If Nick had a helium escape valve his voice would be lower.

@atlasatlantic5396

Жыл бұрын

He already had on his back in between his butts😂

What did the scientist say after discovering two new isotopes of helium? HeHe

I watched this whole video, and I can't even swim.

@edrader

6 жыл бұрын

me neither and my watch has a helium escape valve ;-)

@mgmmaze

5 жыл бұрын

I watched this only because I know 2 underwater diver welders and want to ask them if this would be even helpful but both I know are cheap asses so they sure don't have a high speed watch

@Boki199611

5 жыл бұрын

So that means you're an excelent diver :)

A bad comedian told a joke to helium. He got no reaction

Haha, great video. First I've seen from your channel. Definitely subscribing.

4:25 to the end reminded me of: - Do you know what a duvet is? - A comforter. - It's a blanket. - Just a blanket. Why do guys like you and I know what a duvet is? Is this essential to our survival in the hunter-gatherer sense? No. What are we, then? - I dunno. Consumers. - Right. We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty. These things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy's name on my knife. Omega. Spyderco. Olight. - Martha Stewart. - F*** Martha Stewart. She's polishing the brass on the Buck 110. lt's all going down. So f*** off with your escape valves and Strinne green stripe patterns. I say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say let's evolve. Let the chips fall where they may. But that's me, and I could be wrong (random jackass).

@jyc2201

6 жыл бұрын

ATech Reviews where is this from

@ATechReviewsKnives

6 жыл бұрын

tito5581 Fight Club

I appreciated the research you did on saturation diving, i was considering it for a while especially since im a welder. Double thumbs up 👌

Great information Nick. Thanks for the video.

as a diver, i never dive with my watch on, it doesn't have nearly the functionality of a specific dive computer, i am not a tech diver, but i know a fair amount of the theory behind it, and a watch really just becomes an extra bit of gear to lose, dive computers have long since replaced the need for tables and watches.

@kevinong1306

7 ай бұрын

As a diver, I always dive with a watch in addition to my dive computer. For the same reason we dive with a dive buddy, it is good to have redundancy for back up. 👌

but without one, how does Bond activate the dohickies on his watch?

@thestig007

6 жыл бұрын

So true.

Hi Nick. Are you gonna do a review of the new Citizen Attesa? Keep up the good work

Awesome TimeWatch Set! 😊👌

this is a pretty good video and explanation what I want to know if you can help is how and when do you regulate the use of your helium valve because when you're in the dive Bell you would obviously open it because that's your high helium environment but what happens when you get out of your diving bell and you're on the floor of the ocean do you close it before you go down and at what point coming back up do you open it and then during decompression when do you finally close it

My fav Nick video. Has me smiling the whole way through.

Love the videos as always! What's your opinion on invicta watches?

@elv3a424

6 жыл бұрын

Zack Craig I'm not Nick, but I personally don't recommend them. Shameless copies of other watches... Half-illegal sale pricing schemes, gaudy pieces... But, of course, I'm just an idiot on the internet. If you enjoy it, that's all that matters.

It's memorial day weekend I'm doing full saturation diving in the pool today!

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

Hit the helium balloon, then bam, chipmunk dives.

My Seiko Tuna is designed to prevent Helium gas from penetrating the case, eliminating the need for an escape valve. They use an L shaped gasket (under the crystal, I believe).

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

That's an even better approach!

@andyrichardson6188

6 жыл бұрын

How is that better? You can't see it or play with it. How is the marketing department supposed to sell an invisible gasket?

@thestig007

6 жыл бұрын

You got me there! Poor Seiko, missed another huge marketing opportunity....

I had no need to watch this vid. The escape valve escapes me completely. But guess what! Now I know more than I knew before about how you think and feel on this subject. And not only.... I don’t think I have an escape valve. And you convinced me I don’t need one! 😋😁

Love your channel im wondering once you are done with your dive and out of the water wouldn't unscrewing the crown breifly release the pressure essentially doing the same as the screwdown helium escape valve

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

Well, kind of. The problem is that if it's gonna pop the crystal, it would've done so during the ascent, not once you're out of the water. And also, when the crown is unscrewed, usually, the watch has next-to-no water resistance (whereas with an Omega-style HEV, the water resist is just lowered to 100m). So, it's no problem to just pull the crown if you're decompressing "dry", because you can just do that, but if you're underwater, it might cause issues. But again, solution in search of a problem.

@DayNightVlogs

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Shabazz Thank you for the explication fantastic job and keep those great videos coming look forward to your next video have a great day cheers

Great video

I have the F-91W what more could I possibly need ?

I don’t even swim down to a 10 foot mark in a pool. So really, any dive watch is overbuilt for my needs. Yet, they are the ones that I like to wear. It’s almost like wearing a Kevlar motor cycle jacket while riding a single speed bicycle. If I purchased items that simply covered my needs for the tool, I would be happy with only a Casio F-91W for a watch (nice watch, btw) or just an Opinel 8 for my knife. But if I’m going to collect something, then damn it all, I’m going to collect it but good. And yes, if that Medford Praetorian Ti comes with TWO helium escape valves, sign me up!

You don't need a helium escape valve but you don't need a 300m diving watch either lol.... So if anything omega is mocking how much you really don't need the watch at all...

I kind of wonder whether this was a vestigial feature from when they used to lume dials with radium... alpha decay=helium

Wouldn't the helium escape through the crown if we simply fully open it? As I understand, hev are only a window to equalize the pressure without harming the mechanism...

I own a PO. I don't see how you could accidentally unscrew the escape valve... In the years that I have owned it that has never happened

Seeing these watches side by side brings to mind a question: Do you prefer a sweep second hand or a tick-by-tick second hand, and is there a reason we should prefer one or the other?

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

Mechanical and Quartz watches have many relevant differences, and I have a whole video about them. I'd say to check that out :)

@RonBrumleve

6 жыл бұрын

I will. So from this I infer that "tick" second hands are typically on Quartz watches while "sweeps" are on Mechanical watches? Edit: Nevermind, I see this explained in kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y3h4zaitis2slc4.html Thanks.

Seems similar to all the absurdly overbuilt custom tactical knives, e.g. Mick Strider Customs, Skike, DSK, etc. Most of them will never see the use they're capable of.

Hey Nick, about the manual valve. Why not just unscrew the regular crown so the helium can escape? Am I missing something?

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

The problem is that if it's gonna pop the crystal, it would've done so during the ascent, not once you're out of the water. And when the crown is unscrewed, usually, the watch has next-to-no water resistance (whereas with an Omega-style HEV, the water resist is just lowered to 100m). So, it's no problem to just pull the crown if you're decompressing "dry", because you can just do that, but if you're underwater, it might cause issues.

@feralfeline6137

6 жыл бұрын

Ah ok, my understanding was that you only decompress dry with saturation diving.

@kidthorazine

6 жыл бұрын

with saturation diving you're generally in an open diving bell, so it's possible to keep the watch dry, but you probably wouldn't want to take any chances.

Professional divers use dive computers. Helium escape valves are useless, as the majority of dive watches never get wet. It is more a macho statement. That's ok too!

@Draknareth

6 жыл бұрын

To be fair the watch with a helium escape valve would never need to get wet. The helium mixture would only get into a watch inside a dive habitat or diving bell so theoretically the watch would never need to go into water but would be under pressure.

We also don't need 600m water resistance either and most of us won't need 15,000 gauss magnetic resistance. There is an awful lot of marketing in watch sales. I do love the Planet Ocean though and that features all three :D

@heiko4448

6 жыл бұрын

I don't need a He escape valve and they are a reason for me to not get an Omega diver. It's too obvious for me that it's a gimmick. But I often work with magnetic fields between 500 and 1000 Gauss. It's good to know there is some reserve. You are right, but I see a difference between water resistance/HEV and resistance to magnetic fields.

you're right. I own a tudor pelagos with helium escape valve. do I "need" it? no but I also don't "need" a $4500 watch. the external helium release valve on the seamaster is gimmicky and a liability though I did own a bond seamaster and wore it for years.

I believe that most watch users just want to own a watch that has the capability to perform in certain environments, even though they will never be used in that manner.

What if I work in a helium factory?

So, why is it of all kinds of watches for different occupations that divers watches became the luxury?

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

They're pretty useful, with the bezels and serious water resist and durability.

Don't get into helium escape valves!

this dude is gotta be a new yorker

I got friendzoned by helium yesterday. There just wasnt any chemistry going on between us

I have a Sinn U200. Only diving I do is on my couch. 2000 meter water resistant watch is just stupid. But hey why not.

Yeah I get that, but my seamaster wouldn't look right without it, I hated it for yrs, now I enjoy the uniqueness.

Marketing is a necessary evil.

Good video. This is just a joke on the part of the manufacturer. Anyway there are Suunto watches for divers. That's just hilarious.

They’re eyesores for any watch. I also don’t like useless complications or additions. I like omega’s value and engineering, but I know it would always bother me seeing that useless crown at 10 o clock. I can’t do it.

Thanks for explaining something that i dident even know existed. Thinking about it, this video could be your channel trailer. Have a nice day haha

I didn't know Brains from Thunderbirds had a KZread channel.

I was told by saturation diver that every watch has a helium escape valve anyway. Its called the crown! When decompressing from saturation your sitting in a dry room waiting for days, no water around.

@scootermann83

Жыл бұрын

This x100 , I'm only finding this video now somehow, but your comment is what I was about to make.

Apparently saturation divers just release the crown if they're using mechanical watches

I’ll never understand why helium just doesn’t escape from the screw down crown when you unscrew it. If it’s going to let water in when unscrewed, it’s going to let helium out.

@Gnarlysquirl

Жыл бұрын

When you are in decompression there is a lot of water condensation, so much that you can see a fog. This enters the watch if you open the crown

@sinjon

Жыл бұрын

@@Gnarlysquirl how is that any different than opening a helium escape valve though? They’re both creating a space for gas to escape

@Gnarlysquirl

Жыл бұрын

@@sinjon it's a one way valve rather than an open passage that would allow moisture in

I think despite them being pointless for a normal user or even deep sea diver they do make for a good conversation starter when people ask what its for ;P

Funny shit 👍🏼

My favorite cartoon? He-man

Nick, I need help I'm getting into watches and my wallet is starting to fear for its life.

Are you SCUBA certified nick? Just wondering. Dive watches got me thinkin.

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

Not remotely.

@nicoalbrektsen4615

6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha you should get into it! Sure is cheaper than watches😜

43 minutes 32 seconds if you want to see Nick's face you'll have to find the video that that corresponds to. It's in one of his videosyou just have to find it. Have fun

But ... all that helium and no place to go?

Everyone had a helium escape valve behind their buttocks😁😜😄

These are ok... but there must be an astronaut watch that has an O2 release value and maybe another one for space dust. I really want that four crown watch. "I'm going to space. See, I already have the watch."

Watch gripe? :P You should ask ho-stinky if they let you host a whole series... See how that goes :)

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

Lol. I don't see that happening.

@inntit4093

6 жыл бұрын

:DD

🤣 TRY to watch this video WITHOUT cracking up!

But Nick, you have two very expensive watches with a helium escape valve, did you fall for the marketing? 😀😘 But still not as ugly as a knife called Matanza....😜😂😂😂

@StuartRedman

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, he fell for it twice.

If you do not know what a Helium Escape Valve is you do not need a Helium Escape Valve.

Annnnnd det det det

no the average scuba diver does not need a helium escape valve they are design for deep saturation divers that live inside of a high helium diving bell for extended periods of time

Dude sounds like JFK lol

Poor divers! What in the world did they do before these Helium escape valves? Did divers take their watches to get repaired everytime helium broke their watches after a dive before this technology?

Tritium, uranium and helium walk into a bar, tritium then makes a bright and funny remark about the bartenders wife. Uranium chuckled for 2 to 3 seconds but helium was unreactive.

No NEED but still cool. Nick, you're married now. Oh, no. Getting practical. Oh, no.

Well! Agaasgagagagaagah

#DoNotGetIntoWatches

Don't Get Into Watches.

Nick, I'm gonna save you a LOT of trouble in life, you ready?....... you don't need a watch

helium escape valves are a total scam!

No shit. Unless you're a saturation diver, you don't. Kind of a pointless video, but... It's good you're making more watch videos. Edit: Saying that it's a marketing trick is just not right. It's one of the greatest innovations in watchmaking, and putting it on a watch is moreso paying homage to their history than marketing. What's the use of a Tourbillon? What about a minute repeater? There is none. It's art. Mechanical watches aren't about functionality, and if this bothers you, don't buy mechanical watches.

@NickShabazz

6 жыл бұрын

The thing is, for 99.9999%, the HEV is a solution in search of a problem. It's just a fault in the case. That's not innovation. Innovation is creating it, then featuring it where it makes sense.

@edrader

6 жыл бұрын

omega has helium release valves on quartz watches too.

@ssvs0485

6 жыл бұрын

It’s not pointless video, for the new collector of watches it explains why it’s not needed for the average person who has no idea behind its purpose.