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Old 18 January 2021, 06:58 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by harrisonkris66 View Post
Hi i dont know why i tried it but i did. I put my seamaster under hot water them under cold water amd the inside of the crystal misted slightly for about 15/20 seconds. I then but cold water over it from room temperature and it done the same. Is this normal. The watch is only 1 year old and i brought it privately. What do you guys think?
First cannot understand why you done this to your watch, but condensation on the inside of the crystal is generally an indication that there may be a problem but it your case would doubt if you have any problem. Now condensation will quite normally occur when any warm/hot watch is suddenly exposed to a cold environment i.e. if you enter cold air/water then shortly after warm/hot water or visa versa. In normal circumstances this will appear as a very fine mist and should disappear in seconds, minutes, or a hour or so when the watch warms up. This is quite normal as the air trapped inside your watch after say a service will have a small amount of water vapour as its just like normal humidity in the atmosphere, if it disappears quickly all is well. Now if the misting appears as clearly definable droplets of water and does not clear quickly when warm, then it signifies that water has entered the case.Now this will NOT evaporate of its own accord and will need to be removed then afraid its off to service as soon as possible.
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