What Does Water Resistant Mean on a Watch? A Wholesale Buyer's Guide to Ratings, Testing and Warranty

A spec sheet lands in your inbox. The watch looks right, the price works, the MOQ is acceptable — and then you reach the line that decides whether the product can even be listed the way you plan to list it: Water resistance: 3 ATM. Or 5 ATM. Or "30M". Or sometimes nothing at all, which is its own answer. If you have ever paused at that line and wondered what "water resistant" actually commits a manufacturer to — and what it does not — you are asking the right question, and you are not alone. It is one of the most searched specification questions in the watch trade, because the answer directly affects which products you can sell, how you describe them, and who pays when a customer's watch fogs up.

This guide answers it the way a buyer needs it answered. We will define what water resistant means on a watch, decode the ATM, BAR and meter markings you will see on quotations and product pages, walk through how manufacturers actually test water resistance, give you a verification checklist you can run before confirming an order, and map out exactly where a 12-month warranty starts and stops on water-related claims. Throughout, we will use the Aurevo quartz watch line — a Shenzhen-based watch and jewelry manufacturer serving wholesale, OEM, ODM and private label buyers in more than 65 markets — as a worked example of how ratings appear on real B2B product pages.

One note before we start: this article is the buyer's field guide to reading and verifying the marking itself. If you are looking specifically at the question "is a 3 ATM watch waterproof, and can I swim with it," we cover that separately in Is a 3 ATM Watch Waterproof? A B2B Buyer's Guide to Watch Water Resistance. The two questions overlap, but they are not the same question — and mixing them up is how sourcing mistakes start.

What Does Water Resistant Mean on a Watch?

Water resistant means the watch has passed a standardized pressure test and will resist water ingress up to a defined limit — under defined conditions. It is a tested, limited property, not a permanent guarantee. That single sentence is the whole answer, and every word in it does work.

"Has passed a standardized pressure test" means the rating is earned, not assumed. A manufacturer takes a finished watch — case, crystal, crown, caseback, gaskets all assembled — and subjects it to air or water pressure equivalent to the rating on the dial. If the watch leaks at that pressure, it fails and does not ship with that marking. When a spec sheet says 3 ATM, it is (or should be) summarizing a test that actually happened to the product family being quoted.

"Up to a defined limit" means the marking has a ceiling. A 3 ATM watch resists static pressure equivalent to a 30-meter column of water — roughly three times the air pressure at sea level. It does not resist 40 meters, and more importantly, it does not resist the dynamic pressure spikes generated by a moving arm in a swimming pool. The limit is part of the claim; a rating quoted without a limit is marketing, not specification.

"Under defined conditions" is the part buyers most often skip, and the part that decides warranty disputes. The test is performed on a stationary watch at room temperature, with an intact seal, in water that is not chemically aggressive. Real life adds motion, heat, steam, perfume, sweat and time — and every one of those erodes the margin between "passed the test" and "survives your customer's shower." This is why the industry convention maps every rating to a set of everyday exposures rather than to a depth: the number is the test result, but the practical meaning is the exposure level.

So when you read "water resistant 3 ATM" on a product page — as you will on every quartz model in the Aurevo women's and men's lines — the honest translation is: this watch handles rain, hand washing and accidental splashes, and it is not designed for swimming, showering or submersion. Everything else in this guide is about how to confirm that translation before you order, and how to write it into your own listings so your customers never expect more than the rating delivers.

There is also a quieter point worth making for anyone new to sourcing watches. "Water resistant" appears on virtually every responsible brand's watches, from $20 fashion quartz models to professional dive instruments, because the underlying physics is the same: no watch is sealed forever. Gaskets are rubber compounds that age; cases expand and contract with temperature; crowns are moving parts with seals around them. What separates a professional supplier from an amateur one is not whether their watches are "waterproof" (none are) but whether their ratings are precise, tested, documented and honestly communicated. Read a supplier's water resistance copy carefully and you will learn more about their QC culture than any factory tour can show you.

Reading the Marking: ATM, BAR and Meters on Spec Sheets

Water resistance shows up on quotations, dials, casebacks and packaging in three interchangeable notations, and buyers who can convert between them instantly are harder to mislead. Here is the full decoder.

ATM (atmospheres). One atmosphere is approximately the air pressure at sea level — about 101.3 kilopascals. A 3 ATM rating means the watch withstood pressure three times that figure. ATM is the most common notation on fashion and classic quartz watches, and the one you will see most often in OEM/ODM quotations.

BAR. One bar is almost exactly one atmosphere (1 bar ≈ 0.987 atm), so 3 BAR and 3 ATM describe the same test result. European suppliers and some movement datasheets favor BAR. If a quotation says 5 BAR and your listing plan assumed 5 ATM, nothing has changed — the supplier is expressing the same property in a different unit.

Meters (M or m). This is the notation that causes the most damage. The meters figure is a static pressure result converted into the height of a water column — 3 ATM becomes "30M", 5 ATM becomes "50M", 10 ATM becomes "100M". It is not a depth rating. A watch marked 30M has not been tested thirty meters underwater in any dynamic sense; it has been tested at a static pressure equivalent to a 30-meter column. Buyers who read "30M" as "swim-safe to 30 meters" write listings their products cannot honor, and their returns queue writes the correction.

Notation on spec sheet	What it literally records	What it does NOT mean
3 ATM	Static pressure test at three times sea-level atmospheric pressure	That the watch can be taken 30 meters underwater
3 BAR	The same pressure expressed in bar (1 bar ≈ 1 atm)	Anything different from 3 ATM
30M / 30 meters	The same pressure converted to a water-column height	A depth guarantee for diving or swimming
"Splash resistant" (no number)	An informal description; ask which rating and test back it	A substitute for a stated, tested rating

Three practical habits follow from this table. First, always ask a supplier to state the rating in at least two notations ("3 ATM / 30M") on the quotation; the redundancy makes transcription errors visible. Second, when you receive a spec sheet with a rating, confirm it is a per-model value, not a catalog-level claim — within one supplier's range, a slim dress watch and a sports model rarely carry the same rating. Third, when a listing or quotation uses only informal language ("splash proof", "daily waterproof"), treat the missing number as missing information and request the figure in writing before you price the product. A supplier who answers precisely is showing you a precise operation; a supplier who answers vaguely is handing you a risk you will own later, in your own customer service queue.

Water Resistant vs. Waterproof: The Wording Your Listings Can Stand Behind

The distinction between "water resistant" and "waterproof" is not pedantry; it is the difference between a claim you can defend and a claim that can be quoted back at you. No mainstream watch — quartz or mechanical, $20 or $20,000 — is waterproof in the absolute sense of impervious to water under all conditions. Water always has candidate paths: the crown stem, the caseback gasket, the crystal seal, the pushers on a chronograph. Gaskets age. Temperature cycling moves the case parts by fractions of a millimeter, which is enough. A strap change or a drop can disturb a seal that was perfect at the factory.

That is why responsible manufacturers describe their watches as water resistant with a specific rating, and why the word "waterproof" has quietly disappeared from serious product pages. For a B2B buyer, the vocabulary decision has three downstream consequences.

Consequence one: dispute exposure. If your product page, packaging or marketplace listing says "waterproof", you have made an absolute promise. When a customer's watch fogs up after a shower — an exposure the rating never covered — that promise becomes the customer's evidence. A listing that says "water resistant 3 ATM: handles rain, hand washing and everyday splashes; not for swimming or showers" describes a tested property with defined limits, and it pre-answers the dispute before it starts.

Consequence two: supplier alignment. Your copy must match what the manufacturer will actually stand behind. Aurevo's own product pages describe each model's rating explicitly — 3 ATM on the Steel Quartz Watch, the Classic Ladies Quartz Watch, the Fashion Quartz Watch and the Ladies Bracelet Watch — alongside a uniform 12-month warranty across the range. That consistency is deliberate: the rating defines the conditions, the warranty defines the window, and neither silently extends the other. When you draft your own listings from a supplier's materials, keep the same discipline — quote the rating, state the limits, and mirror the warranty terms rather than embellishing them.

Consequence three: channel requirements. Large marketplaces enforce "as described" rules mechanically. A customer who reads "30M" literally and swims can open a case in minutes, and your listing's exact wording becomes the evidence. Boutique and wholesale channels give you more room to educate the end customer, but the copy still travels with the product. Either way, the accurate sentence is your cheapest insurance; only the enforcement speed differs.

A useful audit habit: search your own product copy for the word "waterproof" and for standalone phrases like "splash proof". Every hit is either a claim you must be able to document or a phrase that needs the rating attached. This ten-minute audit, run once per collection, removes an entire category of after-sales disputes.

The Water Resistance Rating Ladder, and How to Match It to Your Collection

Ratings form a ladder, and each rung maps to a different set of real-world exposures. The table below summarizes the conventions used across the watch industry. Treat it as a communication reference — always confirm the specific rating and test basis for the exact model you are buying.

Rating	Equivalent notations	Industry-convention suitability	Not suitable for
3 ATM	3 BAR / 30M	Splashes, rain, hand washing	Swimming, showering, submersion
5 ATM	5 BAR / 50M	Brief shallow-water exposure per manufacturer guidance	Diving, high-impact water sports, hot showers
10 ATM	10 BAR / 100M	Swimming and snorkeling per manufacturer guidance	Scuba beyond recreational limits
20 ATM+	20 BAR / 200M+	Serious water sports and diving, model-dependent	Saturation diving without professional certification

Three sourcing observations follow from the ladder. First, the step from 3 ATM to 5 ATM is not cosmetic: it changes the sealing architecture — gasket specification, caseback design, crown sealing — and the testing regime, which is why it changes the cost base of the product. If a quotation jumps rating without changing price or construction, ask what actually changed. Second, a higher rating is not automatically better for every line: a 10 ATM requirement on a slim dress watch forces design compromises in case thickness and styling that work against the product's purpose. Third, every rating assumes an intact factory seal and use as described; ratings do not survive abuse and they degrade as gaskets age. Your collection's rating mix should be a deliberate decision per SKU, made before sampling — not an accident of whatever the factory had in stock.

For most fashion, classic and dress watch programs — the segment where the majority of private label and wholesale collections compete — 3 ATM is the honest and economical answer, because the promise the end customer is actually making when they buy the watch is "I can wear this every day and not worry about rain or washing my hands." That is exactly the promise the Aurevo quartz line is built to keep, which is why every model in it carries the 3 ATM rating with its practical limits spelled out on the product page.

How Manufacturers Test Water Resistance

Understanding the test methods turns a supplier's rating from a printed number into something you can audit. The industry uses three established approaches, and a credible manufacturer can tell you which combination applies to your order.

Air pressure (dry) testing

The workhorse of high-volume watch production. The finished watch is placed in a chamber where air pressure is raised to the equivalent of the target rating; the tester measures whether air leaks into the case, typically with a fine sensor that detects pressure changes inside, or by checking for micro-bubbles when the watch is subsequently submerged in water. Air testing is fast, clean and non-destructive, which is what makes 100% inline inspection economically possible: every unit on the line can be tested, not just a sample. When a supplier tells you "every watch is tested," air pressure testing is usually the method behind the claim — and it is a legitimate one.

Water immersion (wet) testing

Wet testing places the watch in an actual water chamber under pressure. It is more representative of real conditions — it exercises the seals the way water does — but it is slower and operationally messier, so factories typically apply it to sampling, to higher-rated models, or as periodic verification of the production line rather than to every piece. A common and sensible pattern in the trade is a combination: 100% air testing on every unit, plus batch wet testing per production lot, plus additional testing whenever a component change occurs — a new gasket supplier, a new caseback machining source, a new crystal vendor. That last trigger matters more than buyers realize, because water resistance lives or dies at the interfaces between components, and a "same" part from a new source is not the same part.

Condensation (thermal shock) testing

The third method catches the leaks the first two can miss. The watch is heated, then a cool surface is pressed against the crystal. If moisture inside the case condenses on the glass, the seal has failed somewhere. Thermal shock testing is particularly good at exposing subtle gasket defects and is a standard part of QC protocols for watches destined for humid climates, where the daily temperature swing between air-conditioned interiors and wet streets stresses seals even without any water contact. If your target markets include Southeast Asia, coastal Latin America or the Gulf, this is a test worth asking about by name.

What to do with this knowledge

When you evaluate a supplier, ask three questions and expect precise answers: Which methods do you apply to this model? At what frequency — every unit, per batch, or per component change? And how is the test record tied to the batch number of my order? A supplier who answers "every unit passes 3 ATM air testing, batch immersion checks run per production lot, and records are kept against the work order" is showing you a working QC system. Aurevo, for example, runs more than 40 quality-control workstations across its watch and jewelry production with staged inspection through production and a second check before shipment — the kind of structure that exists precisely so that a rating on a spec sheet corresponds to a test on a unit. A supplier who answers vaguely is handing you a risk you will own later.

How to Test Watch Water Resistance: From Factory Records to Your Own Receiving Checks

Buyers sometimes ask this question expecting a DIY protocol — a bowl of water, a stopwatch, a verdict. That is not how it works, and attempting it can destroy a perfectly good watch: opening the case or subjecting it to uncontrolled pressure without re-sealing equipment does more harm than the test could ever reveal. The professional version of "how to test" has three tiers, and the first two are where your leverage actually lives.

Tier 1: test verification at the factory, before production. The rating is decided and proven here. When you request a sample, ask the supplier to state the test method applied to it, and inspect the sample's sealing points yourself: does the caseback sit flush, does the crown return cleanly to position, is the gasket visible and correctly seated where the design exposes it? A sample with sloppy sealing details will not improve at volume. If your program justifies it, ask for the batch-level test documentation that will accompany production — the request costs nothing and the response tells you everything.

Tier 2: receiving checks on the delivered batch. You cannot re-run a pressure test in your warehouse, but you can inspect for the visible signatures of a seal failure. Open a handful of cartons at random and look for condensation or fogging under the crystal, water marks on the dial, or corrosion around the caseback. Run the crown in and out and check that it returns to position. Confirm the batch arrived with desiccant and individual bagging — packaging is part of the water resistance system, because gaskets are materials and materials respond to months in a humid container. Aurevo's standard process includes pre-shipment photo and video confirmation of the finished goods, which lets you perform much of this inspection before the cartons even ship; use it.

Tier 3: professional re-testing after service. The moment a case is opened — battery change, strap service involving the case, any repair — the factory rating no longer describes the product until the seal is restored and re-tested. This is the tier that happens in your market, years after the shipment, and it is governed by the service instructions you pass down the chain. Build two lines into every care card and service-partner brief: water resistance should be re-checked whenever the case is opened, and gaskets age with time regardless of use. Suppliers who can provide service guidance and gasket availability for their models make this tier cheap to run; ask for it as part of the order conversation.

One more boundary worth stating plainly: there is no meaningful way to upgrade a finished watch to a higher rating. Water resistance is built into the case architecture — gasket dimensions, caseback design, crown sealing — and cannot be retrofitted by coating or treatment. If your collection needs a higher rating, it must be specified before tooling and sampling. This is the strongest argument for putting the rating in the first RFQ conversation rather than the last email before shipment.

The Pre-Order Verification Checklist

Before you confirm any watch order, run through this list. It takes minutes and closes the gaps where water resistance problems usually start.

• Per-SKU rating in writing — stated on the quotation or specification sheet in at least one formal notation (ATM, BAR or meters), not only in conversation.
• Test method identified — air, immersion, condensation, or a named standard, with frequency (every unit / per batch / per component change).
• Test-to-batch linkage — you know how a test record connects to the batch number of your order.
• Sample inspected at the sealing points — caseback fit, crown action, gasket presence and seating.
• Marking plan agreed — whether the dial, caseback or packaging carries the rating, and in what exact wording.
• Product copy drafted from the rating — the exposure limits written next to the number; no standalone "waterproof" anywhere in your listing plan.
• Warranty window documented — for example, a uniform 12-month policy across the collection, so your own terms can mirror it exactly.
• Packaging specified — individual bagging and desiccant, so the seal that left the factory arrives intact.
• Pre-shipment evidence requested — photo or video confirmation of finished goods before the cartons ship.
• After-service guidance on file — battery change and strap service instructions, plus gasket availability where applicable.

Notice what this checklist actually is: it is a test of the supplier, not just of the specification. Precise answers indicate a precise operation, and the quality of the responses you receive is itself supplier-evaluation data. An RFQ that includes these points also signals to the factory that they are dealing with a professional buyer — which, in practice, changes how carefully your order is handled from the first sample onward.

Warranty Boundaries: What 12 Months Does and Does Not Cover

The warranty is where the rating becomes commercial, so it deserves the same precision as the specification. Aurevo applies a uniform 12-month warranty across its watch and jewelry range — one window for every product, so a buyer building a mixed collection can mirror a single, consistent policy in their own terms instead of tracking a different coverage period per SKU. That uniformity is a genuine sourcing advantage, and it is worth understanding how a warranty window interacts with a water resistance rating.

The logic is simple and applies to any brand's warranty, not just ours. A warranty protects against defects: a watch that fogs up in the first weeks of normal, in-specification wear was not properly sealed at the factory, and that is a defect — it belongs inside the warranty window. A warranty does not protect against usage the specification excludes: a watch rated 3 ATM that was worn swimming was used outside the rating, and the resulting ingress is not a defect. The rating defines the conditions; the warranty defines the time window; neither silently extends the other. This division of responsibility is exactly why the written rating and your product copy must match — if your listing implies more than the rating delivers, you have created a gap the warranty was never designed to fill, and the dispute lands on you, not the factory.

For buyers building their own after-sales policy on top of a wholesale supply agreement, three practical recommendations follow. First, mirror the supplier's window exactly: if the manufacturer warrants 12 months, a 12-month customer-facing policy keeps your claims flow aligned with the factory's, so a legitimate defect inside the window can be processed upstream without arguments about timing. Second, document the claim path before you need it: Aurevo operates a structured quality claim process with a 30-day claim window for reporting quality issues identified on delivered goods — know the mechanism, keep the batch documentation your pre-order checklist generated, and legitimate claims move fast. Third, put the boundary in customer-facing language, not legalese: "This watch is water resistant to 3 ATM — suitable for rain, hand washing and everyday splashes; not for swimming, showering or submersion. Covered by a 12-month warranty against manufacturing defects." Two sentences, and the category of disputes that starts with "but the box said 30 meters" simply stops arriving.

One nuance professional buyers handle deliberately: warranty coverage and rating limits are also a reason to care about service discipline in your own channel. A battery change performed without resealing can void the practical protection a 12-month window provides, because the failure it produces is no longer a factory defect. Include the re-check-after-service line in your care card and your service partner instructions — it is one sentence that keeps the warranty meaningful for its full length.

How the Aurevo Quartz Line Puts the Rating Into Practice

Concrete examples make evaluation easier, so it is worth seeing how a working B2B line documents water resistance today. Every model in the examples below is specified at 3 ATM — the rating that matches their positioning as classic and fashion pieces — and carries the same 12-month warranty as the rest of the range.

The Aurevo Steel Quartz Watch is the line's men's anchor: a 40mm case in 316L stainless steel with a silver dial, date window and matching steel bracelet on a folding clasp, with mineral glass and a quartz movement. Its spec sheet states the rating plainly — 3 ATM, splash resistant — next to the other lines buyers verify: quartz movement, MOQ from 100 pieces for standard products (300 for custom projects), sampling in 7–15 working days and standard production in 20–40 working days after approval.

On the women's side, the Aurevo Classic Ladies Quartz Watch pairs a clean white dial with a polished gold-tone 316L case and a slim gold-tone metal bracelet at 28mm; the Aurevo Fashion Quartz Watch brings a champagne-gold-tone case and white dial on a slim bracelet; and the Aurevo Ladies Bracelet Watch finishes the set with a champagne-gold dial on a delicate mesh bracelet at 26mm. Each product page states the 3 ATM rating with its practical meaning, so a buyer drafting listings can copy the boundary language directly rather than inventing their own.

What makes these pages useful as references is not the ratings themselves — 3 ATM is a common specification — but the completeness of the documentation around them: per-model ratings rather than catalog-level claims, a stated inspection structure with more than 40 QC workstations across production and pre-shipment checks, photo and video confirmation before goods ship, a uniform 12-month warranty, and lead times (7–15 working days for samples, 20–40 for standard production) that let you plan a collection rather than gamble on one. That is the standard against which any supplier's water resistance documentation should be read, including ours.

Communicating the Rating to Your Customers

The final link in the chain is the one you own completely: how the rating reaches your end customer. Three placements do most of the work, and none of them cost more than a sentence each.

On the product page, state the rating and its practical meaning together, near the top of the description: "Water resistant 3 ATM — handles rain, hand washing and everyday splashes; not for swimming or showers." This one sentence repeats the language buyers search for, sets the correct expectation, and pre-answers the dispute. Avoid informal hedges like "splash-proof" standing alone; pair every casual phrase with the formal rating.

In the box, a small care card converts the rating into behavior: no showers or swimming, no hot water or steam, no perfume or solvents on the case, contact service if condensation appears under the glass. Cards cost cents; the returns they prevent do not show up as a line item, which is exactly why the brands that include them keep including them.

In the service script, train your team to answer the water question with the same sentence every time and to log every water-related contact. A spike in condensation reports on one SKU is early intelligence about a batch, a component change or a copy problem — visible to you months before it becomes a refund wave.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does water resistant actually mean on a watch?

It means the watch has passed a standardized pressure test and will resist water ingress up to a defined limit, under defined conditions: a stationary watch, an intact seal, normal temperatures. It is a tested, limited property — not a promise that water can never enter, and not a depth guarantee. The practical meaning of each rating (what exposures it covers) comes from industry convention, which is why 3 ATM is communicated as splash resistance rather than as "30 meters".

Is 3 ATM water resistant enough for a fashion watch?

For classic, fashion and dress watches, yes — it covers the exposures such watches actually meet in daily wear: rain, hand washing, accidental splashes. It fails only when the watch is deliberately exposed to water, which is a communication problem as much as a specification problem. Clear limits on the product page and in the care card are what keep 3 ATM collections running with minimal water-related returns.

How do I verify a supplier's water resistance claim before ordering?

Ask for the per-model rating in writing with the test method and frequency, inspect the sample's sealing points (caseback, crown, gasket), confirm how test records link to your batch, and request pre-shipment photo or video confirmation of finished goods. Suppliers with real QC systems answer these questions without hesitation; vagueness is itself an evaluation signal.

Can I test water resistance myself after delivery?

Not with pressure equipment, and never by opening the case — uncontrolled testing and unsealed reassembly do more harm than the test could reveal. Your receiving checks are visual: condensation or fogging under the crystal, water marks on the dial, corrosion at the caseback, crown action, and intact packaging with desiccant. Professional re-testing belongs to the factory tier and to qualified service after any case opening.

What is the difference between ATM, BAR and meters on a spec sheet?

They are three notations for the same static pressure result: 3 ATM ≈ 3 BAR, and "30M" is that pressure converted to a water-column height. The units are interchangeable; the practical meanings of the rating levels are not. Always convert the number into an exposure level before it reaches customer-facing copy.

Does water damage fall under the warranty?

Water ingress from a manufacturing defect — a watch that fogs under normal, in-specification wear — is a defect and falls inside the warranty window. Ingress from use beyond the rating, such as swimming with a 3 ATM watch, is usage the specification excludes and is not covered. Aurevo applies a uniform 12-month warranty across its watch and jewelry range, with a 30-day window for reporting quality issues identified on delivered goods; mirror the same structure in your own terms so claims flow cleanly in both directions.

Does the strap type affect water resistance?

In practice, yes. A metal bracelet tolerates wet hands and rain without damage; genuine leather deteriorates with repeated soaking even when the case seal holds. Match your strap guidance to the rating in your product copy: leather with everyday splash exposure is fine, leather with swimming is a service ticket waiting to happen.

How often should a watch's water resistance be re-checked?

Whenever the case is opened — battery changes, strap services involving the case, any repair — and periodically with age, because gaskets are consumable materials that degrade with time and temperature regardless of use. Build the re-check line into your care card and service partner instructions so the rating stays true for the life of the product.

Can a watch be upgraded to a higher rating after production?

No, not in any meaningful sense. Water resistance is engineered into the case architecture — gasket dimensions, caseback design, crown sealing — and cannot be retrofitted by coating or treatment. If a program needs a higher rating, specify it before tooling and sampling, when the sealing architecture is still a design decision rather than a finished fact.

What should I put in my own product listing about water resistance?

Three elements, one sentence each: the formal rating, the practical limits, and the warranty window. For example: "Water resistant 3 ATM — suitable for rain, hand washing and everyday splashes; not for swimming or showering. 12-month warranty against manufacturing defects." Copy the rating from the supplier's spec sheet, never from a competitor's listing, and keep the wording identical across your pages, packaging and service scripts.

The Bottom Line for Wholesale Buyers

Water resistant is a tested, limited, documented property — and the buyers who treat it that way are the ones whose collections avoid water-related returns. Read the marking in its own units and convert it to an exposure level. Verify the test behind it: method, frequency, batch linkage. Inspect the sample at the sealing points, and the delivered batch at the crystal. Write the limits into your listings and your care cards in plain language. And align your after-sales policy with the warranty the manufacturer actually publishes — at Aurevo, a uniform 12 months across every watch and jewelry product, backed by production and pre-shipment inspection and a 30-day quality claim process.

If you are planning a watch collection and want the rating, movement and finishing decisions made together — with samples in 7–15 working days and standard production in 20–40 — review the Aurevo watch range through the product links above and request wholesale pricing through the inquiry form on the site. The sooner the rating is in your technical package, the sooner your product copy can be written once, accurately, instead of rewritten after the first wet-weather return.