over and scuffing them on the cement playing tennis, etc - so the idea of risking several thousands of pounds unnecessarily seems a little pointless. Most gyms and squash courts always have clocks anyway, so I'm more than happy not to wear a watch for a couple of hours if needs be.

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Driver8

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I've been wearing all my autos when jogging, working around the house, in the desert, hot bath, extremely diverse climate conditions...etc - except when I am playing tennis. I think the impact, especially prolonged impact, could be really hard on the movement...

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Magdalion

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Breitling Avenger Skyland
Rolex Submariner Date
Omega Seamaster Professional
Oris TT3 Day Date
Helvetia (1966)

I would play safe and get a Casio G-Shock for sports

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Breitling Superocean Heritage 46 Black, Ocean Racer
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Panerai 112, Black Leather (Soon Hopefully!)

There's a company called Jaermann & Stubi who make automatic watches specifically designed for golfing (they actually have features to track strokes, handicap, etc). They did a lot of research on the forces in a golf swing to make sure their watches were up to the challenge and they discovered that a full power swing with a driver generated around 100G.

Don't think I would want my watches subjected to that too often!