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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 411.NM.1170.RX 263060

Hublot
Big Bang
411.NM.1170.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
$20,010
incl. import taxes & duties
Oris Aquis 400 7769 41 54 RS 235331

Oris
Aquis
400 7769 41 54 RS

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$4,080
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAY101A.BA0746 270542

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAY101A.BA0746

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$2,475
Oris Aquis 774 7743 41 55 RS 262453

Oris
Aquis
774 7743 41 55 RS

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$3,585
Hublot Big Bang 301.PM.1780.RX 232634

Hublot
Big Bang
301.PM.1780.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2015
$30,815
Longines HydroConquest L3.784.4.56.9 280878

Longines
HydroConquest
L3.784.4.56.9

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$4,100
Hublot Big Bang 301.PE.230.RW 228522

Hublot
Big Bang
301.PE.230.RW

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
$16,875
incl. import taxes & duties
Raymond Weil Freelancer 7741-SC7-52021 254524

Raymond Weil
Freelancer
7741-SC7-52021

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$5,000
Hublot Big Bang 411.NX.1170.RX 256404

Hublot
Big Bang
411.NX.1170.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$17,530
Hublot Big Bang 322.CK.1140.RX 260268

Hublot
Big Bang
322.CK.1140.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2016
$8,930
Hublot Big Bang 451.CX.1140.CX 224420

Hublot
Big Bang
451.CX.1140.CX

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$35,620
Hublot Big Bang 301.CT.130.RX 267632

Hublot
Big Bang
301.CT.130.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2008
$13,025
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAF1310.BA0817 270124

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAF1310.BA0817

Box
Papers
Year 2007
$1,130
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAY1396.BH0717 277295

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAY1396.BH0717

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$3,520
Raymond Weil Freelancer 7730-BK-05207 200507

Raymond Weil
Freelancer
7730-BK-05207

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
$485
incl. import taxes & duties
Longines Admiral L3.666.4.56.0 262009

Longines
Admiral
L3.666.4.56.0

Box
Papers
Year 2011
$2,420
Raymond Weil Freelancer 7730-BK-05207 192269

Raymond Weil
Freelancer
7730-BK-05207

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
$435
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer Formula 1 WBJ1416.BA0664 280216

Tag Heuer
Formula 1
WBJ1416.BA0664

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$2,005
Montblanc 1858 129369 260769

Montblanc
1858
129369

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$4,590
Tag Heuer Autavia CBE511B.FC8279 276629

Tag Heuer
Autavia
CBE511B.FC8279

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$7,915
Tag Heuer Carrera CBS5010.FC6543 279089

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CBS5010.FC6543

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
$33,145
incl. import taxes & duties
Raymond Weil Freelancer 7730-BK-05207 198151

Raymond Weil
Freelancer
7730-BK-05207

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
$460
incl. import taxes & duties
Oris Divers 733 7720 40 54 MB 276022

Oris
Divers
733 7720 40 54 MB

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$1,455
Tag Heuer Autavia WBE5116.EB0173 268670

Tag Heuer
Autavia
WBE5116.EB0173

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$3,735
Hublot Big Bang 401.FX.1123.VR 246682
Limited Edition

Hublot
Big Bang
401.FX.1123.VR

Box
Papers
Year 2014
$20,410
Tag Heuer Carrera CV2A1U.BA0738 260570

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CV2A1U.BA0738

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$5,870
Montblanc 1858 Geosphere 125567 226800

Montblanc
1858 Geosphere
125567

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$7,400
Zenith Pilot 29.2430.4069/63.I001 274383

Zenith
Pilot
29.2430.4069/63.I001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
$9,080
incl. import taxes & duties
Zenith Chronomaster El Primero 96.2260.4061/21.R575 197502

Zenith
Chronomaster El Primero
96.2260.4061/21.R575

Box
Papers
Year 2018
$13,320
Hublot Big Bang 301.SX.1170.RX 272706

Hublot
Big Bang
301.SX.1170.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$12,755
Tag Heuer Carrera CBN2A1F.FC6492 272330

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CBN2A1F.FC6492

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$7,695
Tag Heuer Carrera CAR5A8K.FT6172 247611
Limited Edition

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CAR5A8K.FT6172

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$33,455
Longines Spirit L3.810.4.03.6 278832

Longines
Spirit
L3.810.4.03.6

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$3,490
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAF111Z.BA0801 259136

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAF111Z.BA0801

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
$1,545
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WBP1113.BA0000 280114

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WBP1113.BA0000

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$3,470
Zenith Chronomaster 03.2153.4061/04.C844 218524
Limited Edition

Zenith
Chronomaster
03.2153.4061/04.C844

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
$17,185
incl. import taxes & duties
Zenith Chronomaster 24.2041.400/21.R576 259475

Zenith
Chronomaster
24.2041.400/21.R576

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$8,265
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WBD1120.BB0930 272967

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WBD1120.BB0930

Box
Papers
Year 2020
$2,730
Tag Heuer Aquaracer CAY2112.BA0927 273088

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
CAY2112.BA0927

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$3,810
Tag Heuer Grand Carrera CAV511A.BA0902 249085

Tag Heuer
Grand Carrera
CAV511A.BA0902

Box
Papers
Year 2014
$3,685
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WBP2110.BA0627 265482

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WBP2110.BA0627

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$4,070
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAY1395.BH0716 248001

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAY1395.BH0716

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$3,570

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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