He loses his Apple Watch Ultra in a lake and discovers three months later that it works.

The Apple Watch Ultra is the company’s most durable watch to date. Not only because of the titanium finish, but also because the company claims it can withstand depths of up to 100 meters. This is an important difference from the rest of the Apple Watch, which supports a depth of about 50 meters, but What happens if, for example, this model gets lost in the depths of a lake for several months?

This is exactly what happened to Amir Noorani, a reader of the portal. 9to5Mac — who repeated the story — and an Apple Watch Ultra user. Noorani explains that he lost the watch at Lake Travis in Austin, Texas. He did this after taking a bath, which caused the Apple Watch Ultra to become detached from his wrist. wearing a silicone strap, which is significantly less durable than the straps the company developed specifically for this model.

Given the depth of the lake – about 100 feet – Noorani abandoned his Apple Watch Ultra as he did not have diving equipment and did not specialize in the practice. However, after three months A diver called him and told him the good news: they had found his watch. “I live in Los Angeles, but my brother was able to meet the diver and return the watch,” he notes.

Can the Apple Watch Ultra last that long in water?

Although, again, the Apple Watch Ultra supports depths of up to 100 meters, and Lake Travis has a maximum depth of 30 meters, the watch should function absolutely fine. However, there is a very important factor to take into account; time to immerse Apple Watch in water. Three months is too long so Noorani didn’t seem to have much hope.

The Apple Watch Ultra essentially wouldn’t turn on at first. But its owner claims that leaving the watch connected to a charger for several days worked great, he assures. In the image shared by Noorani himself, slight physical damage can be seen to the titanium frame (likely due to water corrosion) as well as the screen.

In any case, it is very nice to know that a watch with such characteristics has lasted so long in the depths of the lake. The owner himself claims that this is “a testament to Apple’s engineering.”