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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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IWC Ingenieur IW376501 244170

IWC
Ingenieur
IW376501

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$45,840
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC GST Chronograph IW370708 270842

IWC
GST Chronograph
IW370708

Box
Papers
Year 2003
Product Location
HK$22,375
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW376501 244422

IWC
Ingenieur
IW376501

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
HK$43,920
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW322404 244392
Limited Edition

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322404

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$63,250
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW451503 255769

IWC
Ingenieur
IW451503

Box
Papers
Year 2007
Product Location
HK$30,295
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW379503 225494

IWC
Aquatimer
IW379503

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$64,930
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW376803 259836

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376803

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$61,020
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW376801 274826

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376801

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$46,030
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC GST Chrono Rattrapante IW371501 274922

IWC
GST Chrono Rattrapante
IW371501

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
HK$33,825
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW322703 251743

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322703

Box
Papers
Year 2005
Product Location
HK$32,790
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW376804 266394

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376804

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$49,075
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC GST Chronograph IW370708 260920

IWC
GST Chronograph
IW370708

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
HK$26,815
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW376903 274244

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376903

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
HK$120,805
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW376501 208194

IWC
Ingenieur
IW376501

Box
Papers
Year 2013
Product Location
HK$80,545
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW372503 274290

IWC
Ingenieur
IW372503

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
HK$40,070
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW322404 189029
Limited Edition

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322404

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$90,965
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388108 252056

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388108

Box
Papers
Year 2022
HK$50,315
IWC Aquatimer IW379502 218150

IWC
Aquatimer
IW379502

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$57,860
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Santos De Cartier W2SA0009 258747

Cartier
Santos De Cartier
W2SA0009

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$114,865
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW386501 259864

IWC
Ingenieur
IW386501

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$69,910
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Big Pilot's IW329304 268897

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329304

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$51,360
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388103 267046

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388103

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$56,930
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW376801 214775

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376801

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$49,180
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW386501 265839

IWC
Ingenieur
IW386501

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$54,585
incl. import taxes & duties
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chronograph 205C571 257826

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Master Compressor Chronograph
205C571

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$70,405
incl. import taxes & duties
Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris 9008170 285160

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Polaris
9008170

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$41,795
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388107 253276
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388107

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$83,050
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW380802 268850

IWC
Ingenieur
IW380802

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$58,135
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW322701 277076

IWC
Ingenieur
IW322701

Box
Papers
Year 2010
Product Location
HK$49,405
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW376501 172779

IWC
Ingenieur
IW376501

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
HK$71,825
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388101 280860

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388101

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$58,060
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Santos De Cartier WSSA0030 281108

Cartier
Santos De Cartier
WSSA0030

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$61,530
incl. import taxes & duties
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Diving 185T770 219238

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Master Compressor Diving
185T770

Box
Papers
Year 2008
Product Location
HK$90,735
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW376705 259852

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376705

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$51,540
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW379502 256176

IWC
Aquatimer
IW379502

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$63,525
incl. import taxes & duties
Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris 9038180 257340

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Polaris
9038180

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$124,980
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW329002 248509
Manufacturer's Warranty

IWC
Aquatimer
IW329002

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$49,075
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Aquatimer IW376805 257094

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376805

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$52,850
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW379602 261440
Limited Edition

IWC
Ingenieur
IW379602

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$77,605
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Santos De Cartier WSSA0017 280280
Manufacturer's Warranty

Cartier
Santos De Cartier
WSSA0017

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$80,260
incl. import taxes & duties
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Geographic 1718170 272684

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Master Compressor Geographic
1718170

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
HK$60,395
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW380801 248093

IWC
Ingenieur
IW380801

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$52,415
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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