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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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Tudor Black Bay 58 M79010SG-0001 208886
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79010SG-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£1,905
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79010SG-0001 204141
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79010SG-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£1,905
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030B-0002 199086

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030B-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,025
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030B-0002 204372
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030B-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,020
Blancpain Leman 2041-12A30-98A 198981

Blancpain
Leman
2041-12A30-98A

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£7,150
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 26062OR.OO.A002CA.01 193006
Limited Edition

Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak Offshore
26062OR.OO.A002CA.01

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£21,530
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79010SG-0002 204101
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79010SG-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,480
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00532 209781
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00532

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£3,600
Panerai Submersible PAM00968 204585

Panerai
Submersible
PAM00968

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£10,230
Panerai Radiomir 3 Days Acciaio PAM00721 195144
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir 3 Days Acciaio
PAM00721

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£4,885
Panerai Submersible PAM00968 201759

Panerai
Submersible
PAM00968

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£10,460
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00514 191832

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00514

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£3,635
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00615 196144

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00615

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£4,915
Hublot Aero Bang 311.CI.1170.GR 193536

Hublot
Aero Bang
311.CI.1170.GR

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£5,225
Patek Philippe Nautilus 5980/1A-014 203145
Limited Edition

Patek Philippe
Nautilus
5980/1A-014

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£61,580
Hublot Big Bang 310.CI.1190.GR.TFC10 204703
Limited Edition

Hublot
Big Bang
310.CI.1190.GR.TFC10

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£4,960
Hublot Big Bang 413.NM.1127.RX 192990

Hublot
Big Bang
413.NM.1127.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£6,140
Bell and Ross BR-X1 BR-X1 RS17 196583
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR-X1
BR-X1 RS17

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£8,580
Montblanc Sport Lady 104260 192947

Montblanc
Sport Lady
104260

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£10,450
Hublot King Power 701.CI.0170.RX 193275

Hublot
King Power
701.CI.0170.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£6,115
Montblanc Sport Lady 104260 192946

Montblanc
Sport Lady
104260

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£10,450
Montblanc Sport Lady 104260 192944

Montblanc
Sport Lady
104260

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£10,450
Tag Heuer Carrera CAR2B80.FC6325 191230

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CAR2B80.FC6325

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£2,205
Omega Constellation Chronometer 123.50.27.20.55.002 198973

Omega
Constellation Chronometer
123.50.27.20.55.002

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,010
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
£3,330
IWC Ingenieur IW376501 208194

IWC
Ingenieur
IW376501

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£3,330
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage 57 A10370 197484

Breitling
SuperOcean Heritage 57
A10370

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£3,565
Rolex Daytona 116518 202999

Rolex
Daytona
116518

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£15,980
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030B-0002 190123

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030B-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£2,005
Bremont DH-88 DH-88 188706
Limited Edition

Bremont
DH-88
DH-88

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£5,805
Panerai Submersible PAM00968 188215

Panerai
Submersible
PAM00968

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£10,230
Panerai Luminor Tourbillon GMT PAM00306 188207
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Tourbillon GMT
PAM00306

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£30,410
IWC Ingenieur IW322503 189057

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322503

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£2,570
Rolex Datejust 116234 276587

Rolex
Datejust
116234

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£7,510
Bremont Martin Baker MBII/AN 281795

Bremont
Martin Baker
MBII/AN

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£2,080
Hamilton Khaki Field H70595133 281524

Hamilton
Khaki Field
H70595133

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£440
Breitling SuperOcean Automatic A17366 280958

Breitling
SuperOcean Automatic
A17366

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£2,235
Bremont Martin Baker MBIII/BZ 280360

Bremont
Martin Baker
MBIII/BZ

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,695
Tudor Black Bay M79730-0006 281781

Tudor
Black Bay
M79730-0006

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£2,315
Tudor Heritage Black Bay 79220N 280369

Tudor
Heritage Black Bay
79220N

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£2,090
Tudor Heritage Black Bay 79220N 280852

Tudor
Heritage Black Bay
79220N

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£3,830
Tudor Black Bay M79500-0007 281336
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay
M79500-0007

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£2,040

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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