Bosshaug Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 (edited) Hia guys .. Took my UPO 45 up to the mountains in Norway this weekend. I knew I was doing the following at risk as I have of yet not checked the caseback seals or crown seals. This is a 2 month old UPO worn only for a week. Anyway here goes..I checked both crowns were secured (Not overtight) and away it went right from my arm at body temp and placed on a stump in the woods for five minuts and then in the river with 1 deg celcius water temp. I left it there in abt 35 cm depth of water for abt 5 mins. Then took it out and placed it in the snow for another 5- 10minutes.. Now the air temp that day was minus 12 deg celcius! Then later took the watch indoors to climatize for abt 20 mins and put it on my wrist and wore it in the sauna at 95 deg celcius for abt 15 mins. This brings the watch right into another extreme condition. Shock heat with high humidity and then right out again into minus 12 deg c!! (Did this twice!) Not bad at all! I was impressed! Here are some pics of the watch on the stup before put in the river.. and then after thrown in the snow... Edited December 16, 2008 by Bosshaug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I good test, i have tested a SFSO in a steam room with out problems but it was not that cold to start with, a good follow up would be a drop of cold water on the crystal after taking it out of the heat, this would show condensation under the drop of water if any moisture had got inside. I would keep a case back opener and a tupperwear box full of silica jell sachets close at hand just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratedzeus Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Bored? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosshaug Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I good test, i have tested a SFSO in a steam room with out problems but it was not that cold to start with, a good follow up would be a drop of cold water on the crystal after taking it out of the heat, this would show condensation under the drop of water if any moisture had got inside. I would keep a case back opener and a tupperwear box full of silica jell sachets close at hand just in case. Right... good thinking batman.. hrhr... Yeah could have gone wrong... took the chance.. I just had to... If it was my only rep then I might not have done it though. The last extreme test I did was a Casio G-Shock 2 summers ago. Went fishin in the fjord and got board. After an hour or so with not as much as a nibble on the hook I took my casio and secured it on the line of my rod and sent it 175 meters straight down! It Survived! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 good test, i usualy use a 3m board and a 5 m pool and see how long i can sit on the bottom, if it survives that speed hitting the water then it will be fine for any thing i do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky driver Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 would you mind if i made a few Christmas cards with the log shot...... it looks so Christmasee btw are you detained under the Mental Health Act? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Cool test! Good to know that the UPO can take the stress of a Norwegian winter. St Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klocklind1 Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 "Nice" test of a watch ! I will do the same test with my UPO when I have put the genuine crown and tube on it ! It is a very nice watch ! I have tesded my IWC ingenieur ( steel, non chrono ! ) in the sauna with NO problem at all but it is important to check that the seals are siliconed and that the case is tighten enough ! Hia guys .. Took my UPO 45 up to the mountains in Norway this weekend. I knew I was doing the following at risk as I have of yet not checked the caseback seals or crown seals. This is a 2 month old UPO worn only for a week. Anyway here goes..I checked both crowns were secured (Not overtight) and away it went right from my arm at body temp and placed on a stump in the woods for five minuts and then in the river with 1 deg celcius water temp. I left it there in abt 35 cm depth of water for abt 5 mins. Then took it out and placed it in the snow for another 5- 10minutes.. Now the air temp that day was minus 12 deg celcius! Then later took the watch indoors to climatize for abt 20 mins and put it on my wrist and wore it in the sauna at 95 deg celcius for abt 15 mins. This brings the watch right into another extreme condition. Shock heat with high humidity and then right out again into minus 12 deg c!! (Did this twice!) Not bad at all! I was impressed! Here are some pics of the watch on the stup before put in the river.. and then after thrown in the snow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakemaster Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Bored? Ah brings back memories of the Aquaracer torture test. Golf anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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