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This might sound stupid but I was woundering why the function...
By jeff
Ranked #1060 - Men's Accessories
August 25, 2010
This might sound stupid but I was woundering why the function knobs are on the left side of the watch??
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By Zach Pina
August 28, 2010
Actually, the knobs are on the left because this is a true, dive/surf-style watch. And when you're wearing a wetsuit, rather than run the risk of the neoprene bunching up on certain wrist movements and accidentally twisting the crown knob (exposing the inner guts of the watch to seawater), or inadvertently stopping the chrono (very bad if you're measuring ascent time, or time underwater), everything is on the left side of the watch. Harder to set, but much safer to use while diving or surfing in the long run.
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