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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  1. Rolex Rolex
  2. Panerai Panerai
  3. IWC IWC
  4. Omega Omega
  5. Breitling Breitling
  6. Tudor Tudor
  7. Tag Heuer Tag Heuer
  8. Hublot Hublot
  9. Cartier Cartier
  10. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  11. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  12. Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet
  13. Patek Philippe Patek Philippe
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  1. A. Lange and Sohne A. Lange and Sohne
  2. Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet
  3. B.R.M Watches B.R.M Watches
  4. Ball Ball
  5. Baume et Mercier Baume et Mercier
  6. Bell and Ross Bell and Ross
  7. Blancpain Blancpain
  8. Breguet Breguet
  9. Breitling Breitling
  10. Bremont Bremont
  11. Bvlgari Bvlgari
  12. Carl F. Bucherer Carl F. Bucherer
  13. Cartier Cartier
  14. Chanel Chanel
  15. Chopard Chopard
  16. Christian Dior Christian Dior
  17. Chronoswiss Chronoswiss
  18. Corum Corum
  19. Eterna Eterna
  20. F.P. Journe F.P. Journe
  21. Franck Muller Franck Muller
  22. Frederique Constant Frederique Constant
  23. Girard Perregaux Girard Perregaux
  24. Glashutte Original Glashutte Original
  25. Graham Graham
  26. Grand Seiko Grand Seiko
  27. H. Moser and Cie H. Moser and Cie
  28. Hamilton Hamilton
  29. Hermes Hermes
  30. Hublot Hublot
  31. IWC IWC
  32. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  33. JeanRichard JeanRichard
  34. Laurent Ferrier Laurent Ferrier
  35. Longines Longines
  36. Louis Erard Louis Erard
  37. Maurice Lacroix Maurice Lacroix
  38. Montblanc Montblanc
  39. Nomos Glashutte Nomos Glashutte
  40. Omega Omega
  41. Oris Oris
  42. Panerai Panerai
  43. Parmigiani Parmigiani
  44. Patek Philippe Patek Philippe
  45. Perrelet Perrelet
  46. Piaget Piaget
  47. Porsche Design Porsche Design
  48. Rado Rado
  49. Raymond Weil Raymond Weil
  50. Richard Mille Richard Mille
  51. Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis
  52. Rolex Rolex
  53. Romain Jerome Romain Jerome
  54. Tag Heuer Tag Heuer
  55. Tudor Tudor
  56. Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin
  57. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  58. Zenith Zenith
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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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Hublot Classic Fusion 541.OX.1180.LR 215326

Hublot
Classic Fusion
541.OX.1180.LR

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$233,035
incl. import taxes & duties
Bell and Ross BR03-92 BR0392-BAPE-25-CE 244052
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR03-92
BR0392-BAPE-25-CE

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$36,235
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00193 152660

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00193

Box
Papers
Year 2008
Product Location
HK$111,155
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM01088 279401

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM01088

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$41,095
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00504 224465
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00504

Box
Papers
Year 2013
HK$4,050
Panerai Luminor Chrono PAM00317 269421

Panerai
Luminor Chrono
PAM00317

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$66,930
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00210 242503

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00210

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
HK$44,395
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Chrono PAM00250 267973
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Chrono
PAM00250

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
HK$41,930
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00997 222214
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00997

Box
Papers
Year 2020
HK$15,835
Hublot Big Bang 414.NI.1123.RX 258484

Hublot
Big Bang
414.NI.1123.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$147,155
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00615 263058

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00615

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$86,345
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00569 258382
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00569

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$94,380
incl. import taxes & duties
Bell and Ross BR 05 BR05C-BL-ST/SRB 266126

Bell and Ross
BR 05
BR05C-BL-ST/SRB

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$41,805
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00339 228228
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00339

Box
Papers
Year 2007
Product Location
HK$80,820
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
HK$65,375
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00468 259853
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00468

Box
Papers
Year 2013
Product Location
HK$50,590
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00616 243855

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00616

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$66,360
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00305 272708

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00305

Box
Papers
Year 2010
Product Location
HK$63,420
incl. import taxes & duties
Patek Philippe Nautilus 5980/1A-014 203145
Limited Edition

Patek Philippe
Nautilus
5980/1A-014

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
HK$1,426,705
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00616 164451

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00616

Box
Papers
Year 2015
HK$10,730
Hublot Big Bang 322.CM.110.RX 160043

Hublot
Big Bang
322.CM.110.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2010
Product Location
HK$76,360
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00671 258173
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00671

Box
Papers
Year 2019
HK$246,525
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00682 187627
Manufacturer's Warranty

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00682

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$57,385
incl. import taxes & duties
Rado Captain Cook R32116158 268516
Limited Edition

Rado
Captain Cook
R32116158

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$19,630
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM01441 206070

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM01441

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$67,510
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00508 267816
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00508

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$100,720
incl. import taxes & duties
Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Extreme PT6028-ALB11-331 244648

Maurice Lacroix
Pontos S Extreme
PT6028-ALB11-331

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$12,450
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00514 239379

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00514

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$40,030
incl. import taxes & duties
Corum Competition 48 947.931.05/V790 AA32 203384

Corum
Competition 48
947.931.05/V790 AA32

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$67,510
incl. import taxes & duties
Hublot Big Bang 322.CK.1140.RX 243865

Hublot
Big Bang
322.CK.1140.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
HK$48,970
incl. import taxes & duties
Corum Challenge 44 01.0007 233739

Corum
Challenge 44
01.0007

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$28,685
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00615 241541
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00615

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$115,330
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM01279 255251

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM01279

Box
Papers
Year 2021
HK$66,050
Corum Admirals Cup A753/04257 192128

Corum
Admirals Cup
A753/04257

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$25,655
incl. import taxes & duties
Rado Captain Cook R32116158 275308
Limited Edition

Rado
Captain Cook
R32116158

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$20,620
incl. import taxes & duties
Hublot King Power 715.CI.1123.RX 155133
Limited Edition

Hublot
King Power
715.CI.1123.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
HK$127,380
incl. import taxes & duties
Montblanc TimeWalker 119941 270458

Montblanc
TimeWalker
119941

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$20,610
incl. import taxes & duties
Bell and Ross BR01-92 BR01-92 Compass 276497
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR01-92
BR01-92 Compass

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
HK$13,350
incl. import taxes & duties
Bell and Ross BR01-92 BR0192-10TH-CE 280675
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR01-92
BR0192-10TH-CE

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$18,075
incl. import taxes & duties
Bell and Ross BR03-94 Chronograph BR0394-BL-CE 280644

Bell and Ross
BR03-94 Chronograph
BR0394-BL-CE

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$32,205
incl. import taxes & duties
Corum Admirals Cup 132.201.04/V200 AN10 279267

Corum
Admirals Cup
132.201.04/V200 AN10

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$31,350
incl. import taxes & duties
Montblanc 1858 Geosphere 125567 282242

Montblanc
1858 Geosphere
125567

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$43,910
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.