Subc glidelock fits over divingsuit?

[Explorertwo]

Hi Guys,
I' ve been wearing the subc with for some time now and i love it. I also love the wonderfull glidelock. But i was wondering if one of you has ever used it over a diving suit and then i mean a wet suit ( not a dry suit). Here it's to cold to dive at the moment and unfortunately no diving trips for me in the near future, but there will be next summer!

I' curious, did you use it over a 3 ; 5 or 7 mm suit? Is it possible, does it give enough extension?

Thanks

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Explorertwo

Hi Guys,
I' ve been wearing the subc with for some time now and i love it. I also love the wonderfull glidelock. But i was wondering if one of you has ever used it over a diving suit and then i mean a wet suit ( not a dry suit). Here it's to cold to dive at the moment and unfortunately no diving trips for me in the near future, but there will be next summer!

I' curious, did you use it over a 3 ; 5 or 7 mm suit? Is it possible, does it give enough extension?

Thanks

Absolutely....................I do believe it gives you an overall extension of 18 mm so those above figures shouldn't be a problem.

JJ

[avekat]

The 18 mm extension would allow the watch to fit over a "wrist" with a 18 mm larger circumference. Wearing a 7 mm thick wetsuit would increase the circumference of your wrist by more than 40 mm assuming the wrist is round (as in circle). So i would doubt that the extension is enough for a 7 mm or a 5 mm wetsuit. With a 3mm wetsuit you may be okay though.

[MonBK]

How thick is an average wetsuit?

[EchoBlueUK]

100% Yes. Maxing is out with all the standard links in and the glide lock extended you're looking at around 9.5 inches. The glidelock adjustment lets out around 1.7cm alone. If you have it set up with the links and the tightest setting there should be more than enough to accommodate a wet suit.

..also isn't this the whole point of the glidelock on the Sub.

[WatchTimes]

Works fine with a 5 mm wetsuit.

[Explorertwo]

Thans guys for your replies

Originally Posted by avekat

The 18 mm extension would allow the watch to fit over a "wrist" with a 18 mm larger circumference. Wearing a 7 mm thick wetsuit would increase the circumference of your wrist by more than 40 mm assuming the wrist is round (as in circle). So i would doubt that the extension is enough for a 7 mm or a 5 mm wetsuit. With a 3mm wetsuit you may be okay though.

Thanks for the calculating, i thinkk your right!

Originally Posted by JYogi

Works fine with a 5 mm wetsuit.

....but than again? Yogi, does this mean you' ve tried it with a 5 mm suit?

[WatchTimes]

Yes I have worn it with a 5 mm wet suit........

It would never work on a dry suit.

[Explorertwo]

Thanks Jeremy!

[ArcticMoose]

Originally Posted by Explorertwo

Hi Guys,
I' ve been wearing the subc with for some time now and i love it. I also love the wonderfull glidelock. But i was wondering if one of you has ever used it over a diving suit and then i mean a wet suit ( not a dry suit). Here it's to cold to dive at the moment and unfortunately no diving trips for me in the near future, but there will be next summer!

I' curious, did you use it over a 3 ; 5 or 7 mm suit? Is it possible, does it give enough extension?

Thanks

I have with a little violence been able to wear it over a 3mm, no way will it fit over a 7mm. (I like a tight fit, perhaps those who wear it a bit on the loose side could fit it over a 5mm.)

[Andad]

If you have the Sub glidelock adjusted to fit your wrist with links removed and the glidelock biased towards 'extended' then it will be difficult to fit over any wet suit. Rolex should have given us a glidelock + an extension - big mistake by Rolex IMO.

[Sub'erman]

Tried on a 7mm worked fine...

[WatchTimes]

First
I wear my watch a bit loose but it does not flip around my wrist.
I fit it over a 5 mm without an issue!

I think LOTS of people who have answered this thread are trying to guess or do math in their head.....

I think the majority of people who buy a sub and answer these questions have never taken their Sub deeper than a swimming pool. I have nor will I ever test the limits of these watches like some of our members have and do but as I said I am telling you from first hand experience not my calculator that it fit me with a 5 mm suit.

I think Rolex sat down and did some tests before they released the watch...

[ArcticMoose]

Originally Posted by JYogi

I think Rolex sat down and did some tests before they released the watch...

Perhaps they did, but they didn't do enough.

There is no way a reasonably tight fitting watch (where the glidelock cannot be set at the minimum position since that would require adding a link making the watch too loose) will fit over any suit thicker than a 3mm.

I know this from experience.



The math backs it up. Under the above scenario the maximum extension is 15mm. Increasing the diameter of a circle by 6mm (for a 3mm suit) increases the circumference by almost 19mm, meaning some compression of the suit is needed. (Hence the violence.) Of course the wrist is not a circle, but I think the approximation is close enough, and as I said, I have verified this fact empirically.

There is a simple solution, that is better for several reasons, but it doesn't change the fact that the "diver extension" is a useless gimmick as far as wetsuits are concerned.

[swatty]

Who wears a Sub C for diving

[RoliSubMan]

Originally Posted by directioneng

If you have the Sub glidelock adjusted to fit your wrist with links removed and the glidelock biased towards 'extended' then it will be difficult to fit over any wet suit. Rolex should have given us a glidelock + an extension - big mistake by Rolex IMO.

Exactly. The glide lock is great for micro adjustments to cater for hot/cold days. It's just not ideal for wet suit applications. To make a perfect fit for wet suit, you need to take the wrist size and thickness of the wet suit together into consideration, ie, slide the glide lock to the tightest setting, put it on the wrist, than remove a link or two, or even three, until it fits your wrist, than put on the wet suit, slide the glide lock to extend the length until it will fit the wet suit. This way your sub c is set for wet suit situations. Otherwise its almost useless. The pre ceramic subs have a more practical system but no frills.
This is why i look at old subs as real tools where as the ceramics subs more of a jewlery pieces, especially TT and 18k models. Mind you, i do own both 16610 and 116613 and i dive.

[Explorertwo]

confusion....

But anyway , thanks guys, think i have to try it myself!