alt Hacker NewsI'm excited that the back will screw off so we can replace the battery. I'm curious about waterproofing. Will that hold? Will we need to replace a gasket or other parts, in addition to the battery?
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erohead • yesterday at 7:19 PM
In the video, the green thing is the gasket. It should be reusable, but nothing's guaranteed in the world of waterproofing.
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daemonologist • yesterday at 8:01 PM
Yeah I find the Time 2 design to be kind of fugly, but the screwed assembly is definitely tempting me to pick one up. Very nice feature.
(A lot of the original Pebbles were ugly too, but in a way that I personally found more appealingly utilitarian. Or maybe I'm just used to them.)
The watch is only listed as water resistant, not waterproof. I don't know if he's said anything specific about the Time 2, but for the 2 Duo (same target water resistance rating) he's written about the water resistance here: https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-2-duo-is-in-mass-production . He says you shouldn't take the watch swimming, shouldn't expose it to hot water like a shower (weakens the glue and eliminates the water resistance), and shouldn't expose it to high pressure water. They seem designed mainly to protect against incidental splashes rather than any serious water exposure.