Swimming with Planet Ocean 45mm Ultimate Edition UPO

[mdredfox8]

Is this watch water resist for normal swimming?

The spec on some homepages says 50m is that true?

Or is the water resist ok from watch to watch?

Need to know so I dont kill the watch...

[JBond]

Yes you can

[andreww]

The watch itself is waterproof, but make sure you tighten the caseback first. The one weak point of the UPO when it comes to swimming is that the insert and pearl are not securely fastened, and can easily fall off in waves, or as I found out, on extreme waterpark rides

I'm gonna stick with my SFSO for extreme water from now on.

[FxrAndy]

I have swam with most of my reps, to be totaly sure get it checked by a watch smith but all i do is make sure the case back is in tight screw the crown down and pray!

[OiRogers]

My three PO's are water tight... 4th gen 42, UPO and UPO Lite have all proven to be fine swimmers... just had to tighten casebacks.

[bong]

I swim and dive with my Ruby UPO without any probs.

Edited August 15, 2008 by bong

[chubbchubb]

Because the single most important thing that separates reps (even high end ones) from gens is the total absence of QC, I would not take any rep into the water unless it has been checked first. Caseback has to be tightened, gaskets greased and crystal checked. Then - if all is ok - most (non chrono) sporty watches with screw on crowns (subs, PO, SFSO, PAMS) can be used for showering and swimming.

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