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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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Panerai Submersible QuarantaQuattro PAM01232 274345

Panerai
Submersible QuarantaQuattro
PAM01232

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£10,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Submersible PAM01074 274344

Panerai
Submersible
PAM01074

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£12,150
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Black Bay M79230B-0007 274367

Tudor
Black Bay
M79230B-0007

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
£2,550
incl. import taxes & duties
Zenith Pilot 29.2430.4069/63.I001 274383

Zenith
Pilot
29.2430.4069/63.I001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£4,450
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Black Bay Chrono M79363N-0001 274370
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay Chrono
M79363N-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£4,320
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Tre Giorni PAM01334 274342

Panerai
Radiomir Tre Giorni
PAM01334

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£5,175
incl. import taxes & duties
Hublot Square Bang 821.NM.0170.RX 253999

Hublot
Square Bang
821.NM.0170.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£12,835
incl. import taxes & duties
Bvlgari Octo 103075 274269

Bvlgari
Octo
103075

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£6,250
incl. import taxes & duties
Bvlgari Aluminium 103703 274268
Limited Edition

Bvlgari
Aluminium
103703

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£2,610
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGJ253 274280
Limited Edition

Grand Seiko
Heritage Collection
SBGJ253

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£4,270
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Big Pilot's IW329702 274287

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329702

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£5,850
incl. import taxes & duties
Zenith Defy 95.9000.9004/78.R782 270927

Zenith
Defy
95.9000.9004/78.R782

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
£7,500
incl. import taxes & duties
Girard Perregaux Chrono Hawk 49970-11-431-11A 249328

Girard Perregaux
Chrono Hawk
49970-11-431-11A

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
£7,550
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Submersible PAM01231 239949

Panerai
Submersible
PAM01231

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£11,000
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Regatta PAM00526 254343

Panerai
Luminor Regatta
PAM00526

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
£9,750
incl. import taxes & duties
Bell and Ross BR-X1 BRX1-CE-TI-MIL 265804
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR-X1
BRX1-CE-TI-MIL

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£10,330
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM01176 270084
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM01176

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£10,430
incl. import taxes & duties
Bell and Ross BR01 BR01-SKULL-SK-ST 269630
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR01
BR01-SKULL-SK-ST

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
£6,185
incl. import taxes & duties
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor 172817M 269770

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Master Compressor
172817M

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
£5,250
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 255589

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
£6,400
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Manifattura Luminor PAM00270 245514

Panerai
Manifattura Luminor
PAM00270

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
£6,880
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Tourbillon GMT PAM00306 241482
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Tourbillon GMT
PAM00306

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£42,095
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00375 235624
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00375

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
£8,350
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM00335 243671

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM00335

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
£8,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00292 241373

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00292

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
£4,150
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Aqua Terra Shades 220.10.34.20.03.002 265610
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Aqua Terra Shades
220.10.34.20.03.002

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£4,650
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Gents 220.13.38.20.02.001 255277

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Gents
220.13.38.20.02.001

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
£3,855
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Big Pilot's IW329703 253477
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329703

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£7,150
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Top Time AB0176 257012

Breitling
Top Time
AB0176

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£5,350
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Transocean Chronograph AB1411 256908
Manufacturer's Warranty

Breitling
Transocean Chronograph
AB1411

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
£6,450
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 69174 232398
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69174

Box
Papers
Year 1986
Product Location
£4,335
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Pelagos M25707B/23-0001 264874
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Pelagos
M25707B/23-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
£3,515
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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