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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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Rolex Submariner 116610 LNXXTEST 289244

Rolex
Submariner
116610 LNXXTEST

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€23,000
Girard Perregaux Chrono Hawk 49970-34-633-BB6B 244445

Girard Perregaux
Chrono Hawk
49970-34-633-BB6B

Box
Papers
Year 2012
€8,665
Breitling Avenger Hurricane XB0180 279081

Breitling
Avenger Hurricane
XB0180

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
€3,935
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega De Ville Ladymatic 425.25.34.20.55.001 245342

Omega
De Ville Ladymatic
425.25.34.20.55.001

Box
Papers
Year 2018
POA
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGE253 271390

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGE253

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€3,085
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGN003 280667

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGN003

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€2,450
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SLGH005 270937

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SLGH005

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€6,435
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGN019 270923
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGN019

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
€3,565
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ235 205564
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ235

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€6,475
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGE263 217356
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Spring Drive
SBGE263

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€9,055
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGA229 281613

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGA229

Box
Papers
Year 2023
€3,335
Hamilton Khaki Field H71616535 270112

Hamilton
Khaki Field
H71616535

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€1,375
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGN029 282125

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGN029

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€2,815
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGA229 274281

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGA229

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€3,465
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Hi Beat SBGH039 210749
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Hi Beat
SBGH039

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
€4,795
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ211 267669

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ211

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
€4,795
incl. import taxes & duties
Richard Mille RM032 AK TI 276937
Limited Edition

Richard Mille
RM032
AK TI

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
€98,150
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling SuperOcean Automatic V17369 267057
Limited Edition

Breitling
SuperOcean Automatic
V17369

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€3,305
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGE253 274536

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGE253

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€3,480
incl. import taxes & duties
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 2305V/100A-B170 265458

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
2305V/100A-B170

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€16,600
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGE263 189939
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGE263

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€11,390
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGY009 280139
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGY009

Box
Papers
Year 2023
€6,675
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 4500V/110A-B483 283209

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
4500V/110A-B483

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€25,545
Nomos Glashutte Club 737 274914

Nomos Glashutte
Club
737

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
€925
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SLGH005 284344

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SLGH005

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€6,870
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 47450/B01A-9226 217768

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
47450/B01A-9226

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
€23,985
incl. import taxes & duties
Hamilton Jazzmaster H32576641 282792

Hamilton
Jazzmaster
H32576641

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€1,300
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SLGA007 270488
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SLGA007

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
€10,865
incl. import taxes & duties
Ball BMW PM3010C-P1CFJ-BK 243904

Ball
BMW
PM3010C-P1CFJ-BK

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€1,025
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ253 274280
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ253

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
€4,910
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont Armed Forces Collection DAMBUSTER 258919
Limited Edition

Bremont
Armed Forces Collection
DAMBUSTER

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
€3,345
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont Boeing BB247-SS/BK 243993

Bremont
Boeing
BB247-SS/BK

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€3,635
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 7900V/110A-B546 273290

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
7900V/110A-B546

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€30,245
Bremont Supermarine S2000/BK 243955

Bremont
Supermarine
S2000/BK

Box
Papers
Year 2014
€1,995
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 47040/B01A-9093 278750

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
47040/B01A-9093

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
€13,600
incl. import taxes & duties
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 49150/B01A-9095 274380

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
49150/B01A-9095

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
€20,845
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGY009 269237
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGY009

Box
Papers
Year 2023
€6,675
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 4500V/110A-B483 267068

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
4500V/110A-B483

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€24,180
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 7900V/110A-B333 283390

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
7900V/110A-B333

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€23,230
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 4500V/110A-B126 279208

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
4500V/110A-B126

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€22,695
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 5500V/110A-B148 259564

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
5500V/110A-B148

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
€32,375
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont ALT1 ALT1-ZT/BK/BR 260671

Bremont
ALT1
ALT1-ZT/BK/BR

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
€3,205
incl. import taxes & duties

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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