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NurseDave said:
Interesting. What's the main reason behind a watch being filled with oil?
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It makes the case incompressible so it becomes water resistant to way deeper. And underwater it removes the Crystal reflection to improve readability. I saw a picture of another oil filled watch and wanted to try one. It won’t work with mechanical watches because the escapement isn’t strong enough. I tried one other quartz movement and it wasn’t strong enough either. This one has a Miyota movement and, so far it works fine. But when the battery dies I’ll probably need to pitch it. Too stinking messy to do again.
 
Majorrich said:
It makes the case incompressible so it becomes water resistant to way deeper. And underwater it removes the Crystal reflection to improve readability. I saw a picture of another oil filled watch and wanted to try one. It won’t work with mechanical watches because the escapement isn’t strong enough. I tried one other quartz movement and it wasn’t strong enough either. This one has a Miyota movement and, so far it works fine. But when the battery dies I’ll probably need to pitch it. Too stinking messy to do again.
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Gotcha. Look forward to your bathtub pics showing how it works.
 
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