<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-25-000653.txt : 20250106
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-25-000653.hdr.sgml : 20250106
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20250106133201
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-25-000653
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250102
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250106
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250106

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Knight Heather
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001967528
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14010
		FILM NUMBER:		25510314

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BAXTER PARKWAY
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WATERS CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001000697
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				133668640
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		34 MAPLE ST
		CITY:			MILFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01757
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5084782000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		34 MAPLE STREET
		CITY:			MILFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01757

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WCD INVESTORS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960605
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-01-02</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001000697</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WATERS CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WAT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001967528</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Knight Heather</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>34 MAPLE STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MILFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01747</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-01-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>319</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>560.1</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>368.26</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-01-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>818</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2026-01-02</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2035-01-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>818</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>818</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of restricted stock which will vest in full on January 2, 2026.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options vest in full on January 2, 2026.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael Lynn, attorney-in-fact for Heather Knight</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-01-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): 2024 POA (KNIGHT)
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Keeley Aleman, Christina Kelleher, Jodi Brueggeman, and Michael Lynn
each of them individually, as the undersigned?s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, including substitution and
revocation, as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned to: (1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the
securities of Waters Corporation, a Delaware corporation and any successor
issuer thereto (the ?Company?), with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered
necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time
to time (the ?Exchange Act?); (2) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and
file Forms 144 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the
securities of the Company, with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered
necessary or advisable under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
?Securities Act?); (3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned?s representative and
on the undersigned?s behalf, information on transactions in the Company?s
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to the undersigned or such
attorney-in-fact and hereby approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and (4) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of
such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing. The undersigned acknowledges
that: (1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information; (2) any
documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will
contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable; (3) neither the Company nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned?s responsibility
to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any
obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and (4) this Power of Attorney does not
relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the
undersigned?s obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation
the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The
undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney. Any previous Power of Attorney covering the
same subject matter hereof is hereby revoked effective the date hereof. This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 144, 3, 4, or 5 or if earlier, until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 8 day of August, 2024. /s/ Heather L. Knight
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
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