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Dive Watches

Created for diving professionals, dive watches boast high water resistance, highly legible dials and help tell divers how long they’ve been submerged for via a rotational bezel. They’re loved for their distinctive and robust design, making them one of the most popular watch genres around.

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The size of a watch is very important for style and comfort. If you prefer an oversized watch like a Panerai Luminor, you’ll probably want Large. If you’re looking for something more discreet like a Rolex Lady Datejust, you’ll want Small. For everything in between, Medium.
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A mechanical watch is powered by a spring. Manual mechanical watches must be hand wound. Automatic watches are also mechanical, and are wound by a weight that spins with the wearer's movements. A quartz watch is battery powered and extremely accurate.
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Hublot Big Bang 601.NM.0173.LR 267480

Hublot
Big Bang
601.NM.0173.LR

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$21,685
Breitling Avenger Hurricane XB0180 279081

Breitling
Avenger Hurricane
XB0180

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
$6,985
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 28 279381 RBR 283303
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Datejust Lady 28
279381 RBR

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$30,515
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGH289 260630

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGH289

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$10,085
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGN019 270923
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGN019

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
$6,325
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ203 268180

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ203

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$7,655
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGH289 274651

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGH289

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$10,085
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SLGH009 245472
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SLGH009

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$13,080
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ235 205564
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ235

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
$6,115
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGH289 255926

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGH289

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$7,435
Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGA301 266515

Grand Seiko
Spring Drive
SBGA301

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
$5,330
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGE263 217356
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Spring Drive
SBGE263

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
$9,270
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGA229 274281

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGA229

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
$5,420
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Grand Seiko SLGA009 274820
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Grand Seiko
SLGA009

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$15,740
Grand Seiko Hi Beat SBGH039 210749
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Hi Beat
SBGH039

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
$1,170
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ211 267669

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ211

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
$6,845
incl. import taxes & duties
Richard Mille RM032 AK TI 276937
Limited Edition

Richard Mille
RM032
AK TI

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
$103,330
incl. import taxes & duties
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 42040-423A-8459 237650
Vintage

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
42040-423A-8459

Box
Papers
Year 1998
$39,325
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGE253 274536

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGE253

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
$5,870
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGE263 189939
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGE263

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
$6,395
incl. import taxes & duties
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 42042/423A-8874 255726

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
42042/423A-8874

Box
Papers
Year 2001
$30,615
Breitling Navitimer 8 A13314 269967

Breitling
Navitimer 8
A13314

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$7,015
Grand Seiko Grand Seiko SBGX115 271708

Grand Seiko
Grand Seiko
SBGX115

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$14,960
Breitling Avenger Hurricane XB1210 280205

Breitling
Avenger Hurricane
XB1210

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$6,985
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 49150/000W-9501 255415

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
49150/000W-9501

Box
Papers
Year 2018
$35,455
Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGE015 275700

Grand Seiko
Spring Drive
SBGE015

Box
Papers
Year 2016
$6,620
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGR311 274992
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGR311

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$7,630
Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGE201 277485
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Spring Drive
SBGE201

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$7,125
Richard Mille RM028 AJ TI 276818
Limited Edition

Richard Mille
RM028
AJ TI

Box
Papers
Year 2013
$126,285
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SLGA007 246562
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SLGA007

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$16,165
Grand Seiko Hi Beat SBGH005 254976

Grand Seiko
Hi Beat
SBGH005

Box
Papers
Year 2020
$6,380
Nomos Glashutte Club 737 274914

Nomos Glashutte
Club
737

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
$1,640
incl. import taxes & duties
Hamilton Khaki Pilot H64615135 269327

Hamilton
Khaki Pilot
H64615135

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$1,285
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 7900V/110A-B546 267991

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
7900V/110A-B546

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$56,650
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 47450/B01A-9226 217768

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
47450/B01A-9226

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
$20,220
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SLGA007 270488
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SLGA007

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
$7,535
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ253 274280
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ253

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
$8,715
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Grand Seiko SBGX343 277390

Grand Seiko
Grand Seiko
SBGX343

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$4,470
Bremont Armed Forces Collection DAMBUSTER 258919
Limited Edition

Bremont
Armed Forces Collection
DAMBUSTER

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
$4,070
incl. import taxes & duties
Hamilton Khaki Aviation H77906940 274190

Hamilton
Khaki Aviation
H77906940

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$2,765
Bremont Solo SOLO-37/SI-RG 271232

Bremont
Solo
SOLO-37/SI-RG

Box
Papers
Year 2015
$2,950
Bremont Supermarine S502 JET 275101

Bremont
Supermarine
S502 JET

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$7,450

Dive Watches

History

The dive watch, a symbol of adventure and resilience, has a rich and exciting history that stretches back to 1927 when Rolex launched its Oyster model. This innovative watch, with its screw-down case and crown, is considered the first fully water-resistant wristwatch.

Famously, it was worn that year by a young swimmer called Mercedes Gleitz who was the first woman to swim the English Channel. To advertise the feat—and the capabilities of its latest watch—Rolex bought the front page of the most widely read British newspaper of the time, the Daily Mail.

Rolex went on to supply movements to Panerai, who developed the dive watch further with the specialist timepieces they made for the frogmen of the Italian navy in the late 1930s. These early dive watches had a water resistance of 30 metres—unimpressive by today’s standards which requires a dive watch to have a minimum water resistance of 100 metres.

By the mid-1950s, scuba-diving was a popular worldwide pastime due to the invention of the aqualung a decade earlier. This led to a spate of similar-looking dive watches like Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms, which featured the first rotating bezel—enabling divers to accurately measure immersion time—and the Rolex Submariner. Both these watches were water-resistant to 100 metres, while the Zodiac Sea Wolf, released shortly afterwards, doubled this to 200 metres.

In the decades since, dive watches have become more and more capable of withstanding extreme water pressure. In 2012, Rolex launched its Deepsea Challenge model which boasted an incredible 12,000 metres water resistance. In the same year it was attached to a submersible that Hollywood director James Cameron piloted to the deepest part of the world’s oceans—the Marianas Trench—to a depth of 10,898 metres, surviving the ordeal unscathed.

Key features

Today, dive watches continue to push boundaries, incorporating advanced technologies and materials such as helium escape valves, luminescent dials, and enhanced water resistance.

What sets dive watches apart from other timepieces? Let's look at what makes a dive watch unique, designed specifically for the rigours of underwater exploration.

Firstly, their exceptional water resistance is critical. Unlike standard watches, dive watches can withstand the extreme conditions of deep-sea diving, with a water resistance rating of at least 100 metres and many capable of depths up to 300 metres or much more.

Additional features of a dive watch include a unidirectional rotating bezel for tracking immersion time, bold luminous markers and hands for good visibility in murky conditions, and a helium escape valve to prevent damage during decompression. Most dive watches don’t have the latter as they are only of use in saturation diving when a diver spends time in a decompression chamber.

Some diving watches even incorporate helium-filled cases and built-in depth gauges, allowing divers to monitor their current depth without the need for additional equipment. These features make dive watches a useful tool for underwater exploration, although in an age of wearable dive computers they are more often now used as a back-up option.

One thing every mechanical dive watch must have is a constantly running seconds hand, or some kind of display indicating the watch is running that can be viewed in total darkness.

The science of water Resistance in dive watches

Water resistance is a vital feature of a dive watch. Special seals and gaskets prevent water infiltration, while robust materials like stainless steel or titanium ensure durability and resistance to corrosion. Rigorous testing verifies a dive watch's ability to withstand different pressures and temperatures, simulating the conditions encountered underwater.

Water resistance is measured in metres or bar units, indicating the depth to which the watch can be submerged safely. It's worth noting that factors such as water temperature and movement can affect a diving watch's performance underwater.

Popular dive watch models

The Rolex Submariner is a classic choice, renowned for its robustness and precision, and capable of withstanding depths of up to 300 metres. It was famously worn by James Bond until the 1990s when he swapped one dive watch for another: the equally iconic Omega Seamaster.

Other enduring models that are as timeless as they are stylish include the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, Breitling Superocean, Panerai Luminor and IWC Aquatimer. Fellow Swiss brands Tudor and TAG Heuer offer more affordable choices like the Black Bay and Aquaracer, respectively.

At Watchfinder, we offer a vast selection of pre-owned luxury dive watches from all of the aforementioned brands, from Rolex to IWC, catering to every budget and taste. Explore our collection and discover the exceptional craftsmanship and performance of these remarkable watches.

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