The watch manufacturer Reactor has announced that its water sports watch Gamma has been immersed in salt water at a depth of 100 m off the southeast coast of Florida, USA, in order to carry out the experiment. The watch, which is attached to a wreck, is expected to remain underwater for three years. In this way, the company intends to test the stability of the watch in very extreme conditions. As part of the study, the watch will be tested once a year underwater by an experienced diver, Mike Barnette, one of the founders of the Association of Underwater Explorers.
"Our Gamma goal is to find out how long this watch will work underwater without changing the set depth," says Jimmy Olmes, founder of the watch factory in Agoura Hills, California. "Since we know how to make watches, our goal is to find out how durable these watches are in difficult conditions."
The case of the Reactor Gamma watch is 45.5 mm in diameter, its height is 13.8 mm, and the weight is 200 gr. Gamma is made of 316L stainless steel. The watch has a lithium battery with a 10-year warranty. The dial is covered with a non-reflective crystal, which makes the watch easy to use even underwater. The maximum depth of the Reactor Gamma is 300 m.
The Reactor hopes that the clock will show the correct time at the end of the experiment - after three years at a depth of 100 m.
