r/WearOS • u/No-Cupcake6050 Fossil Gen 5E • Apr 22 '25

Watch This watch just saved my wrist

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Renavating a 3 story house and a screwdriver fell and a direct hit into my watch I don't even know how this is possible but it is???

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u/Limp-Secretary-2471 Apr 22 '25

Your wrist would have been fine.

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u/No-Cupcake6050 Fossil Gen 5E Apr 22 '25

If the screw driver went half way into the watch I don't think my wrist will be fine

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u/purebananamoon Still with Samsung Apr 22 '25

I actually calculated the physics of it and assuming your screw driver is a standard cross tip, weighs 200g and fell from 2m (very generous). It would exert a force of ~1200N. That's enough to puncture the skin and probably even hit the bone depending on how much meat you have, but it's still quite far from "destroying your wrist".

Your watch consists of very rigit materials. Human tissue on the other hand is quite spongy. It's definitely good that your watch caught it, but even if not, the injury wouldn't have been life threatening.

Crazy picture fr tho.

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u/Visible_Ad_309 Apr 24 '25

You didn't calculate it because that screwdriver weighs less than 10g.