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Old 19 August 2023, 05:05 AM   #1
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Safe to dive with the Challenge...I would think so.

Just got back from my first official dive trip with the Challenge. It was our 20th anniversary so I figured the Challenge was the appropriate watch for the trip...

Pictures to follow in and out of the water.

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Old 19 August 2023, 05:09 AM   #2
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Safe at lunch too...

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Old 19 August 2023, 05:09 AM   #3
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:10 AM   #4
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:12 AM   #5
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Carefully placed as to not hurt coral... Or challenge

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Old 19 August 2023, 05:12 AM   #6
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:13 AM   #7
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:14 AM   #8
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A soak and a coke...

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Old 19 August 2023, 05:14 AM   #9
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Those gorgonians are beautiful! The watch ain’t bad either;)
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:15 AM   #10
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:15 AM   #11
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:17 AM   #12
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My loyal assistant, first picture of every day of diving is of him. I use it to mark the days

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Old 19 August 2023, 05:17 AM   #13
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:23 AM   #14
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Awesome pictures. Looks fantastic in its natural habitat. I would like to rock that watch but it would look like I was wearing Big Ben on my wrist. I always wonder what would happen if someone laid there watch down to take a picture and a giant grouper or something swam by and ate it.
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:26 AM   #15
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:30 AM   #16
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Awesome pictures. Looks fantastic in its natural habitat. I would like to rock that watch but it would look like I was wearing Big Ben on my wrist. I always wonder what would happen if someone laid there watch down to take a picture and a giant grouper or something swam by and ate it.
I always look over my shoulder before....
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Old 19 August 2023, 05:43 AM   #17
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Old 19 August 2023, 06:18 AM   #18
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You can’t get that wet!!!!!!!






Beautiful pics and congratulations!
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Old 19 August 2023, 06:30 AM   #19
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Safe to dive with the Challenge...I would think so.

Jeez Brian, only you could make the challenge look diminutive on a wrist shot…

Superb photography many won’t comprehend the mastery of buoyancy needed to take the images on this thread.
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Old 19 August 2023, 06:39 AM   #20
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Some really nice photos here.

Asking as a non diver, what sort of depths are you diving to here?
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Old 19 August 2023, 06:44 AM   #21
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All great pictures, but this one ^ is the first time the DSC actually makes sense to me visually. In that dive situation (and on your wrist size) it looks superb!
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Love these photos and love this watch!
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Old 19 August 2023, 07:09 AM   #23
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Lovely pics thanks for sharing! SDDS doing what it does.
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Old 19 August 2023, 07:28 AM   #24
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All great pictures, but this one ^ is the first time the DSC actually makes sense to me visually. In that dive situation (and on your wrist size) it looks superb!
Thank you, you really have to have it sized to even truly evaluate it. I'm loving it.

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Old 19 August 2023, 07:30 AM   #25
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Some really nice photos here.

Asking as a non diver, what sort of depths are you diving to here?
Heading down to about a max of 27 meters. The first dive is always the deepest, then normal to do a second dive at about fifty feet.

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Old 19 August 2023, 07:31 AM   #26
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Jeez Brian, only you could make the challenge look diminutive on a wrist shot…

Superb photography many won’t comprehend the mastery of buoyancy needed to take the images on this thread.
You are too kind... The challenge did make me use one less pound of lead though... Joke

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Old 19 August 2023, 08:33 AM   #27
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Hah, hah - Awesome !!

I’ve done the same thing several times with my Deepsea !

Awesome watch, great photos !
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Old 19 August 2023, 08:49 AM   #28
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Love these pictures! Congrats OP!!!

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Very true!!!
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Old 19 August 2023, 10:15 AM   #29
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That watch is a beast!

My luck, I would take the watch off and then have my regulator free flow or some other emergency, and be separated from it. Glad you had a nice trip.
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Damn Brian this is so cool! Thanks for sharing the shots
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