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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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Breitling Top Time AB0176 281890

Breitling
Top Time
AB0176

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£5,020
incl. import taxes & duties
Maurice Lacroix Pontos Chronograph PT6388-SS002-131-1 281177

Maurice Lacroix
Pontos Chronograph
PT6388-SS002-131-1

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
£1,355
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina Carbotech PAM01664 280166
Manufacturer's Warranty

Panerai
Luminor Marina Carbotech
PAM01664

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£9,935
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir California PAM00448 269640
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir California
PAM00448

Box
Papers
Year 2013
Product Location
£6,100
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 79173 281373
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
79173

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
£4,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster Railmaster 220.12.40.20.01.001 281189

Omega
Seamaster Railmaster
220.12.40.20.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
£2,905
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Power Reserve PAM00423 280730

Panerai
Luminor Power Reserve
PAM00423

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
£5,845
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 69173 232375
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69173

Box
Papers
Year 1990
Product Location
£4,785
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer Carrera CBS5010.FC6543 279089

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CBS5010.FC6543

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£16,240
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 79173 277687

Rolex
Datejust Lady
79173

Box
Papers
Year 2004
Product Location
£4,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 215.30.46.51.99.001 261318

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.30.46.51.99.001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£6,005
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer II 16570 280939
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer II
16570

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
£6,615
incl. import taxes & duties
Bell and Ross BR-X5 BRX5R-IB-ST/SST 277684

Bell and Ross
BR-X5
BRX5R-IB-ST/SST

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£4,730
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00661 276493

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00661

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£6,200
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster 300m Mid-Size 2561.80.00 279234

Omega
Seamaster 300m Mid-Size
2561.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
£2,030
incl. import taxes & duties
Oris Aquis 774 7708 41 54 RS 279247

Oris
Aquis
774 7708 41 54 RS

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
£2,350
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Submersible PAM02223 268782

Panerai
Submersible
PAM02223

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£7,080
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer II 16570 270926

Rolex
Explorer II
16570

Box
Papers
Year 2005
Product Location
£6,480
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer II 16570 269628
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer II
16570

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
£7,580
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Submersible PAM00684 237599

Panerai
Submersible
PAM00684

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
£17,835
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Mid-Size Datejust 68240 273624
Vintage

Rolex
Mid-Size Datejust
68240

Box
Papers
Year 1993
Product Location
£3,850
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Submersible PAM00692 274343

Panerai
Submersible
PAM00692

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£6,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Tissot PR 100 T101.617.11.041.00 273280

Tissot
PR 100
T101.617.11.041.00

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£295
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00523 271329

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00523

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
£4,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00673 268245
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00673

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
£7,280
incl. import taxes & duties
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 25863TI.00.A001CU.01 276492
Limited Edition

Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak Offshore
25863TI.00.A001CU.01

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
£18,560
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM01314 279230

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM01314

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£6,150
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00577 276916

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00577

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£4,865
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Santos De Cartier WGSA0031 277348

Cartier
Santos De Cartier
WGSA0031

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£24,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Base PAM00010 263263

Panerai
Luminor Base
PAM00010

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
£3,350
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM01314 240016
Manufacturer's Warranty

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM01314

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
£6,255
incl. import taxes & duties
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
£2,350
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Galactic 36 Automatic A37330 263556

Breitling
Galactic 36 Automatic
A37330

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
£3,350
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Sport Collection SBGN019 270923
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Sport Collection
SBGN019

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£3,100
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer II 16570 274243

Rolex
Explorer II
16570

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
£7,835
incl. import taxes & duties
Porsche Design Design By Iwc IW382101 268221
Vintage

Porsche Design
Design By Iwc
IW382101

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
£2,430
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Tre Giorni PAM01334 271878

Panerai
Radiomir Tre Giorni
PAM01334

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£4,885
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Blu Mare PAM01085 274318

Panerai
Luminor Blu Mare
PAM01085

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£4,600
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Chrono PAM00317 274319

Panerai
Luminor Chrono
PAM00317

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
£11,200
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Luna Rossa PAM01303 274322

Panerai
Luminor Luna Rossa
PAM01303

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£9,340
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Automatic PAM01078 274332
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir Automatic
PAM01078

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£6,970
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir California PAM00448 274335
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir California
PAM00448

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
£5,785
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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