Seiko SKX at 500m of depth

[SearChart]

My colleague recently tested his SKX007 at 400m of depth. I took my SKX013 a little deeper. It is a smaller watch than the 007 (38mm) so it's structural strength should be better.

It survived, no crystal cracks, no deformation of the case back, no condensation inside.

I am impressed (and relieved)

[the_natural]

I <3 Seiko.

[SearChart]

They are rated 200m for those who didn't know.

[paul cbc]

Impressive & thank you for sharing!

I have an SKX013 as well. The case does seem quite stout.
Guess the depth rating is fairly conservative.

Great watch, enjoy yours.

Paul

[Gharddog03]

Awesome

[lucevan le stelle]

Great post! As a long time SKX owner I appreciate you sharing.

[TG3N]

Reminds me of this 1972 Rolex advert:



Or there's a video of a Russian guy abusing his Vostock Amphibia in a similar fashion.

I suspect a lot of (quality) watches are capable of exceeding their quite conservative depth ratings, but if course other things like individual usage, gasket age etc. could of course impair later resistance.

Very interesting though, like this sort of stuff - thanks.

[the_natural]

And this one, which I'm sure many have already seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmqoq3LIDmM

[Maxy]

Originally Posted by SearChart

They are rated 200m for those who didn't know.

I find it silly and marketing failure on part of Seiko. So many silly small brands mark their watches 300 meters or 500 meters whereas Seiko has huge diving watches and still stuck at 200 meters. Even their best watches are barely 300 meters. I don't know why can't they simply mark it 300 meters with huge fancy construction.

For example- Seiko Prospex Kinetic: watch made specially for diving and it is huge and they market it as 200 meters. In today's time, that's a marketing failure when every brand has 300 meters watches. Even if they put 500 meters on the dial, there would be no failure as no one will go that deep but silly they market this pure dive watch with huge bezel and protected case as only 200 meters.

[spndx]

Good post

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by the_natural

And this one, which I'm sure many have already seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmqoq3LIDmM

Saw that a long time ago, cool to see it again

Would be fun if I had a small camera capable of going this deep, then I'd pump it up to 1220m (limit of the Rolex fathometre I).
Don't think the SKX would survive 1220m but I am now very curious to know what it's utter limit is.

[Tokyo Time]

Awesome post. Here’s mine this morning just after exiting Blue Hole here in Guam.

[Dan Pierce]

Thanks for sharing, Bas!

Mine haven't gone that deep but both my skx modded divers have preformed flawlessly.
dP

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Time

Awesome post. Here’s mine this morning just after exiting Blue Hole here in Guam.

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

Thanks for sharing, Bas!

Mine haven't gone that deep but both my skx modded divers have preformed flawlessly.
dP

Beautiful pictures gentlemen! Very cool that you both enjoy using them what they were made for.
I could never dive, I'm afraid of environments that lack breathable air.

[paul cbc]

Originally Posted by Maxy

I find it silly and marketing failure on part of Seiko. So many silly small brands mark their watches 300 meters or 500 meters whereas Seiko has huge diving watches and still stuck at 200 meters. Even their best watches are barely 300 meters. I don't know why can't they simply mark it 300 meters with huge fancy construction.

For example- Seiko Prospex Kinetic: watch made specially for diving and it is huge and they market it as 200 meters. In today's time, that's a marketing failure when every brand has 300 meters watches. Even if they put 500 meters on the dial, there would be no failure as no one will go that deep but silly they market this pure dive watch with huge bezel and protected case as only 200 meters.

While I understand your points, perhaps this is an Engineering driven item rather than a Marketing miscue? 2.5 times is standard on many engineering specifications.

Considering the application, I prefer the conservative rating methodology.

Regardless, great watch and thanks to the OP for performing and sharing this test.

[Sam Crow]

Thanks for sharing and giving me the heads up Bas! I love my SKX013K2, it's my first Seiko and has been on my wrist every day since I got it on Monday.

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by Sam Crow

Thanks for sharing and giving me the heads up Bas! I love my SKX013K2, it's my first Seiko and has been on my wrist every day since I got it on Monday.

Congrats Rob! It is a fun little watch for sure, with some impressive water resistance
Glad you enjoyed the thread.

[ajas]

Awesome

[cfjan]

I think we all know Seiko is very conservative.. !

Here's a video of the MM 1000M being tested in the ocean. The auto version stopped at 4,299m! (I believe it stopped because the crystal is being pushed into the gasket enough that the crystal physically touched the hands..)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmqoq3LIDmM