I often where my G-Shock and sometime would wear my SKX007 in the sauna. Never had any problem, or maybe i've just been lucky.

So i would think as long as the seals are good, then your good to go (but dont quote me on that).

Usually the sauna temperature here in Finland are up at 70-85c and we always throw water on the stones to get even hotter steam. :57:

 

Hi,
I'm usually in the steam room after my gym routine and it bothers me not knowing the time or for how long I've been there..
So is a divers watch safe to use in a Steam Room?


Thanks

If you can handle the heat/humidity; then the watch should have no problem. Should this be a regular practice and the watch you wear in the steam room all the time; it would probably behove you to have it WR test every couple of years to be on the safe side :celebrate:

 

Must confess, I would have a super-beater for that particularly function. (But, if it is on your wrist, no one can steal it out of your locker!)

 

Yes you can as far as gaskets are good and sealed, however the Stainless Steel case might get hot from the high temp. in the room and it will burn your wrist.....

 

Thanks for your comments..

The case can't get any hotter than the air which is already in contact with skin so it will not burn..


I'm also concerned on the effect of the hot cycles on the spring because if I remember correctly the metal is treated with heat to help it achieve that flexibility (at least for Rolex that's why the spring is purple/blue caused by the heating)..




Should I avoid quartz (battery operated) movts?

 

The case can't get any hotter than the air which is already in contact with skin so it will not burn..

Well yes and no ... it's all about concentration. You can spend several minutes in a 80°C sauna (gas) but you won't be able to stand in 80°C water (liquid) or in direct contact with a 80°C steel wall (solid).

 

I don't even take hot showers with a good diver, let alone take it to the sauna.


In those cases, I'd much prefer a beater, wether a diver or not.
The rapid rise and decline in temperature could very well expedite the elasticity and effectiveness of the gaskets...

 

I have a 30 year old Seiko quartz that I wore in the sauna and jacuzzis. I never had a problem. Seiko coserv always did the battery swap with seals and pressure testing.

Mark

 

I agree with Time. But I never use the steam room (not sure if I like it), I preffer the sauna.

And I always leave my wristwatch OUTSIDE the sauna, where I can see it through the window (along with my cap and swimming googles), seated on the bench.

The rapid increase in temperature I'm sure do not do any good to soft parts of the watch, some important ones like the gaskets.

I never wear a beater in a sauna, I simply don't wear a watch. To me is uncomfortable, and use one of those wall sand watches that are usually inside the saunas to time my 20' of it.

I have thought of this in the past. I'd never wear a wristwatch in those temperatures...

 

My 1978 tuna was on me when i went to this awesome hot springs in Xiamen, China 2 weeks back. Temperature of the waters i got into was around 40c and the last thing i did was going to the sauna around 68-70c. I got kinda scared coz it fogged the crystal but it was on the outside

 

If the watch is waterproof, it should not matter if it"s 300 feet below sea level or in a steam room.

 

Don't worry. I even wear my SKX007 in the sauna. No problem occurs, up to now...
But this is a risky matter. Better not to do with an expensive watch, if you can avoid it.

 

Got to say right or wrong i wouldent wear one in a steam room or if i had to, it would be a cheap Casio or such like.

 

Is there no Faith in our watches ? ??? If it can go down 10/20 bar then it can handle a bit of heat and humidity....

 

Is there no Faith in our watches ? ??? If it can go down 10/20 bar then it can handle a bit of heat and humidity....

It can handle it, but it ain't good for it.


Guys, don't confuse pressure with temperature.
Even hi spec dive watches that are used for diving should have their gaskets changed and be fully tested every year. I only do that with the watches I dive with.
But such rapid sire in temperature and then back down... Sure a dive watch can handle it, but be prepared to change the gaskets.

 

High temperature exposure to watches (from a Casio W.R. 100m sports watch to a Seiko professional 1000m tuna diver's watch) is one of the worst things you can do to them.

This has been discussed in here for a number of times.

Not only it can be disastrous, but also I don't see a point in the need to wear a damn watch in a sauna. Sorry!

Just because there are owners outhere willing to subject their watches to such a practice and the watches have survived so far doesn't mean they will be able to keep on doing this and still get away intact from it ad eternum...

Big no-no in my book. :banghead:

 

High temperature exposure to watches (from a Casio W.R. 100m sports watch to a Seiko professional 1000m tuna diver's watch) is one of the worst things you can do to them.

This has been discussed in here for a number of times.

Not only it can be disastrous, but also I don't see a point in the need to wear a damn watch in a sauna. Sorry!

Just because there are owners outhere willing to subject their watches to such a practice and the watches have survived so far doesn't mean they will be able to keep on doing this and still get away intact from it ad eternum...

Big no-no in my book. :banghead:

Showers, saunas, steam rooms, hot tubes, etc. are places for the human body to cleanse itself...not' washaramas' for watches.
We don't wear our socks or underwear in those places; at least I don't; so why wear a watch in an atmosphere that isn't suitable for it???

 

The case can't get any hotter than the air which is already in contact with skin so it will not burn..

This isn't entirely true. conductivity of heat plays a very important role here. Different materials absorb and release heat differently. Metal is a much better conductor than air, even very humid air. If anything is keeping the temperature of a watch bearable in a steam room it is the constant contact with your skin.