Water resistance if crown protective device left open

[Razman]

Today I was wearing my PAM 164 Lumninor Marina after a few days. Before setting the time and date, I had washed my hands. Although I was sure I had dried my hands adequately, when I opened the crown and the protective crown device a little bit of water seems to have trickled onto and into the crown as its was wet when I was setting the time. I wanted to know whether the water resistance of the watch is affected if the crown protective device is left open. The watch doesn't seem to have fogged inside so I assume that water would not have trickled inside. However, for my information,I wanted to know if any of you are aware how the water resistance is correlated to the protective device and the opening and shutting of the crown.

Thanks

[Mystro]

Your fine......Panerai is WR with the Crown Cam open but to a lesser extent. They test WR with the Crown Cam open before it goes into further testing.

[Razman]

Many thanks as always, mystro. Your in depth (no pun intended) knowledge of all things PAM is really helpful and reassuring at the same time.

[Mystro]

I am learning as I go. I am a Omega and Rolex spec guy but getting respectable now with Panerai. I am a engineer so I love to learn about watches I own. I want to know everything from engineering, manufacturing to history of the company. Its fun.

Originally Posted by Razman

Many thanks as always, mystro. Your in depth (no pun intended) knowledge of all things PAM is really helpful and reassuring at the same time.

[lapince]

Think it's fine, if you were diving would be different but just washing your hands didn't make any water go in just impossible...

[dysondiver]

actually , washing your hands can be quite tough , because water pressure is greater than just dipping your hands into a bowl , or so ive been told , can be up to 1.5 bar , thats a fifteen meter dive equivalent ,, more or less.