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Yeah, it was a legal thing. Waterproof implies infallible / guaranteed, water resistant is more “sorry, we tried”.
Apparently it was due to a law passed in 1968.
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so the discussion of depth that you can take watches to is kinda interesting to me.
I have a 1969 Seiko 6105-8000 (my fathers since new), and it's a "double" proof version. Says Water Proof 150m on dial and case.
Then during the 70's watch companies seem to have stopped saying Waterproof and switched to Water Resistant. Anyone know why ? Was there some court case / legal thing / worry that they are 99.99999% waterproof but shit happens?
I see all these watches "rated" to a depth but no one saves waterproof any more