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 Posted: Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 02:49 pm
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Skipdawg



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 It would really depend on just how the watch is built. As stated if the vacuum was gradually produced you might be OK unless the watch has a weakness.

A sudden vacuum though could be a issue and if the watch has a snap-on case back I'd guess that would give first. But if it has a screw down crown and case back then likely the crystal would fail.

I would love to see test done just to see what would happen to various types of watch designs.

I know Omega, Seiko and Volmax have built some watches to stand up to a vacuum environment like outer space.