SLA037: Question about durability of the 8L55 hi-beat movement

[salmoneffect]

Forgive my ignorance, I am not yet up to speed on Seiko's higher end movements. I am contemplating a SLA037 (it’s stunning) and one of the items I wanted to check on is the hi-beat movement. Specifically, its tolerance for bumps and bruises. I have the usual assortment of SKXs with the 7S26 movement as well as a few modern Rolex Subs/GMTs. In all cases I have never been afraid to swim, paddleboard, and otherwise knock about my watches. (within reason) Anything to consider with this one and the hi-beat movement? I am not an accuracy snob (I’ve never once checked to see if I am plus/minus a few seconds a day) but I do want to be able to reasonably use my divers, to powerboat, paddle, and, well, dive. :)

Apologies if the answer is an obvious, "the watch is tougher than you, wear it like you would any other diver."

Thanks!

[toptier]

The 8L movement is tweaked specially for a diver watch. There's some literature which can be found with a quick Internet search.

[tom2517]

Seiko is very good at making tool watches, I wouldn’t worry.


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[Mifune]

it's a fantastic movement... probably not quite as accurate as the 8L35's, but well within the old cosc cert...

I am wondering who bought the zero three seven from davidsw... I was going to get that SUCKER, but I hesitated and now it's gone.