Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi! Honestly - this guy is right! Dive computers have replaced dive watches a while ago - since your life depends on how much air you have left (or for some "new Photographer-Dive rich folk - Rebreather Capacity :-) no bubbles! ) A multi function computer attached to your tank is the way to go for me -- time, direction, depth, tank pressure etc is the best. The Seamaster is great - but as a land watch - I use a Timex ! :-) - keeps time very well, is cheap, indiglo night light, and when I'm working in the laboratory. If someone spills a plastic-corrosive solvent on it, I can replace it for 30 bucks! ;-) Wasn't it Johm Cameron Swazey (?) whom I recall as a kid strpping a Timex watch to a boat prop and other crazy things to show that it will "take a lickin' and keep on tickin' !" I could be wrong there; I was a little kid , but I recall those demos on TV - shows the power of the medium I guess! Ed On one such visit, I noticed that the owner was wearing one of my favorite watches, an Omega Seamaster Chronometer (their most water resistant, good to 300M/1000ft). I commented on the watch and he said that it was also one of his favorites. I asked if he was a SCUBA diver and, when he said that he was, whether he wore the watch diving. "Oh no," was his reply, "you cannot wear a watch like this diving. It is far too expensive. For diving I wear a Casio digital." - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html