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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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Omega Planet Ocean 2210.51.00 262568

Omega
Planet Ocean
2210.51.00

Box
Papers
Year 2010
Product Location
£3,095
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Ladies 231.10.30.60.56.001 260491

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Ladies
231.10.30.60.56.001

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
£1,980
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Gents 231.10.39.60.06.001 265111

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Gents
231.10.39.60.06.001

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
£2,285
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster 300m Ladies 2224.80.00 262542

Omega
Seamaster 300m Ladies
2224.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
£2,080
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat B01 42 AB0134 261682

Breitling
Chronomat B01 42
AB0134

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£4,680
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Colt Skyracer X74320 260683

Breitling
Colt Skyracer
X74320

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
£1,245
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16233 262572
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16233

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
£5,630
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 116000 262573

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
116000

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
£5,840
incl. import taxes & duties
Bremont Armed Forces Collection DAMBUSTER 258919
Limited Edition

Bremont
Armed Forces Collection
DAMBUSTER

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£2,910
incl. import taxes & duties
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 5500V/110A-B148 259564

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
5500V/110A-B148

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
£28,155
incl. import taxes & duties
Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon DG2018C-S1CJ-BKGR 256896
Limited Edition

Ball
Engineer Hydrocarbon
DG2018C-S1CJ-BKGR

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
£2,100
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Black Bay M79540-0011 253448

Tudor
Black Bay
M79540-0011

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£2,500
incl. import taxes & duties
Graham Chronofighter Oversize 2CCAU.S03A.K92 258927

Graham
Chronofighter Oversize
2CCAU.S03A.K92

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£2,380
incl. import taxes & duties
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81070-21-001-FB6A 255927
Limited Edition

Girard Perregaux
Laureato
81070-21-001-FB6A

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£7,820
incl. import taxes & duties
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81060-21-492-FH3A 251779

Girard Perregaux
Laureato
81060-21-492-FH3A

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£11,470
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00459 256912
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00459

Box
Papers
Year 2013
Product Location
£4,550
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Luna Rossa PAM01303 258313

Panerai
Luminor Luna Rossa
PAM01303

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£8,865
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina ESteel PAM01356 254346

Panerai
Luminor Marina ESteel
PAM01356

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£5,160
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina ESteel PAM01356 251737

Panerai
Luminor Marina ESteel
PAM01356

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£6,465
incl. import taxes & duties
Oris Aquis 733 7770 41 50 MB 256182

Oris
Aquis
733 7770 41 50 MB

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£1,160
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAY201B.BA0927 259304

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAY201B.BA0927

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
£1,445
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 210.32.42.20.04.001 259717

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
210.32.42.20.04.001

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
£4,170
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 210.22.42.20.01.001 260260
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
210.22.42.20.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£5,280
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Gents 220.12.41.21.06.001 259572

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Gents
220.12.41.21.06.001

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
£3,165
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster 300m 2332.80.00 253473
Vintage

Omega
Seamaster 300m
2332.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
£2,835
incl. import taxes & duties
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chronograph 205C571 257826

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Master Compressor Chronograph
205C571

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£7,610
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage 57 A10370 255336

Breitling
SuperOcean Heritage 57
A10370

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£3,530
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Super Chronomat B01 44 AB0136 255322

Breitling
Super Chronomat B01 44
AB0136

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
£5,865
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Bentley Mark VI P26362 255270

Breitling
Bentley Mark VI
P26362

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
£4,560
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Colt Auto A17313 257844

Breitling
Colt Auto
A17313

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£1,585
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Galactic 32 A71330 255432

Breitling
Galactic 32
A71330

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
£3,600
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Premier B01 AB0118 255272

Breitling
Premier B01
AB0118

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
£4,790
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 126200 256831

Rolex
Datejust
126200

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
£6,865
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18238 258442
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18238

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
£15,975
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00425 239699

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00425

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
£4,720
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Pelagos M25600TN-0001 256907

Tudor
Pelagos
M25600TN-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
£3,150
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00569 253590
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00569

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
£5,625
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer Aquaracer CAY1110.BA0925 253457

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
CAY1110.BA0925

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
£905
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster 57 331.10.42.51.02.002 253472

Omega
Speedmaster 57
331.10.42.51.02.002

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
£4,060
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Super Avenger II A13371 257974

Breitling
Super Avenger II
A13371

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
£3,055
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WAF111Z.BA0801 259136

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WAF111Z.BA0801

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
£760
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer Carrera CV2010.BA0794 253459

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CV2010.BA0794

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
£1,720
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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