zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Hello Everyone! Thanks for the response, I am glad you enjoyed the post. I just intended to post something as a 'thanks' to the forum for being so helpful in my quest... But, Sam suggests I cross post some additional information to the "tool" forum. Once I get my act together I'll do so, and come up with a couple of shots of my beat up 'tools' -- which is a great way to describe them!

Someone queried about the use of a watch in this day and age of computers, but, as Chris has posted, timing redundancy is very important on some dives. In fact on most of our deeper dives we carry two dive computers just in case. And, as a final back-up we 'cut tables' using a computer, write out all the decompression stop times and depths on a slate for the planned dive and various contingencies, and then carry that as well. Then, if all else fails you can always just use a watch (my new Seamaster) and depth gauge. We don't do this kind of planning on every dive of course -- only on those planned on being decompression dives.

I am so dependent on being a 'tool user' I find it hard to believe how anyone can actually function without a watch! These days you see more people without one and just relying on a cell phone. Ugh.

I've only made about 60 dives with the Seamaster but so far it is performed flawlessly. I had a slight concern over the choice of titanium for the case and bracelet because there was some mention of the Ti being brittle and prone to breakage. I am hoping that this is not true. So far, I have smacked it around a bit with no problems.

Am I satisfied with the purchase? Absolutely. It functions well as a true 'dive tool', and I get a grin on my face each time I check the time.

cheers,

Dale

ps -- Chris: I love the diving off NC. The wrecks and Sand Tigers are great.