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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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Zenith Pilot 03.2240.4069/21.C774 274468
Limited Edition

Zenith
Pilot
03.2240.4069/21.C774

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£3,670
Zenith Chronomaster 03.20416.4061/51.M2040 273860
Limited Edition

Zenith
Chronomaster
03.20416.4061/51.M2040

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£3,940
Longines HydroConquest L3.781.3.56.7 276773

Longines
HydroConquest
L3.781.3.56.7

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£950
Oris Aquis 733 7653 41 35 MB 276791

Oris
Aquis
733 7653 41 35 MB

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£850
Zenith El Primero 49.9000.9004/78.R582 274995

Zenith
El Primero
49.9000.9004/78.R582

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£6,615
Zenith Chronomaster El Primero 03.2081.400/78.M2040 276757

Zenith
Chronomaster El Primero
03.2081.400/78.M2040

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£4,485
Tag Heuer Carrera Ladies WAR1311.BA0778 275592

Tag Heuer
Carrera Ladies
WAR1311.BA0778

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£900
Tag Heuer Autavia CBE511B.FC8279 276629

Tag Heuer
Autavia
CBE511B.FC8279

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£3,880
Tag Heuer Aquaracer CAK2111.FT8019 274115

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
CAK2111.FT8019

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£1,810
Oris Aquis 774 7708 41 54 MB 274828

Oris
Aquis
774 7708 41 54 MB

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£2,055
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAY131M.BA0748 275933

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAY131M.BA0748

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£1,020
Oris Divers 733 7707 40 53 MB 274993

Oris
Divers
733 7707 40 53 MB

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£825
Tag Heuer Carrera WBN201A.BA0640 273592

Tag Heuer
Carrera
WBN201A.BA0640

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£2,185
Longines Spirit L3.811.4.73.2 276783

Longines
Spirit
L3.811.4.73.2

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£1,215
Tag Heuer Formula 1 WAH1211.BA0861 276106

Tag Heuer
Formula 1
WAH1211.BA0861

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£790
Tag Heuer Formula 1 CAH1111.BA0850 274534

Tag Heuer
Formula 1
CAH1111.BA0850

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£855
Tag Heuer Carrera CAR2A1L.BA0688 275234

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CAR2A1L.BA0688

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£2,850
Tag Heuer Aquaracer CAY111B.BA0927 273916

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
CAY111B.BA0927

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£1,130
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAP1451.BD0837 275467

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAP1451.BD0837

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£1,760
Tag Heuer Formula 1 WAZ1120.BB0879 275087

Tag Heuer
Formula 1
WAZ1120.BB0879

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£1,200
Tag Heuer Formula 1 CAZ1010.FT8024 275962

Tag Heuer
Formula 1
CAZ1010.FT8024

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£745
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 212.30.42.50.03.001 275660

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
212.30.42.50.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£3,245
Tag Heuer Carrera CV2010.BA0786 276632

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CV2010.BA0786

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£1,330
Tag Heuer Carrera CAR2C11.FC6327 275965
Limited Edition

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CAR2C11.FC6327

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£2,195
Omega De Ville Ladymatic 425.30.34.20.51.001 275253

Omega
De Ville Ladymatic
425.30.34.20.51.001

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£3,650
Tag Heuer Link WBC1316.BA0600 273648

Tag Heuer
Link
WBC1316.BA0600

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£1,970
Tag Heuer Carrera CV2A10.BA0796 276035

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CV2A10.BA0796

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£1,710
Tag Heuer Link WAT1416.BA0954 274702

Tag Heuer
Link
WAT1416.BA0954

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£915
Tag Heuer Link CAT7010.BA0952 275639

Tag Heuer
Link
CAT7010.BA0952

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£1,480
Tag Heuer Link WT141M.BA0560 276573

Tag Heuer
Link
WT141M.BA0560

Box
Papers
Year 2003
£675
Omega Planet Ocean 232.32.46.21.01.005 276328

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.32.46.21.01.005

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£3,260
Omega Speedmaster 38 324.30.38.50.06.001 274713

Omega
Speedmaster 38
324.30.38.50.06.001

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£3,340
Omega Olympic Aqua Terra 522.23.44.50.03.001 276323

Omega
Olympic Aqua Terra
522.23.44.50.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£3,105
Omega Planet Ocean 215.32.44.21.01.001 273676
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.32.44.21.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£4,415
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.44.21.01.001 275441
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.44.21.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£4,475
Omega Planet Ocean 2900.50.91 275064

Omega
Planet Ocean
2900.50.91

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£3,245
Omega Planet Ocean 232.30.46.21.01.003 273687

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.30.46.21.01.003

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£3,025
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Ladies 231.10.30.61.02.001 274208

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Ladies
231.10.30.61.02.001

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£1,690
Omega Planet Ocean 2201.50.00 274817

Omega
Planet Ocean
2201.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£2,970
Omega Seamaster Chrono Diver 2297.80.00 274557

Omega
Seamaster Chrono Diver
2297.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2000
£3,285
Omega De Ville Co-Axial 433.33.41.21.03.001 274814

Omega
De Ville Co-Axial
433.33.41.21.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£4,380
Omega Seamaster 300m 212.30.41.61.01.001 275275

Omega
Seamaster 300m
212.30.41.61.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£2,625

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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