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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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Omega Seamaster Railmaster 220.12.40.20.01.001 261985

Omega
Seamaster Railmaster
220.12.40.20.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
$5,105
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.44.21.03.001 274308

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.44.21.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
$8,720
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.44.21.03.001 281085
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.44.21.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$9,900
Omega De Ville Ladymatic 425.35.34.20.57.002 254597
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
De Ville Ladymatic
425.35.34.20.57.002

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$12,770
Omega Planet Ocean 232.30.42.21.01.003 271267

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.30.42.21.01.003

Box
Papers
Year 2013
$7,655
Omega Seamaster 300m Mid-Size 2561.80.00 266279

Omega
Seamaster 300m Mid-Size
2561.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2009
$4,205
Omega Planet Ocean 2210.51.00 262568

Omega
Planet Ocean
2210.51.00

Box
Papers
Year 2010
Product Location
$6,315
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.44.21.03.001 258971

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.44.21.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$9,450
Omega Planet Ocean 232.92.38.20.03.001 255324

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.92.38.20.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
$3,200
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 2201.50.00 270553

Omega
Planet Ocean
2201.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2010
$5,790
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.44.21.01.002 266524
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.44.21.01.002

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
$8,835
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 232.30.44.22.01.002 267717

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.30.44.22.01.002

Box
Papers
Year 2016
$8,175
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.44.21.01.001 259366

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.44.21.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$8,150
Omega Planet Ocean 232.30.38.20.04.001 255338

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.30.38.20.04.001

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
$5,330
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.46.51.01.001 259020

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.46.51.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$8,525
Omega Planet Ocean 215.92.46.22.03.001 256178
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.92.46.22.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$20,535
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.44.21.01.002 279083
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.44.21.01.002

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
$9,105
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega De Ville Ladymatic 425.37.34.20.57.001 211036

Omega
De Ville Ladymatic
425.37.34.20.57.001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$13,785
Omega Planet Ocean 2900.50.91 275064

Omega
Planet Ocean
2900.50.91

Box
Papers
Year 2008
$6,625
Omega Planet Ocean 215.32.46.51.01.001 254132
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.32.46.51.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$17,275
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.44.21.03.001 263693

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.44.21.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2018
$9,545
Omega Planet Ocean 215.32.44.21.01.001 254308

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.32.44.21.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$8,930
Omega Planet Ocean 232.30.46.21.01.003 273687

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.30.46.21.01.003

Box
Papers
Year 2011
$6,175
Omega Planet Ocean 2901.51.82 270328

Omega
Planet Ocean
2901.51.82

Box
Papers
Year 2010
$5,615
Omega Planet Ocean 215.92.46.51.01.001 270743

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.92.46.51.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$18,810
Omega Seamaster Railmaster 220.10.40.20.06.001 256196

Omega
Seamaster Railmaster
220.10.40.20.06.001

Box
Papers
Year 2018
$9,420
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Ladies 231.10.30.61.02.001 274208

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Ladies
231.10.30.61.02.001

Box
Papers
Year 2011
$3,445
Omega Speedmaster Racing 326.32.40.50.02.001 268200

Omega
Speedmaster Racing
326.32.40.50.02.001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$6,380
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 212.30.44.50.03.001 271632

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
212.30.44.50.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2014
$7,655
Omega Seamaster 300m Mid-Size 2561.80.00 260151

Omega
Seamaster 300m Mid-Size
2561.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2010
$4,390
Omega Planet Ocean 2201.50.00 274817

Omega
Planet Ocean
2201.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2012
$6,380
Omega Seamaster Chrono Diver 2297.80.00 274557

Omega
Seamaster Chrono Diver
2297.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2000
$6,505
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Gents 231.10.44.50.06.001 266777

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Gents
231.10.44.50.06.001

Box
Papers
Year 2009
$5,780
Omega Speedmaster Racing 3517.30.00 271060
Limited Edition

Omega
Speedmaster Racing
3517.30.00

Box
Papers
Year 2001
$6,850
Omega Seamaster 300m 212.30.41.61.01.001 269118

Omega
Seamaster 300m
212.30.41.61.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2006
$4,665
Omega Seamaster 300m Ladies 2224.80.00 269326

Omega
Seamaster 300m Ladies
2224.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2009
$3,820
Omega Constellation Ladies 127.10.27.20.02.001 191066

Omega
Constellation Ladies
127.10.27.20.02.001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
$4,425
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster 300m 212.30.41.20.01.005 248652
Limited Edition

Omega
Seamaster 300m
212.30.41.20.01.005

Box
Papers
Year 2012
$9,745
Omega Seamaster 300m 212.30.41.61.01.001 275275

Omega
Seamaster 300m
212.30.41.61.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2009
$5,355
Omega Planet Ocean 215.32.46.21.03.001 264253
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.32.46.21.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$20,450
Omega Speedmaster DayDate 3220.50.00 271959

Omega
Speedmaster DayDate
3220.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2012
$5,215
Omega Planet Ocean 232.30.46.51.01.003 253717

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.30.46.51.01.003

Box
Papers
Year 2016
$7,695

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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