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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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Vacheron Constantin Overseas 47450/B01A-9226 228109

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
47450/B01A-9226

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
€20,985
incl. import taxes & duties
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 47040/000A-9008 275051

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
47040/000A-9008

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€17,230
Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGA275 266541

Grand Seiko
Spring Drive
SBGA275

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€4,880
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ235 213998
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ235

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€5,695
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont U-2 U-2/51-JET 264300

Bremont
U-2
U-2/51-JET

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
€3,020
incl. import taxes & duties
B.R.M Watches B.R.M V6-44-HB-GULF 245355
Limited Edition

B.R.M Watches
B.R.M
V6-44-HB-GULF

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€3,160
Bremont Jaguar D-Type 243917
Limited Edition

Bremont
Jaguar
D-Type

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€2,675
Bremont ALT1 ALT1-ZT/BK 244156

Bremont
ALT1
ALT1-ZT/BK

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€1,750
Bremont Armed Forces Collection BROADSWORD-BZ-TO-R-S 271847

Bremont
Armed Forces Collection
BROADSWORD-BZ-TO-R-S

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
€2,700
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont Americas Cup AC1 251272
Limited Edition

Bremont
Americas Cup
AC1

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
€3,300
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont Boeing BB247-SS/WH 243130

Bremont
Boeing
BB247-SS/WH

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
€2,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Eterna Kontiki 7760.42.80.0280 243823

Eterna
Kontiki
7760.42.80.0280

Box
Papers
Year 2017
€3,085
Bvlgari Octo 102485 243959

Bvlgari
Octo
102485

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€3,690
Bremont Supermarine S301/BK 266476

Bremont
Supermarine
S301/BK

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€2,215
Bvlgari Octo 103075 274269

Bvlgari
Octo
103075

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€7,185
incl. import taxes & duties
Bvlgari Aluminium 103703 274268
Limited Edition

Bvlgari
Aluminium
103703

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
€3,000
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont Supermarine S500/Waterman 278456
Limited Edition

Bremont
Supermarine
S500/Waterman

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
€3,670
incl. import taxes & duties
Romain Jerome Arraw 1S45L.CZCR.8023.PR.ASN19 191552

Romain Jerome
Arraw
1S45L.CZCR.8023.PR.ASN19

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
€6,595
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont Wright Flyer WF-SS 244335
Limited Edition

Bremont
Wright Flyer
WF-SS

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€7,285
Tudor Black Bay M7941A1A0RU-0002 268036
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay
M7941A1A0RU-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2023
€4,250
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 4500V/110A-B128 267059

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
4500V/110A-B128

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€25,865
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 7700V/110A-B172 220593

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
7700V/110A-B172

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€53,965
incl. import taxes & duties
Bvlgari Octo 103085 244589

Bvlgari
Octo
103085

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€4,300
Bvlgari Octo 102859 273163

Bvlgari
Octo
102859

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€5,975
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79010SG-0001 219331

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79010SG-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€4,675
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Pelagos M25707B/21-0001 274377
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Pelagos
M25707B/21-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€3,825
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont Supermarine S500/BK 244256

Bremont
Supermarine
S500/BK

Box
Papers
Year 2014
€1,385
Tudor Royal M28600-0003 280256
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Royal
M28600-0003

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€2,070
Tudor Black Bay M79733N-0003 281867
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay
M79733N-0003

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€3,520
Tudor 1926 M91551-0003 282574
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
1926
M91551-0003

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€1,695
Tudor Black Bay M79250BB-0001 282785

Tudor
Black Bay
M79250BB-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€3,465
Tudor Submariner 79090 243787
Vintage

Tudor
Submariner
79090

Box
Papers
Year 1998
€5,965
Breguet Marine Chronograph 5527TI/G2/TW0 266865

Breguet
Marine Chronograph
5527TI/G2/TW0

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€14,375
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79012M-0001 244991

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79012M-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€3,755
Bvlgari Octo 101963 244720

Bvlgari
Octo
101963

Box
Papers
Year 2015
€11,300
Tudor Fastrider Chronograph 42000CN 241943

Tudor
Fastrider Chronograph
42000CN

Box
Papers
Year 2013
Product Location
€3,595
incl. import taxes & duties
Blancpain Evolution 8850-11B34-64B 244578

Blancpain
Evolution
8850-11B34-64B

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€6,320
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 4500V/110A-B128 216259

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
4500V/110A-B128

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
€62,055
incl. import taxes & duties
Graham Chronofighter Oversize 2CCAU.S03A.K92 258927

Graham
Chronofighter Oversize
2CCAU.S03A.K92

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€2,740
incl. import taxes & duties
Porsche Design Design By Iwc IW382101 268221
Vintage

Porsche Design
Design By Iwc
IW382101

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
€2,795
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Black Bay M79210CNU-0001 257850

Tudor
Black Bay
M79210CNU-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
€2,945
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Black Bay GMT M79830RB-0001 283061
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay GMT
M79830RB-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2023
€3,495

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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