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by chrisdhal 1031 days ago
Go to any watch forum and post something about wearing your watch that's rated for 100m to wash your hands and watch the flames come in.

They'll argue (maybe rightfully so) that a water resistance rating is not the same as the pressures of swimming. Just dunking something does not do anything such as swimming strokes that could force water into the watch. I find it a little absurd that people won't wash dishes with a 100m resistant watch, but then again, I'm not sporting a 5 figure watch either.

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a 100m water column is around 150 psi. That number is 3 times the typical city tap water, it's a lot of pressure.