Would you risk swimming in your Submariner

[rmlovett1]

I can’t….



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[JSolution]

I wear my dd40… or any Rolex for that matyer

[paxjedi]

I swear the posts on TRF get more and more ludicrous each day.

NO you cannot swim with your submariner!
It is placed in a glass display case to stare at like what everyone here does.
Good grief.



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[stevestil]

This is literally what the watch was made for…………………. Lol


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[911991]

I keep my watch hand out of the water while I am swimming to protect my 35 year old Sub Date

[TRS1]

Ludicrous.

[karleone]

The Submariner is the perfect watch to go diving! Just be sure the crown to be screwed before going in water and make sure to rinse it with still water after.

[28mm]

Totally fine to swim with. You might feel better if you wrap it in Saran Wrap just to be extra safe.

[Tikandtokalot]

I could only swim in a submariner if I was prepared for the "Fantastic Voyage "

[brucethemanlee]

If its not a vintage Sub and its pressure tested once a year and everything is ok....

then yes, you're a coward (your words not mine)

[Romeojk]

Of course I would, and have. I saved a long time to buy my Submariner but I do not baby it, I let it live. It’s the one single thing of everything I have purchased over my life that I do not have to worry about.

[Chiboy]

I think OP has a point. But then again, I won't wear a GMT when I fly.

[NachoNeal]

Originally Posted by brucethemanlee

If its not a vintage Sub and its pressure tested once a year and everything is ok....

then yes, you're a coward (your words not mine)

The average person does not pressure test every year. So I don't think it's that strange of a thing to wear an skx instead of a sub while swimming or diving. (Especially for someone like me. I've got a mid 90s sub and never pressure test and only service if needed, which is rarely.)

[blufinz52]

Originally Posted by Rolexken

I’m a coward and wouldn’t risk it - use my SKX for swimming

[Krash]

Yes, of course. I don't dive, but I swim all the time with either my Submariner or Seamaster on.

[Krash]

Originally Posted by brucethemanlee

If its not a vintage Sub and its pressure tested once a year and everything is ok....

then yes, you're a coward (your words not mine)

So I swim with my Submariner all the time. Do I really need to get it pressure tested once a year????

[911991]

Originally Posted by NachoNeal

The average person does not pressure test every year. So I don't think it's that strange of a thing to wear an skx instead of a sub while swimming or diving. (Especially for someone like me. I've got a mid 90s sub and never pressure test and only service if needed, which is rarely.)

same here 1985 sub I dont get it pressure tested no issues. swimming doesn't generate much pressure, now if you are going down 100 meters then yes

[brucethemanlee]

Originally Posted by NachoNeal

The average person does not pressure test every year. So I don't think it's that strange of a thing to wear an skx instead of a sub while swimming or diving. (Especially for someone like me. I've got a mid 90s sub and never pressure test and only service if needed, which is rarely.)

I don't disagree with you and never said it was strange to use an SKX over a Sub, which is why i qualified my response.

I'm just going by OPs posting as he's implying that he chooses SKX over Sub due to potential water issues. If maybe OP doesn't want to RISK his Sub at the pool party because he thinks he'll get robbed while drunk so he chooses his SKX.....then so would I. However i don't think that's the OP meant

[brucethemanlee]

Originally Posted by Krash

So I swim with my Submariner all the time. Do I really need to get it pressure tested once a year????

No one says you have to.

I mean seals can wear down mid-year for whatever reason. But regular habit to test once a year gives peace of mind, for me. It takes like 45 seconds for my AD to stick into pressure test machine......done and free of charge

[sexner]

Submariner in water…
Some folks say there is no such thing as a stupid question…I feel we now stand corrected.

[daytonaTBR]

it's a dive watch...

[TheWatchmen]

Asuuming this is a troll post. If not, the fact that the OP not only admits it but voluntarily started a thread about it is right on par with where the brand is now. Kudos to Rolex for the clever marketing and value retention. I feel like a dipsh*t for even having responded…too much coffee.

[Jackie Daytona]

Are fish muggings a thing now…?

[Mystro]

To our new TRF members that need some forum guidance: Obviously this is a ”Troll Post” and is being used to bait you in for a reply. Move on and disregard with no replies.

[Brian Page]

Have you seen my avatar

[gccmd]

I’ve been swimming with my 16610 Sub for 31 years. I’ve also been skiing and paragliding with it as well as done many projects around the house and it just keeps on going.

[Mr. Drunmond]

Troll Troll Troll your boat ...

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Rolexken

I’m a coward and wouldn’t risk it - use my SKX for swimming

God me strength why did you buy one of the toughest dive watches on this planet, if you are like you put you a coward to even go swimming with it .Although not a Sub my late 1990s SD has spent well over 600 hours at a average depth 20 to 60m plus underwater, salt and fresh doing what it was intended for. My early 1980s 5513 has done around 200 hours underwater, and both still ticking with no problems whatsoever, but both serviced and regularly pressure checked in there long life.

[adawil2002]

Oh heavens, getting a diving watch wet, the horror. Time to part it out.

[T.Mas]

Pressure testing every once in while is always a good idea. A watch is waterproof only until it isn’t. The gaskets break down and are no longer reliable after a while, regardless if they have worked the last 30 years every Wednesday night swimming at the local pool. Imagine very old and brittle rubber bands for comparison. You don’t want a 30 year old piece of rubber protecting your Rolex movement. Testing gives you a good idea if you can rely on them still.