What time is it? Watches and horology

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Regal in reply to @Kirth

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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Kirth in reply to @Regal

ahh thanks for the article! I had tried to google and couldn't find it

... heh shame my watch is DEFINITELY not even splash proof now. The guy who restored it asked if I wanted to go to all the effort of seals etc... I decided no for now, I'll never dive with it

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