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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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Rolex Datejust 126203 277554
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Datejust
126203

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£8,745
Rolex Datejust 16233 277770

Rolex
Datejust
16233

Box
Papers
Year 2000
£5,735
Rolex Datejust 116243 278810

Rolex
Datejust
116243

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£11,525
Rolex Datejust 126200 279389
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Datejust
126200

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£6,450
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 15200 277728

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
15200

Box
Papers
Year 2000
£2,950
Rolex Yacht-Master 268621 278589
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Yacht-Master
268621

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£9,580
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 126000 280102
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
126000

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£8,090
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 277200 279959
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
277200

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£4,335
Rolex Daytona 16518 278854
Vintage

Rolex
Daytona
16518

Box
Papers
Year 1991
£20,135
Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGE015 275700

Grand Seiko
Spring Drive
SBGE015

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£3,355
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGR311 274992
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGR311

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£3,740
Richard Mille RM028 AJ TI 276818
Limited Edition

Richard Mille
RM028
AJ TI

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£64,185
Bremont Supermarine SUPERMARINE CHRONO JET 276355

Bremont
Supermarine
SUPERMARINE CHRONO JET

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£3,465
Hamilton American Classic H38416541 274764

Hamilton
American Classic
H38416541

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£1,195
Breitling Premier B01 AB0118 275701

Breitling
Premier B01
AB0118

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£4,065
Bremont Solo SOLO/WH-SI 276910

Bremont
Solo
SOLO/WH-SI

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£1,190
Bvlgari Octo 103431 276332

Bvlgari
Octo
103431

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,205
Bremont Supermarine S500/BL/2018 274662

Bremont
Supermarine
S500/BL/2018

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,445
Bremont Pilot ALT1-P/BL 276422

Bremont
Pilot
ALT1-P/BL

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£1,765
Bremont Supermarine S501/BK 274798

Bremont
Supermarine
S501/BK

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£2,020
Ball Roadmaster DG3030B-S1CJ-BK 276343
Limited Edition

Ball
Roadmaster
DG3030B-S1CJ-BK

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£865
Tudor Heritage Black Bay 79250BM 274471

Tudor
Heritage Black Bay
79250BM

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£1,400
Bremont Supermarine S300/BK/BR 274111

Bremont
Supermarine
S300/BK/BR

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,215
Blancpain Leman 2150-1130-53 274582

Blancpain
Leman
2150-1130-53

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£3,670
Tudor Black Bay GMT M79833MN-0003 276206
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay GMT
M79833MN-0003

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£2,670
Tudor Heritage Black Bay 79250BM 276362

Tudor
Heritage Black Bay
79250BM

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£1,580
Tudor Black Bay Chrono M79360N-0006 276211
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay Chrono
M79360N-0006

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£3,630
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81020-11-131-11A 275252

Girard Perregaux
Laureato
81020-11-131-11A

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£7,570
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 26133ST.OO.A101CR.01 273680
Limited Edition

Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak Offshore
26133ST.OO.A101CR.01

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£12,635
Panerai Luminor Blu Mare PAM01085 276173

Panerai
Luminor Blu Mare
PAM01085

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£3,365
Chopard Mille Miglia 168566-3007 276349
Limited Edition

Chopard
Mille Miglia
168566-3007

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£3,325
Panerai Luminor Regatta PAM00652 273731

Panerai
Luminor Regatta
PAM00652

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£6,680
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00127 274771
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00127

Box
Papers
Year 2004
£10,600
Panerai Luminor Base PAM00560 274106
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Base
PAM00560

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£3,255
Bell and Ross BRS BRS-64-S 274802

Bell and Ross
BRS
BRS-64-S

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£1,640
Hublot Big Bang 301.SB.131.RX 275533

Hublot
Big Bang
301.SB.131.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£5,070
Baume et Mercier Clifton M0A10411 275818

Baume et Mercier
Clifton
M0A10411

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£695
Bell and Ross BR03 Aviation BR03-88-S 276234

Bell and Ross
BR03 Aviation
BR03-88-S

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£1,550
Zenith Pilot 03.2435.679/51.I012 276753
Limited Edition

Zenith
Pilot
03.2435.679/51.I012

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,505
Bell and Ross Vintage 126 BR126 274955

Bell and Ross
Vintage 126
BR126

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£1,725
Hublot Big Bang 301.SB.131.RX 277185

Hublot
Big Bang
301.SB.131.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£5,090
Oris Divers 733 7720 40 57 LS 277001

Oris
Divers
733 7720 40 57 LS

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£610

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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