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
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  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
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  31. IWC IWC
  32. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
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  34. Laurent Ferrier Laurent Ferrier
  35. Longines Longines
  36. Louis Erard Louis Erard
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  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
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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 Aviator 8 A17315 275868

Breitling
Aviator 8
A17315

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$23,920
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat AB0115 272786

Breitling
Chronomat
AB0115

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$42,280
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Avenger Chronograph 45 Night Mission V13317 277395

Breitling
Avenger Chronograph 45 Night Mission
V13317

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$30,200
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Premier A13315 253800

Breitling
Premier
A13315

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$43,485
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Avenger Seawolf M17330 273606
Limited Edition

Breitling
Avenger Seawolf
M17330

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$27,175
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Blackbird A44359 260161

Breitling
Blackbird
A44359

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
HK$38,580
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Bentley GT A13362 279948

Breitling
Bentley GT
A13362

Box
Papers
Year 2005
Product Location
HK$32,015
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat AB0115 277608

Breitling
Chronomat
AB0115

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$42,280
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Aviator 8 A13316 259458

Breitling
Aviator 8
A13316

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$27,735
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Transocean Chronograph AB1411 271719
Limited Edition

Breitling
Transocean Chronograph
AB1411

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$44,320
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat Automatic 36 A10380 253167

Breitling
Chronomat Automatic 36
A10380

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$38,580
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Aviator 8 M17315 280601

Breitling
Aviator 8
M17315

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$26,045
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Premier B01 AB0118 258590

Breitling
Premier B01
AB0118

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$51,340
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Avenger Chronograph 43 A13385 267216

Breitling
Avenger Chronograph 43
A13385

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$33,135
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat AB0115 258542

Breitling
Chronomat
AB0115

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$40,770
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 41 126334 250786

Rolex
Datejust 41
126334

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$141,765
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Bentley 6.75 A44362 269518

Breitling
Bentley 6.75
A44362

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
HK$40,145
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 28 279138 RBR 247441

Rolex
Datejust Lady 28
279138 RBR

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$346,550
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat 41 AB0140 253838

Breitling
Chronomat 41
AB0140

Box
Papers
Year 2011
Product Location
HK$53,380
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat B13047 276930
Vintage

Breitling
Chronomat
B13047

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
HK$22,935
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Avenger Automatic GMT 45 Night Mission V32395 258122
Limited Edition

Breitling
Avenger Automatic GMT 45 Night Mission
V32395

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$27,515
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Bentley GT A13363 277179

Breitling
Bentley GT
A13363

Box
Papers
Year 2007
Product Location
HK$44,700
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Colt Auto A13388 262816

Breitling
Colt Auto
A13388

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$30,960
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Super Avenger II A13371 253973

Breitling
Super Avenger II
A13371

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$28,230
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Colt Auto A13388 262829

Breitling
Colt Auto
A13388

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$34,915
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat Evolution B13356 274107

Breitling
Chronomat Evolution
B13356

Box
Papers
Year 2013
Product Location
HK$43,495
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Colt Auto A13388 271241

Breitling
Colt Auto
A13388

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$27,175
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Premier B01 AB0118 255272

Breitling
Premier B01
AB0118

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$50,640
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Colt Auto A13388 252297

Breitling
Colt Auto
A13388

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$31,720
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage A10340 269273
Limited Edition

Breitling
SuperOcean Heritage
A10340

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$33,220
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat 44 CB0110 268345

Breitling
Chronomat 44
CB0110

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$73,355
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Premier A13315 274708

Breitling
Premier
A13315

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$41,530
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Super Avenger A13370 270780

Breitling
Super Avenger
A13370

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$25,220
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 41 126300 247690

Rolex
Datejust 41
126300

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$105,700
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 41 126300 245577

Rolex
Datejust 41
126300

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$110,540
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 31 178274 272871

Rolex
Datejust Lady 31
178274

Box
Papers
Year 2008
Product Location
HK$87,585
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat GMT AB0413 272269

Breitling
Chronomat GMT
AB0413

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$46,360
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat 44 AB0110 276111

Breitling
Chronomat 44
AB0110

Box
Papers
Year 2013
Product Location
HK$33,550
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Galactic 36 Automatic A37330 263556

Breitling
Galactic 36 Automatic
A37330

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
HK$35,410
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Super Avenger II A13371 250410

Breitling
Super Avenger II
A13371

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$40,080
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 28 279174 253221

Rolex
Datejust Lady 28
279174

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$90,595
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chrono Cockpit A13357 252302

Breitling
Chrono Cockpit
A13357

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
HK$27,915
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.