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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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  3. Omega Omega
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  8. Cartier Cartier
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  19. Frederique Constant Frederique Constant
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  54. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
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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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Rolex Day-Date 18038 256420
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18038

Box
Papers
Year 1981
$28,065
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200 258565

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114200

Box
Papers
Year 2018
$11,990
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200 258576

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114200

Box
Papers
Year 2014
$11,295
Rolex Day-Date 118238 272927

Rolex
Day-Date
118238

Box
Papers
Year 2002
$45,920
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200 254966

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114200

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$13,745
Rolex Day-Date 18038 216815
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18038

Box
Papers
Year 1978
Product Location
$1,635
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 116000 273919

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
116000

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$12,560
Rolex Day-Date 118209 269297

Rolex
Day-Date
118209

Box
Papers
Year 2003
$40,655
Rolex Day-Date 18038 275828
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18038

Box
Papers
Year 1985
$28,635
Rolex Day-Date 18038 259488
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18038

Box
Papers
Year 1980
$29,605
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200 262367

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114200

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$10,790
Rolex Day-Date 118338 253012

Rolex
Day-Date
118338

Box
Papers
Year 2004
$52,940
Rolex Daytona 116520 - APH Dial 246203

Rolex
Daytona
116520 - APH Dial

Box
Papers
Year 2012
$65,055
Rolex Day-Date 118205 273785

Rolex
Day-Date
118205

Box
Papers
Year 2005
$45,920
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 77080 280291
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
77080

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$6,690
Rolex Day-Date 18078 250144
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18078

Box
Papers
Year 1988
$30,615
Rolex Day-Date 118296 268720

Rolex
Day-Date
118296

Box
Papers
Year 2002
$52,300
Rolex Daytona 126509 277429
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Daytona
126509

Box
Papers
Year 2023
$91,745
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 277339

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$49,115
Rolex Daytona 116503 236305

Rolex
Daytona
116503

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$45,190
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 77080 272835

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
77080

Box
Papers
Year 2001
$7,145
Rolex Daytona 116519 LN 228374

Rolex
Daytona
116519 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
$49,490
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 282488

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2020
$45,920
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 116000 272417

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
116000

Box
Papers
Year 2010
$10,715
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 227713

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
$45,610
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 282633

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2019
$48,475
Rolex Daytona 116519 LN 221457

Rolex
Daytona
116519 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
$13,260
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 116000 262573

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
116000

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
$10,750
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 216779

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2017
$105,015
Rolex Daytona 116523 270278

Rolex
Daytona
116523

Box
Papers
Year 2005
$31,890
Rolex Daytona 116503 275270

Rolex
Daytona
116503

Box
Papers
Year 2016
$43,705
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 227740

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
$46,110
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116503 280233
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Daytona
116503

Box
Papers
Year 2022
$38,905
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 217476

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$118,175
Rolex Daytona 116503 227812

Rolex
Daytona
116503

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
$26,980
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116520 271337

Rolex
Daytona
116520

Box
Papers
Year 2001
$35,715
Rolex Daytona 116519 227547

Rolex
Daytona
116519

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
$71,090
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18238 258442
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18238

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
$19,755
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 217171

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2020
$111,455
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 278720

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2018
$53,575
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 279979
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2021
$53,845
Rolex Day-Date 118205 281399

Rolex
Day-Date
118205

Box
Papers
Year 2014
$40,820

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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