Diving to 160m

[Subfiend]

Here's a link for all you guys who worry about cleaning, swimming, shooting, showering, diving and golfing, etc. with your Rolex. One of my buddies was a diver on this expedition to explore the Carpathia, which rests at a reasonable 160 meters (525 feet).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...m&asb=1&news=1

If you watch the video closely, you can see Jeff Cornish is wearing either a Sub or SD.

Here is a link to the expedition's web site.

Carry on.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by Subfiend

Carry on.

SIR! YES, SIR!

Nice link!

Thanks for sharing!

[karmatp]

Cool

[Subfiend]

I know you are going to see at least one Sea-Dweller on this show. Richie Kohler, on eof the divers, wear a SD. The dives were to 400 feet using closed circuit rebreathers.

"Titanic's Tragic Sister", detailing the 2006 Britannic Expedition, will be premiering this October 14th at 9:00 PM on the History Channel in the U.S.

[mikey]

I must admit that when I am channel surfing and run across a dive show I always watch to see if one of the divers is wearing a sub or sd..one time I saw a diver wearing a Rolex daytona!

[Subfiend]

If the guy on television was wearing the Daytona while diving in a submersible, that was me. I was also wearing a SD on the other wrist, because I had to time two different tasks simultaneously.

I really wish they would stop running that show. I really don't like it.

[Green Arrow]

if you're planning on diving across two time zones???

[BiG JeEzY]

Originally Posted by Green Arrow

if you're planning on diving across two time zones???

Diving across two timezones??

Wow thats much more than the 100 meter rating allowed on the GMTs. Only its in the horizontal direction this time instead of vertical.

[frostie]

I wonder if somebody has gone for diving with a gmt master II.

[Subfiend]

Originally Posted by frostie

I wonder if somebody has gone for diving with a gmt master II.

I have, but not often. Only when I travel far, far away on a non-dive trip and the GMT-II is more useful overall. If it's a dedicated dive trip, I wear a Sub or SD.

[frostie]

How deep did you go with your gmt master ?

[leopardprey]

Since most recreational or military tactical dives are under 30 meters, a GMT II would be just fine for diving.

Hard swimming or movement of your wrist in the water, based on a thread a long time ago where some pretty serious Physic equations came out, will only add about the equivelent of 5 extra meters of depth on to your watch.

Since the GMT II is rated to 100 meters, unless you are doing some serious saturation, commercial, or exploration diving, your GMT II is up to the task.

Deepest I have ever gone on a dive is around 55 meters, and that required decompression stops on the way back to the surface and spare tanks being lowered from the Zodiac to us.

Now personally I have not taken my GMT IIs or Explorer IIs on a dive, but I would not hesitate to do so.

[frostie]

Thanks for the info chad

[Subfiend]

I stick to within 140 feet of the surface on scuba. This is fine for the GMT-II.

The GMT-II is not my first choice for diving (actually, it's my third choice after my Subs and SD), but I would not hesitate to wear it again if I had a business trip where I also had an opportunity to do some diving. If I had the new GMT-II, I would consider it to be interchangeable with my Sub for warm water diving, and hence my second choice. The SD is my first choice.