The watch for dead rich men

[Robert Urbanek]

An Omega watch ad on the back cover of the May issue of The Atlantic magazine offered, in retrospect, an eerie sales pitch:

Discover New Depths

Our world record dive to the deepest place on Earth led to a groundbreaking OMEGA dive watch . . . water resistant to 6,000 meters.

As a deep-sea diver would be crushed at 6,000 meters, I wonder how they tested the watch. Strapped the watch to the hull of a deep-sea craft? Or did a person inside a submersible dip the watch in a cup of water when they reached 6,000 meters?

I wonder if they will recover this watch among the wreckage of the OceanGate vessel that imploded near the Titanic.

 

[1srelluc]

 

[whitehall]

If the watch is good for that kind of depth it might still be running in the belly of a giant squid.