Great question! I imagine the leather strap would degrade over time but it would take a while. It's water resistant but not really suitable to high impact water sports. More suitable for swimming.
Does Nixon typically sell them with no battery or dead battery? Yours appear dead, I just bought one from their website and it's dead too. I have to call them after the weekend to get the lowdown. Not happy it wouldn't work out of the box though =/
Spent 399.00 on a Nixon watch the peace of shit stop working after the 3rd time I worn it , it’s heavy Like a boat anchor I made the mistake of washing my hands with it left on now it smells like a nasty brass metal smell Biggest pos , would make a great sacrifice throwing it off a bridge or balcony so no one has to use this peace of shit I will give one thing it looks cool that’s all ....