How Deep Can a Dive Watch REALLY Go? Deep Sea Chamber test!

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  • čas přidán 20. 02. 2021
  • How deep can you really dive with cheap dive watch from Amazon? We are going to use our deep sea / pressure chamber and test two diver's watch for their maximum depth / pressure! Our deep sea chamber goes all the way to 300 bars that equals 3 kilometers or 2 miles of depth so we can simulate conditions on bottom of the ocean in this experiment.
    Dugena www.amazon.de/-/en/Dugena-Aut...
    Citizen www.amazon.de/-/en/CITIZEN-NH...
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  • @Beyondthepress
    @Beyondthepress  Před 3 lety +824

    I just ordered the Vostok Amphibia which has been most requested watch to test with this. So subscribe the channel to see that one :D

    • @MK0272
      @MK0272 Před 3 lety +42

      Working with those kinds of pressures you REALLY should upgrade to a stronger blast shield. If something went wrong with the chamber I doubt that blast shield would provide much protection. It might just shatter into a bunch of shards moving at lethal speeds.

    • @spavliskojr
      @spavliskojr Před 3 lety +13

      By far i think a lot of people would like to see how a vostok amfibia holds up! I know a lot of watch enthusiasts who swear by them! The way they are made, they are rated for 20bar and get more water resistant the more pressure is exerted on them. they use a large compression gasket on the back and an acrylic pressure fit crystal on the front that when under pressure, both compress inwards to become better water resistant.

    • @KarunaMurti
      @KarunaMurti Před 3 lety +4

      @@spavliskojr why do I feel it's going to be 300m, some of them are rated 300m and the thick ass plastic face is quite good

    • @robinhede7467
      @robinhede7467 Před 3 lety +3

      You should try to see what happens to co2 canisters, you know, the ones used for airsoft guns or bicycle repair kit

    • @chevyro9816
      @chevyro9816 Před 3 lety +20

      Can you test a Square, digital only G shock? They have a reputation for being indestructible and they are all marketed as having at least 200m of water resistance but many speculate that number may be quite higher

  • @jsveiga
    @jsveiga Před 3 lety +1488

    Take them to a watch repair shop; "I was free diving and I think I went a bit too deep; can you please check?"

    • @gremerson
      @gremerson Před 3 lety +55

      Don't forget to film it and upload to CZcams.

    • @fie1329
      @fie1329 Před 3 lety +46

      Then he puts out other ones: "These got crushed in a hydraulic press by accident. Is that covered by warrenty or can you repair them in some way?"

    • @TheDrdounut
      @TheDrdounut Před 3 lety +37

      @@fie1329 tbh it would be super interesting just to see what damage the clockworks had taken. i´m shure the watchmaker would be interested to

    • @theflyinfox9250
      @theflyinfox9250 Před 3 lety +5

      @@TheDrdounut Since the citizen most certainly is a cheap quartz watch (no-one would try this on a mech, cost is so high) the "clockwork" is most likely damaged by water entering the battery more than the pressure itself

    • @TheDrdounut
      @TheDrdounut Před 3 lety +9

      @@theflyinfox9250 there is a possibility that the ruby bearrings are pushed out of place.. i'm a watchmaker myself abd would be super interested what happend to the movement

  • @bubbajenkins123
    @bubbajenkins123 Před 3 lety +519

    This is an important test because sundials don’t work at the bottom of the ocean very well

  • @dbrown2264
    @dbrown2264 Před 3 lety +99

    This is an absolute success for the citizen. It kept running past 200m.

  • @DonCacomixtle
    @DonCacomixtle Před 3 lety +487

    That citizen is NOT a diver, it is a 10bar non screw down crown, diver-like watch.
    In fact its water resistance is remarkable.

    • @simonrano8072
      @simonrano8072 Před 3 lety +31

      it is pretty standard for "sporty" mechanical watches. Most chronographs are 100 m but cannot be operated under water in general. It it almost impossible to sell a "diver-like" with a 5 bars rating, lets be honnest ^^

    • @gimaticnordic993
      @gimaticnordic993 Před 3 lety +39

      Yes, it`s a diver. Even a ISO certifiering diver watch. Citizen is one of the divers’ watch brand with best pedigree (Unlike the other watch). It`s just not a contemporary model 100M used to be the standard diver rating also for Seiko, OMEGA and ROLEX. The first diver ‘s wrist watch launched was Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, rated to just 50 fathoms which is 90 meters which is plenty for scuba diving.
      A ISO certified diver for 100M is more than enough for scuba diving but not a “waterproof 100m” because it means nothing.

    • @alexfreetime9597
      @alexfreetime9597 Před 3 lety +72

      @@gimaticnordic993 It's a diver style watch, not a proper diver, that's a Citizen NH8380-15EE, not ISO certified. Usually they write "Diver's xxxmt" on the dial if that's the case.

    • @giveML
      @giveML Před 3 lety +16

      True.
      Besides, it being a mechanical watch instead of quartz puts it at a disadvantage, since the rotor and the whole mechanism is easier to jam compared to the simpler quartz construction.

    • @simonrano8072
      @simonrano8072 Před 3 lety +15

      @@giveML I wouldn't consider quartz for a diver as, especially nowdays, as it is a back up tool for divers. You can't afford running low on battery. It paticularly true for commercial diving as they spend a full month in saturation. But even for none divers quartz is a bad option for a diver watch. It is expensive to re-certified the resistance after each battery change. Usual shops can performe 50 m re-sealing but 200 or 300 m needs dedicated equipements.

  • @PlasmaChannel
    @PlasmaChannel Před 3 lety +739

    You've successfully answered the question i've had my whole life. I have always rocked 300m watches. Don't ever wear a watch that isn't waterproof. But it's my understanding that the meter ratings are not truly accurate. So, it's super nice to see a real test!

    • @AKAtheA
      @AKAtheA Před 3 lety +51

      note that most times there's a "M" instead of "m" and it's not a mistake...capital M = it's not meters, but some bullshit rating that has a conversion table into actual meters of water depth, which is never 1:1 (usually more then 10:1)

    • @thecloneguyz
      @thecloneguyz Před 3 lety +50

      "WATER RESISTANT"
      "WATERPROOF"
      TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS

    • @MrLogistician
      @MrLogistician Před 3 lety +84

      Water depth on a watch dial is static pressure (which the deep sea chamber simulates) when the watch is moving (or if your arm with the watch is moving), you're dealing with dynamic pressure. This is why a 30m watch is not considered to be water resistant enough for swimming.
      If you look at the ISO 6425 standard, a watch meeting the standard must be able to withstand 25% more static pressure than what's written on the dial. So if the dial says 200m, the watch can withstand 250m static pressure. Because of the difference in static and dynamic pressure, 300m dive watches tend to be overengineered, since a watch working at 200m will almost certainly experience occasional dynamic pressure exceeding 300m. Or at least that makes sense, but as another commenter pointed out total pressure is the sum of dynamic and static pressure.
      Edit: changed "bec4of" to "because of". Removed an extra space.
      Edit 2: ISO 6425 is 125% not 150% as I originally had. Thanks for the correction.
      Edit 3: total pressure = static pressure + dynamic pressure. Just like total energy = kinetic energy + potential energy.
      In fact, the equation for dynamic pressure is extremely similar to the equation for kinetic energy. Both have v^2 and 1/2 coefficients. So I dun goofed (sorry, I'm a lazy math guy) and I tried to update the original comment.

    • @thecloneguyz
      @thecloneguyz Před 3 lety +11

      @@MrLogistician
      Almost everything is purposely overrated for a safety standard

    • @UncleKennysPlace
      @UncleKennysPlace Před 3 lety +44

      @@MrLogistician How can you add 100m of "depth" by simply moving the watch at human speeds? Banging it into things? I doubt that you can get more than a few pascals differential from motion.

  • @WoodworkerDon
    @WoodworkerDon Před 3 lety +562

    I really like the new digital pressure guage. Prrriiti Guud.

    • @Beyondthepress
      @Beyondthepress  Před 3 lety +135

      I have even better one coming :D After I bought this I got email that some company is going to send even better one for free.

    • @WoodworkerDon
      @WoodworkerDon Před 3 lety +50

      @@Beyondthepress Better stuff for FREE. Can't beat that. 👍

    • @Speeder84XL
      @Speeder84XL Před 3 lety +7

      @@Beyondthepress That's awesome!
      Many companies probably realize that this is one of the best ways to show off their products and it's most likely cheaper for them to give off a few products for free, than having to pay normal advertizement - a win win situation.

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc Před 3 lety +2

      @@Speeder84XL That's pretty much the norm in the tech business. If you want to get reviewed, send out a bunch of free samples. This just isn't nearly as high-volume a business.

    • @WoodworkerDon
      @WoodworkerDon Před 3 lety +6

      @@mal2ksc it's more of a high-pressure business. 🙂👍

  • @embracethesuck1041
    @embracethesuck1041 Před 3 lety +41

    The uniformity of the crystal break is really impressive. That seems like the hallmark of a high quality product.

  • @pahom2
    @pahom2 Před 3 lety +26

    I am going to casually dive 1 kilometer this summer. Thanks for testing.

  • @John-ym9ht
    @John-ym9ht Před 3 lety +248

    Both manufacturers can be proud of their work. Both watches surpassed their ratings and I would feel confident buying either one. Thank you for doing this one. I've always wondered if those depth ratings were accurate.👍🏻

    • @noegmad
      @noegmad Před 2 lety +17

      Actually no the second watch messed up far before hitting 30 bars i think it was around 5 bars that the movement skips ahead fpr some reason and the second hand started missing the indexes and before it hit them well and after it was completely missing the index

    • @ernestochang1744
      @ernestochang1744 Před 11 měsíci

      There's a video of a casio g shock by these guys being able to survive over 300 metres of water depth when the casio is rated for only 200 metres of water depth, and the casio did not stop at 340 metres it kept going until it broke the screen way beyond 400 metres

    • @tesmat1243
      @tesmat1243 Před 11 měsíci +4

      ​@@noegmadthat's just the behavior of a cheap quartz movement

    • @Zenan466
      @Zenan466 Před 10 měsíci

      @@tesmat1243the citizen is definitely not contending a quarz movement.

    • @corail53
      @corail53 Před 10 měsíci

      @@noegmad And it really doesn't matter because you would not be hitting those numbers while diving anyway and if you are saturation diving you are not using one of these.

  • @swagner58
    @swagner58 Před 3 lety +352

    As a SCUBA professional, I can verify that if you're at 1200 meters, "What time is it?" is the last of your concerns. As a equipment buff, you bet I'm going to show this to all my dive buddies.
    Happy Bubbles.

    • @davidwarland2680
      @davidwarland2680 Před 3 lety +1

      whats a scuba professional, im a commercial diver, scuba professional ?

    • @swagner58
      @swagner58 Před 3 lety +24

      @@davidwarland2680 I'm an instructor, operations manager for a SCUBA shop and a repair technician for a number of different brands. Not commercial diver, but know a number of them.

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 Před 3 lety +1

      @@swagner58 But what about diving in a full suit instead of SCUBA gear?

    • @armchairgeneralissimo
      @armchairgeneralissimo Před 3 lety +22

      @@johndododoe1411 Even with the best deep diving suit money can buy you will be crushed like a can of Coke at those depths. Google says the deepest the best suit can go is 610 meters under water.

    • @incognitoburrito6020
      @incognitoburrito6020 Před 3 lety +20

      @@johndododoe1411 Past a certain point you're really just wearing a small submarine and you wouldn't be able to test your watch.

  • @andyclark1173
    @andyclark1173 Před 3 lety +8

    Great I’ve searching for months for someone like you to really give these watches a thorough test. Most of my collection are dive watches and it’s great to see real pressure. That’s impressive kit you have there. Please keep your channel going. Great stuff. 👍

  • @n1msu
    @n1msu Před 2 lety +95

    You guys should do repeated deep sea tests on these diver watches. It's a fact that a seal will only last a certain number of 'cycles' before it fails. Same way an airliner only has a certain lifespan depending on how many high alt cruise back to ground level the plane has. Many watch manufacturers claim to be dive resistant, but forget to mention how many times it can be used before the seal fails!

    • @Faesharlyn
      @Faesharlyn Před rokem +8

      This comment needed a wider audience...

    • @ralphmacchiato3761
      @ralphmacchiato3761 Před rokem +16

      Have you seen the new titanium and carbon watches? It's an experiment but it's supposed to be able to go to 4000 meters

    • @dougs3909
      @dougs3909 Před rokem +4

      ​@@ralphmacchiato3761hahaha, cold blooded

    • @Gainn
      @Gainn Před 11 měsíci

      Nostradamus in here.

    • @XLR8bg
      @XLR8bg Před 10 měsíci

      I presume another component of the certification is time under pressure, judging by how phones are rated for X amount of time at Y depth.

  • @zoomboom4696
    @zoomboom4696 Před 3 lety +554

    Contact a Finnish Rolex AD and ask them to loan a Deepsea Seadweller for testing. Those are rated for 4000 meters so they should have nothing to worry about...

    • @CaptainHoratioPugwash
      @CaptainHoratioPugwash Před 3 lety +89

      How to guarantee that you won't get a reply 101 right here.

    • @YeCannyDaeThat
      @YeCannyDaeThat Před 3 lety +57

      Yeah Rolex AD's don't "loan" out watches for a youtube channel to "test"

    • @JK-sm7ni
      @JK-sm7ni Před 3 lety +18

      The meme watch company

    • @warrenmichael918
      @warrenmichael918 Před 3 lety +17

      @@YeCannyDaeThat not so sure, ive seen huge gold bars get destroyed and many other things worth more.

    • @YeCannyDaeThat
      @YeCannyDaeThat Před 3 lety +7

      @@soundspark tougher materials and different, more rounded shapes.

  • @IAmEric85
    @IAmEric85 Před rokem +10

    If you are in a submersible and your watch stops working, you have a problem.

  • @WatchUP69MrRangeman
    @WatchUP69MrRangeman Před 3 lety +5

    Hi guys... just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this show, and I was so impressed that I've shared it on my channel with a link in the description to this video... best pressure videos I've seen on watches :)
    Huge thumbs and support from me as always, cheers from the UK :)

  • @bubba99009
    @bubba99009 Před 3 lety +399

    If you find yourself scuba diving at even 1000 feet (~300 m) you probably have much bigger problems than your watch.

    • @Kirillissimus
      @Kirillissimus Před 3 lety +34

      Especially if you experience a pressure drop as quick as the watch had.

    • @vast634
      @vast634 Před 3 lety +6

      They would likely break in saturation diving, when ascending in the bell, due to helium buildup. So they can only be used for scuba diving anyways.

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 Před 3 lety +26

      If you find yourself thinking about your depth scuba diving at 1000', you are strong enough to complain about a watch letting you down.

    • @NathanChisholm041
      @NathanChisholm041 Před 3 lety +16

      Dove to the bottom of the Mariana trench yesterday had no dramas! ;-)

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 Před 3 lety +3

      @@NathanChisholm041 Really? That's supernaturally strong.

  • @MrGTAfan93
    @MrGTAfan93 Před 3 lety +156

    Film a gopro hero 4 with a waterproof housing, and see how much pressure it can take. the housing alone without gopro would be interesting, but if you put a gopro in there make sure it's filming!

    • @blaircox1589
      @blaircox1589 Před 3 lety

      Second this!

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Před 3 lety +4

      SD card will probably not survive...... Need to have a wireless version.

    • @brianmurray2377
      @brianmurray2377 Před 3 lety

      I'd go with the hero 9 it's waterproof but you could add the case too

    • @steffenjespersen247
      @steffenjespersen247 Před 3 lety +1

      Once tried to Scuba with a Hero5 Session (no case), they are correct it is only good for about 10m. Beyond that is just stopped filming..
      After going beyond that a few times it stopped working right :)

    • @a_tiny_cactus
      @a_tiny_cactus Před 3 lety +2

      @@SeanBZA MicroSD cards are waterproof by design, and likely to survive the pressure given how dense they are (there is no empty space inside of one).

  • @eddieguyvh4765
    @eddieguyvh4765 Před 3 lety +51

    Both watches are not ISO certified, that puts things in perspective! I'd like to see how the Citizen NY0040 reacts to important depths. The italian navy tested it up to 500 meters and it kept working reliably.

    • @CorePathway
      @CorePathway Před 6 měsíci

      If you are even 100 meters underwater, you are likely already dead tho. There is ZERO utility for these ridiculous ratings.

  • @francescotravi6615
    @francescotravi6615 Před 3 lety +2

    Finally a test like that on watches!!!! Beautiful!!! Also the setup, compliments!!!

  • @thomasflynn5366
    @thomasflynn5366 Před 3 lety +186

    Neither of these are rated as dive watches so the ratings don't really mean they can go that deep so they both drastically over performed. That was amazing.

    • @gilbertoflores7397
      @gilbertoflores7397 Před 3 lety +28

      But it also goes to show that sometimes when a brand says a watch is 200m, but not certified, and the watch snobs who've never been deeper than a pool complain that it's false advertising, can bow shut up about wanting "true divers" to only have 200m.

    • @erikhaw7313
      @erikhaw7313 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, I was shocked and impressed 😱

    • @nunyabusiness9056
      @nunyabusiness9056 Před 2 lety

      @@gilbertoflores7397 I mostly see pointing out how the bar rating is basically horse shit and literally false advertising how they put bar interchangeably with meters. Like a 3 bar watch is rated for like...being able to get it damp in the rain, it's not even safe to take a shower in it.

    • @markz4467
      @markz4467 Před 2 lety +2

      @@nunyabusiness9056 But they are interchangeable, for every 10 meters in the water, static pressure increases by 1 bar. Now, that doesn't take into account dynamic pressure because it would be hard to rate, since dynamic pressure is connected to the velocity at which you are moving under water.

    • @nunyabusiness9056
      @nunyabusiness9056 Před 2 lety +4

      @@markz4467 My point is that none of that matters because those terms aren't regulated in any way and companies have their own standards. Go get a seiko watch and look in the manual and it will tell you what you can safely do in a watch based on it's water resistance or divers rating. A 5 bar watch is not a watch they tell you can safely go 50 meters under water with, a 5 bar watch they say you can safely get it a little bit wet in the rain.
      Basically companies can put whatever the hell they want on their watches with those terms.
      A divers 200 meter is an ISO standard and it absolutely has to be able to withstand at least that amount of pressure.

  • @unixtippse
    @unixtippse Před 3 lety +152

    Man with watch knows exact time, man with two watches, not so sure anymore.

    • @fie1329
      @fie1329 Před 3 lety +12

      Man with the press crushes them and has a good time!

    • @prophet3091
      @prophet3091 Před 3 lety +5

      "Too much magic can be dangerous. M'aiq once had two spells and burned his sweetroll."

    • @3mar00ss6
      @3mar00ss6 Před 3 lety +1

      deep ( ᷄ᴗ _ ᴗ ᷅)

    • @mauricegold9377
      @mauricegold9377 Před 3 lety +2

      Man with 4 watches has too much time on his hands.

    • @Jorj57
      @Jorj57 Před 3 lety

      i got a small watch collection, and i know times well 🤷

  • @davidmilz2990
    @davidmilz2990 Před 3 lety +1

    I was really happy with your results. I own a number of citizen watches and was quite impressed!! Nice to know I didn't waste my $$!! Keep up the great work!!

  • @VampirusX
    @VampirusX Před 3 lety

    Nearly the best test I have seen (just slightly below the Gshock test).
    So many cheap watches claiming to be waterproof up to 1000m instead they get destroyed below 200m.
    Your channel deserves a lot more subs!

  • @joesshows6793
    @joesshows6793 Před 3 lety +77

    ‘You are also not working at this point’

    • @HISKILP
      @HISKILP Před 3 lety +5

      this sentence killed me xD

  • @EricTViking
    @EricTViking Před 3 lety +59

    Years ago I was told that if you took a polystyrene cup and tied it to a ship anchor, the pressure would shrink it to a fraction of its original size. I'd be interested to see you take a polystyrene cup to 3km depth to see if you can bust the myth 👍

  • @RealWorldCarReviews
    @RealWorldCarReviews Před 3 lety +3

    What an absolutely awesome test! Super interesting! The digital gauge is much better and more readable too. 👍😎

  • @vkmicro2
    @vkmicro2 Před 3 lety +5

    very cool test. It's really nice to see that both watches work at their rated depth and even 3-4 times the rated depth.

    • @darwinwins
      @darwinwins Před rokem +1

      they were over-engineered. they were built to surpass the ISO rating to pass the ISO rating.

  • @gtv6chuck
    @gtv6chuck Před 3 lety +14

    Really cool to see that these watches worked far better than advertised.

    • @lindboknifeandtool
      @lindboknifeandtool Před rokem

      Watch companies notoriously underpromise and over deliver. Same with accuracy.

    • @Spurdospaerde692
      @Spurdospaerde692 Před rokem

      The printed depth/pressure ratings in this case are primarily with regards to guaranteed protection against water ingress during prolonged exposure, not with regards to when the watch will fail due to being bloody crushed! From this video, we can't tell whether either of the watches fulfilled what they promised.

  • @sysghost
    @sysghost Před 3 lety +34

    For those who wonder why the watchmakers don't rate it higher if they can take it.
    Rating for a specified depth also requires the watch to survive at the given depth over an extended time. They're likely to slowly leak when they go deeper than their rated depth.

    • @clintonleonard5187
      @clintonleonard5187 Před 3 lety +4

      It's also just normal for engineers to design something to perform a lot better than it's advertised. If they designed it to only go to exactly the depth it was advertised for, going even 1 ft. deeper would break the watch. They overengineer it so that it won't break anywhere near the advertised depth.

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc Před 3 lety +2

      @@clintonleonard5187 Rating to 300m and then surviving to 1200m seems like an unusual amount of safety factor though. Maybe they're not as consistent as they'd like, so some of the units shipped are really good and others are just decent, and they rate them all at the lesser level rather than "binning" them like they might if they were CPUs.

    • @Skinflaps_Meatslapper
      @Skinflaps_Meatslapper Před 3 lety +2

      If you look close at the second watch at 11:10 when he hits max pressure, it looks like there was a tiny little dot of water on the face. Right about the 4:30 position close to the center. It disappears when the pressure is reduced. Curious to know whether that was something internal to the watch or if it was actually water inside.
      As for why they're not rated at those depths, the seals simply won't stay sealed for long. Anything (not just watches) rated to be waterproof at a certain depth usually has a duration attached to that number, meaning it can handle those pressures for a certain time before seals begin to fail. A watch rated to 500m for 10 minutes might hold up for an hour at 400m, or indefinitely at 250m (arbitrary numbers for this example). So for that watch, what are they going to rate it at? 500m? 400m? 250m? Some manufacturers forgo the duration simply because it can withstand the rated pressure indefinitely (250m forever) and some forgo the duration in order to artificially inflate their rating (500m for 10min), and some simply slap a number on it based on how much they want to charge for it...so it's up to the consumer to decide whether it really can survive what they intend to do with it. Others will actually give you a chart with several depths and durations rather than putting a number on their watch, and those numbers were very likely physically tested similar to this video to give the consumer an accurate picture.

    • @Sashimi404
      @Sashimi404 Před 3 lety +1

      And divers mostly dive in a salt water. At 200m, pressure reading is higher for salt water compared to tap water. ρ g h.

    • @Sashimi404
      @Sashimi404 Před 3 lety

      @@mal2ksc these test were carried out with distilled/ tap water. Divers were meant to be used inside salt water. At 300m depth, the pressure inside salt water is higher than 30bar.
      ρ g h. Density of water x gravity x depth.

  • @mattr7274
    @mattr7274 Před 3 lety +1

    The way lauri say squeezed will never get old. I love your English. It’s much better than my Finnish. Your voice is fun to listen to.

  • @leej9897
    @leej9897 Před rokem +1

    Hi ya I love watching your videos and I've been seriously impressed with how some of these watches have super ceded their rated depth. It's good to know at what pressure/depth a particular watch stops working and not just when it implodes. Keep up the fine work.

  • @mrrandomperson3106
    @mrrandomperson3106 Před 3 lety +74

    "Price: Don't tell my wife how expensive this was"

    • @Pinkielover
      @Pinkielover Před 3 lety

      they arent cheap watches

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Před 3 lety +3

      Is Anni not the one who does the bill payments.......

    • @arthurmoore9488
      @arthurmoore9488 Před 3 lety

      @@SeanBZA Aren't most wives the ones who manage the finances.... They see how much the other half spends...

    • @jamesharding3459
      @jamesharding3459 Před 3 lety +3

      @@arthurmoore9488 lol yea. My mum always handled the family finances.
      Of course, she was the one with a masters in finance.

    • @offdagrid877
      @offdagrid877 Před 3 lety +2

      He’s referring to the pressure chamber

  • @aaardvaaark
    @aaardvaaark Před 3 lety +39

    If the metal back bent rather than water seeping in, that's some damn good seals it's got.

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 Před 3 lety +1

      Once it's permanently stopped, we don't know if the insides were flooded or dry.

    • @vir042
      @vir042 Před 3 lety +2

      Most of them are made to "compress" under pressure so they get more water tight the deeper they go. So at surface level they are the least water resistant if that make sense :P But yea they both did amazingly well. The citizen is not even one of their proper "diver"s so thats amazing.

  • @endospores
    @endospores Před 2 lety +4

    I have that same Dugena watch but the automatic version. I never expected this. Not that I would ever take that watch even swimming, but wow, for the price, nice.

  • @TCL_Dasler
    @TCL_Dasler Před 3 lety +1

    That Dugena, serious value for money. Great test.

  • @ReverendTed
    @ReverendTed Před 3 lety +49

    Looks like what happened was the pressure collapsed the back panel, pressing the hands into the watch face. I wonder if the center of the watch hands and pinion created a pressure point that shattered the glass more than the glass "imploding".

    • @Darwinpasta
      @Darwinpasta Před 3 lety +6

      On the second one you can see when the glass touches the hands. I'd expect both sides of the watch are moving towards each other until they bind (and then mush) the mechanism.

    • @oliverwilson11
      @oliverwilson11 Před 3 lety +1

      There are many other moving parts in a watch besides the hands. Any one of them getting squeezed would stop the watch. And the pivot touching the glass would actually help support it, not cause it to break more easily.

  • @fjprofis
    @fjprofis Před 3 lety +4

    Love you guys!! Shared this episode with my whatsapp group of brazilian divers💕

  • @BadAssEngineering
    @BadAssEngineering Před 3 lety +3

    I would really enjoy a video of a test of many different Dive Watches in the same chamber :)

  • @zsavage1820
    @zsavage1820 Před rokem

    Yet another great video, thank you 2 for sharing this.. always enjoy your work..

  • @ssmit80
    @ssmit80 Před 3 lety +31

    I would like to see this test on a Vostok Amfibia.

  • @dmkinsey
    @dmkinsey Před 3 lety +4

    Interesting. I never considered that the caseback would cave in so much that the movement would stop. Cool how the Citizen started going again when the pressure was reduced.

  • @alpinist888
    @alpinist888 Před 3 lety

    The curiousity since my childhood days were answered already, excellent content guys!, more piwer!
    Hoping more brands please

  • @salmatosjr5285
    @salmatosjr5285 Před 3 lety +15

    I wish they had a watch person there who could have opened and described what actually caused the failure. I was fascinated by the Citizens performance as he released the pressure. I'm guessing the case back failure was the culprit at the normal pressures. The crush failure was fantastic.

    • @unknowninvictus2520
      @unknowninvictus2520 Před rokem +3

      The failure was actually the crystal that was getting pressed against the dial and warped so much that it touched the seconds hand and held it in place. When the pressure went away, you can see the watch immediately restarting, because the crystal resumed normal form.

    • @Niraol
      @Niraol Před rokem +2

      The citizen wasn't a diver watch anyway. 100m water resistant really isn't that much in general terms, I wouldn't go further than maybe swimming on the surface with it if you plan to keep it for longer

  • @raylcc2620
    @raylcc2620 Před 3 lety +7

    As others have suggested, I think it would be interesting to see what a watch repair shop would think. It would make a good video to see the repairman reaction as he/she inspects the watch, trying to figure out what happened to it and then what went wrong with the watch to get it in that shape. Then try to actually fix it.

  • @isaacjoyagalvan7923
    @isaacjoyagalvan7923 Před 3 lety +20

    Test a g-shock, almost all of them are rated to 200 m, a casio marlin would be fun to watch too

    • @JLchevz
      @JLchevz Před 3 lety

      yeah that would be interesting

    • @adiwild
      @adiwild Před 3 lety +1

      @@JLchevz these guy has already testet the gw-7900 last week, you can check it out here: czcams.com/video/_2wGjokbPJo/video.html

    • @JLchevz
      @JLchevz Před 3 lety

      @@adiwild thanks

  • @laszloszentirmai2280
    @laszloszentirmai2280 Před 3 lety

    This is way the coolest video, you ever done! It is so satisfying... :D

  • @Milo30066
    @Milo30066 Před 3 lety

    Finally a really good informative video.!!! The best video!

  • @pyro1324
    @pyro1324 Před 3 lety +17

    As a watchmaker the most probable reason for the Citizen stopping and starting is that the crystal pressed on the second hand above 30bar causing it to jam. And the same seems to be the case for the Dugena.

    • @watchesandwheels2093
      @watchesandwheels2093 Před 3 lety +7

      I'm a Master Watchmaker myself and I specialize in Citizen 8110a chronographs. 31 Jewels is my name. You pyro1342 are 100% correct. We did a similar test in watchmaking school....the crystal is the culprit at depth. I would love to get these watches on the bench and have a look at them inside.
      The case backs crushing has me interested. The quartz one lasted longer and deeper because it was quartz and had no rotor. The Citizen has a rotor and less clearance between the movement and the case back.

  • @patricj951
    @patricj951 Před 3 lety +6

    Good test! I am impressed about both these watches, who were able to survive the pressure of far higher depth than advertised. At least for a short while. Still it's worth to mention that 200m is the lowest number of water resistance considered to qualify it a true diving watch. Therefore it would also be interesting to see how well a Citizen 200m diver watch can handle the pressure. I have a Citizen BN0191-80L.
    Apart from that you should test a 1000m divers watch. It should survive 3000m pressure for a short while and 1000m for extended time.

  • @jmow-t5023
    @jmow-t5023 Před 3 lety

    Your an amazing Couple, YT success has only made you both more awesome to watch.

  • @aaronbiddulph1442
    @aaronbiddulph1442 Před 3 lety

    New subscriber. Sent over by Gary at I like watches. These tests are so interesting. Can’t wait to see how his Cronos watch gets on!👍🏻

  • @anderskohkoinen8065
    @anderskohkoinen8065 Před 3 lety +69

    Terve kaikille ruotsista! :) You should really try the russian Vostok Amphibia - while other divers (like Rolex and such) are built like safes, designed to be strong and rigid to preserve pressure inside at 1 ATM despite being pressurized, the Vostok Amphibia is actually elastic. The domed crystal flattens out and the caseback gets pressed into the case improving water tightness the deeper it gets. The design is unique in the watch world, and you should really do a comparision! Would it not be fun to prove a $70 cheapo russian watch to be superior to something that costs 10 times more? The Vostok also has a huge global fanbase (almost like the Nightwish Army) and such a video would quickly get viral! You can thank me later! :-)

    • @ClaudeMagicbox
      @ClaudeMagicbox Před 3 lety +1

      Rolex (Submariner) is not a good diving watch, in fsct Rolex is not specialized in diving watches.
      Want something serious?
      Check out Swiss SQUALE (french for "shark")....those are actually diving watch specialists, also Italian PANERAI besides the famed Luminor Marina has a new diver series called SUBMERSIBLE (french for "submarine") which is really cool.

    • @havokvladimirovichstalinov
      @havokvladimirovichstalinov Před 3 lety +2

      I dont have an Amphibia but my Komandirske is probably the best 24hr analogue Ive ever owned. So if the Amphibia proves to be superior Ill give it some attention

    • @anderskohkoinen8065
      @anderskohkoinen8065 Před 3 lety +7

      @@ClaudeMagicbox Rolex was just an example for the "brute force principle" that most diver watches are built after. Vostoks are, as I said - unique, built after a totally different principle. Those watches does not need high tolerances or expensive materials to achieve pressure resistance. So, if Lauri and the gang is considering redoing these destructive pressure tests, it would be plenty fun if they included a Vostok Amphibia in the mix :-) If they get to crush a real Rolex or Panerai - Im the last one to object. But thats throwing a lot of money into the bin. Not so with Vostoks :)

    • @anderskohkoinen8065
      @anderskohkoinen8065 Před 3 lety +6

      @@havokvladimirovichstalinov Newer model Vostok Komandirskies are also 200m WR, and are built the same way as Amphibias with stainless steel cases, auto movements and such. The classic komandirskies were made in crome plated brass, manual wind movement and only 100m WR, they were intended as field watches, not divers. So if your komandirskie is a newer stainless steel one with 200m WR - its actually an Amphibia in disguise :)

    • @havokvladimirovichstalinov
      @havokvladimirovichstalinov Před 3 lety +1

      @@anderskohkoinen8065 interesting. All the more reason to love these watches. Designed for brute force and functionality, the good looks are a bonus

  • @diveflyfish
    @diveflyfish Před 3 lety +41

    I would be happy to send you a watch that I modified and is fluid filled to test it. Please let me know if you would like to do so. Cheers and Excellent work!! Bravo. Awesome to see this in real time.

    • @zachyurkus
      @zachyurkus Před 3 lety +6

      Considering they couldn’t implode the mechanical one in this vid, which was air-filled, I don’t think there’s any way they could get a liquid-filled one to implode...not on their current setup anyway.
      Would be an awesome idea if they come up with a higher-pressure chamber!
      Edit: unless you just want to see how deep it will go and still keep time, and not worried about imploding it.

    • @diveflyfish
      @diveflyfish Před 3 lety +4

      @@zachyurkus Thanks! The one I have is Titanium. I was wondering if any of the internal electrical components would fail like a capacitor etc in the quartz movement if liquid filled. Let me know if some day you make a higher pressure chamber ! Have a great week. Thanks again for this video.

    • @zachyurkus
      @zachyurkus Před 3 lety

      @@diveflyfish that was gonna be my next question for you...what is the case/crystal material, and also if it was mechanical or quartz movement... is the backing plate actually titanium as well? Or just the housing of the case itself?

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Před 3 lety +1

      @@diveflyfish Quartz crystal itself would collapse the housing, it is only soft aluminium formed into the shape using a die, like a soda can is. It will probably collapse at 10bar or so. Capacitors would have an issue with piezo effect as well, as they get compressed, so generating high voltages across the terminals. Semiconductors would probably survive, though the pressure likely will force liquid into any voids in the epoxy encapsulation, so it will likely popcorn as the pressure is released. Of course the battery will not survive. A purely mechanical movement though would be perfectly happy, though timekeeping with high viscosity fluid damping the balance wheel is likely to be poor, if it will oscillate at all.

    • @diveflyfish
      @diveflyfish Před 3 lety +2

      @@SeanBZA I think it would still be an interesting experiment. I used vacuum to fill the watch, and was curious if that would have flooded the capacitor as well as the surrounding crystal. The 3M fluorinert is a liquid dielectric and is essentially 1.8 x as dense as water and is an exceedingly excellent insulator. The electronics do not see it as it were. I agree with you and know mechanical watches are not able to withstand the density of the liquid due to the escapement and fine springs would not be able to work without severely altering time keeping function and efficiency. Thank you for pointing out the piezo effect of the capacitors. What type of capacitor has that issue? Electrolytic or ceramic or both? Thank you for your insights.

  • @jesserjzz1
    @jesserjzz1 Před 3 lety

    👏👏👏👏👏 great video. Beyond the press!

  • @Actionary
    @Actionary Před 3 lety

    Wow, 300 bars! That's a lot of press-soorah! Great video, thanks.

  • @adlerbr5148
    @adlerbr5148 Před 10 měsíci +3

    A really cool video. Just a quick note: for every 10 meters of depth, the pressure increases by 1 atm. However, it's important to remember to include the baseline atmospheric pressure at sea level, which is also 1 atm. To calculate the total pressure at a certain depth, we use the formula (p/10) + 1, where p represents the depth, and the +1 accounts for the atmospheric pressure at sea level. So, at a depth of 10 meters, the pressure is 2 atm; at 20 meters, it's 3 atm; at 30 meters, it's 4 atm, and so on. Take care, Alex.

    • @melody3741
      @melody3741 Před 8 měsíci

      The pressure inside the watch is 1 bar…

  • @WoodworkerDon
    @WoodworkerDon Před 3 lety +6

    I have TIME to WATCH this video.
    (Likely several times. )
    😄🏊‍♂️⌚

  • @dyingbreed7740
    @dyingbreed7740 Před 3 lety

    Love it. I’m a watch collector, great crossover episode

  • @bkdexter79
    @bkdexter79 Před 11 měsíci

    Great video both of you!

  • @imbok
    @imbok Před 3 lety +4

    Watch depth ratings are crazy. I have several Seiko watches that are rated to 200 m depth. Seiko also sells watches that are rated to 1000 m depth! This is cool, I love seeing the failure modes of these watches. I would have never guessed that the case back deformation would stop the movement of each watch the way it did. There is an ISO standard for dive watches (ISO 6425) that states that it has to handle 25% more depth in a test than what it is rated for so these watches would have passed that requirement. COOL TEST!!

    • @Beyondthepress
      @Beyondthepress  Před 3 lety +5

      I also never thought that the back covers are going to fail, but now when you think it it's quite expected. I have also digital watch coming soon that was also pretty interesting on how it's failed :D

    • @imbok
      @imbok Před 3 lety +1

      @@Beyondthepress Yes! If you run the numbers, for a 30 mm diameter case back (~1.1 inches), the total force at 1 km/100 bars is >7 kN (1590 lb)!

  • @Retired_Retard
    @Retired_Retard Před 3 lety +6

    Since most sport divers don't deeper than about 130 feet, both watches seem to be a good choice. I will bet a lot of sport divers would like you to test dive computers. By the way I love your channel!

    • @jeremyj189
      @jeremyj189 Před 2 lety

      When you are falling in water with high speed, the pressure can break your 300 feet water resistance watch. Even the pressure of the shower..

  • @paulvalenzuela3625
    @paulvalenzuela3625 Před 10 měsíci

    I really enjoyed watching this , never seen this done ,this must be how the manufacturers test their product

  • @eduardopena7799
    @eduardopena7799 Před 3 lety

    Excellent video!!!

  • @williamruiz9186
    @williamruiz9186 Před 3 lety +42

    This man has valtori bottas’s body with kimmi’s voice

  • @aarongreenfield9038
    @aarongreenfield9038 Před 3 lety +21

    Now this is being pressed for time.

  • @ericday4505
    @ericday4505 Před rokem

    Oh my goodness I love these two, they are a hoot.

  • @OutsideLands77
    @OutsideLands77 Před 3 lety

    "Unboxing" You're hilarious! Love it.

  • @Maxpen14
    @Maxpen14 Před 3 lety +15

    You should definately try Russian vostok watch! They are cheap and as durable as kalashnikov(at least that is what people say)

    • @JanBinnendijk
      @JanBinnendijk Před 3 lety

      @Yuck Foutube I have one.. but my pressure chamber does'nt go over 6 Bars.. that's way more pressure than we mere mortals can handle.
      These watches were designed with pressure in mind..

  • @MrJerry160
    @MrJerry160 Před 3 lety +4

    You guys should test the Vostok Amphibia! It supposed to get more water resistant the deeper it goes by design

  • @adriancaraballe9983
    @adriancaraballe9983 Před 3 lety

    That was so helpful guys. Good job..

  • @iamsionemafi
    @iamsionemafi Před rokem

    That’s INSANE how this chamber grows and shrinks a little between intervals! It’s as if you’ve turned this chamber into a metallic balloon :D. Love seeing these water pressure tests. Crazy how they’re not even pumping in that much water, that’s how incompressible water is. The water they are pumping in is instead finding every nook and cranny to fit into, and when that runs out, it’s literally forcing the steel chamber to become a tad bigger. Luckily they’re using a strong yet flexible chamber. Wonder how much pressure would cause the chamber to fail, all I know is I’d want to be nowhere around that thing if it did fail! Every video literally blows my mind. Please, keep them coming! You’ve gained a loyal follower!

  • @PsRohrbaugh
    @PsRohrbaugh Před 3 lety +6

    I know you like to focus on catastrophic failures, but it'd be interesting to see a time-lapse at certain depths to see if water slowly leaks in.

    • @leximatic
      @leximatic Před 10 měsíci +1

      At one point you could see small bubbles appear, that was when water got pass the seal. It didn't stop the watch immediately, because it's still mechanic inside, but it had been caused later issues through rust.

  • @colintinker7778
    @colintinker7778 Před 3 lety +10

    Can you take the backs off the watches? I'd like to see how the insides coped with the covers caving in.

  • @firsttodothat375
    @firsttodothat375 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video. Thanks

  • @stefanmarjoram5411
    @stefanmarjoram5411 Před 3 lety

    This is very cool! Keep it up

  • @thekingofzapzap5072
    @thekingofzapzap5072 Před 3 lety +4

    O Citizen foi muito além do seu limite de 10 ATM somado com a tolerância de 25% = 125 metros, suportou muito bem até o limite extremo.

  • @divingdave2945
    @divingdave2945 Před 3 lety +7

    When you dive that deep, you have other concerns than your watch ^^

  • @thefixxer72
    @thefixxer72 Před 3 lety

    I like your chanel. You guys are awesome, keep the vids coming. Thanks.

  • @caiusKeys
    @caiusKeys Před rokem

    This Schiff is amazing!

  • @bennylloyd-willner9667
    @bennylloyd-willner9667 Před 3 lety +32

    Test an Apple Watch - I know it won't last long but I just want to see one die 😁

  • @stargabilondoechever
    @stargabilondoechever Před 3 lety +13

    I hop they will test VOSTOK AMPHIBIA. They are probably capable to survive much under 300m depth

  • @franco05
    @franco05 Před rokem

    Amazing quality on both watches. great test

  • @matthewXL
    @matthewXL Před 11 měsíci

    Awesome video. Great idea

  • @rocky3075
    @rocky3075 Před 3 lety +27

    My dive watch is good for 300m.
    Someone once asked me if my watch would break if I went beyond 300m.
    I told them it wouldn't matter because I was already dead.

    • @LatvianVideo
      @LatvianVideo Před 3 lety

      I have a 20eur smart watch from aliexpress, it said that it's ip67, but I doubt that, maybe just water resistant, like rain, ect.

    • @Stikkzz
      @Stikkzz Před 3 lety

      @@LatvianVideo ip67 is 1 meter for 30 minutes

  • @frankspencer5368
    @frankspencer5368 Před 3 lety +6

    If they are quartz do "the hydro mod"
    Fill them up with oil

  • @jinxUKBK
    @jinxUKBK Před 2 lety

    These two men are amazing at what they do

  • @terryloh8583
    @terryloh8583 Před 3 lety +1

    Love it! Looking forward to seeing the Vostok test. Would be nice to see how some of the Seiko Prospex lines compare, as well as the cheap Chinese watches like Loreo and Pagani Design that claim 20 BAR.

  • @ches74
    @ches74 Před 3 lety +5

    It's surprising that the seal could be so good that the pressure wouldn't equalise before the glass shattered.

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Před 3 lety +1

      All the seals are in compression, so as the pressure increases they have more force holding them into position. Till the pressure is high enough to force the seal to extrude through the tiny gaps into the watch body they will hold.

    • @clintonleonard5187
      @clintonleonard5187 Před 3 lety +1

      @@SeanBZA This. Dive watches are well engineered. People used to rely on these to tell you how much air you have left, after all.

  • @beardymcbeardface69
    @beardymcbeardface69 Před 3 lety +5

    Would love to see you confirm an oil filled Sinn Hydro, water resistant to 5,000m!
    However, expensive watch!

  • @leoarc1061
    @leoarc1061 Před 3 lety

    Wow! Working beyond 1000m! Really good watch!

  • @miketracy5603
    @miketracy5603 Před 2 lety

    Oh i love watching this channel!

  • @alanj9391
    @alanj9391 Před 3 lety +11

    If I ever find myself at 1km deep, whether or not my watch is still working will be fairly low on my things to worry about 😃

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 Před 3 lety +1

      You won't be working at 1KM deep.

    • @MegaPanerai
      @MegaPanerai Před 3 lety

      im pretty sure people are diving a that depth , like in oil platforms. They will stay at that depth in special chambers after there dive for hours / days. If they wear a watch like this ... i doubt it :P

    • @karvast5726
      @karvast5726 Před 2 lety

      @@MegaPanerai you need special equipement for saturation diving and there is some watches made for that even thought it's a realy extreme environement

  • @maantiekiitaja2828
    @maantiekiitaja2828 Před 3 lety +2

    Next Casio G-Shock Digital Watch please :-)

  • @What_The_Fuck_Did_I_Just_Watch

    Interesting question ... Never thought about that ...

  • @AsitShouldBe
    @AsitShouldBe Před 3 lety

    very original and interesting video, thanks.

  • @elenazorzolirossi4236
    @elenazorzolirossi4236 Před 3 lety +4

    "that's really cool. And then, time to kill it" XD

  • @Alias_Anybody
    @Alias_Anybody Před 3 lety +6

    Boys: Bbut I can't go swimming with my 200m diver, I just don't trust the rating!
    Men: ... 40 bar, 50 bar, 60 bar, BOOOOM

  • @vatafakman
    @vatafakman Před 2 lety +1

    You are crazy,great video!!

  • @tezzanewton
    @tezzanewton Před 3 lety

    This was awesome, thanks mate. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺. Seiko Tuna next.