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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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Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600 269744

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
HK$90,595
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 16610 LV 280345

Rolex
Submariner
16610 LV

Box
Papers
Year 2008
Product Location
HK$139,575
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 214270 271720

Rolex
Explorer
214270

Box
Papers
Year 2013
Product Location
HK$71,730
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600 261639

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2007
Product Location
HK$100,890
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 114270 195695

Rolex
Explorer
114270

Box
Papers
Year 2004
Product Location
HK$69,435
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 126000 219526

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
126000

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$88,725
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 114270 233039

Rolex
Explorer
114270

Box
Papers
Year 2007
Product Location
HK$61,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 114270 277025

Rolex
Explorer
114270

Box
Papers
Year 2003
Product Location
HK$46,125
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 14270 274386
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 1992
Product Location
HK$54,585
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 14270 232694
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 1996
Product Location
HK$58,060
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 126000 219524

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
126000

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$90,175
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 126000 230054

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
126000

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$105,985
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 276200 278624
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
276200

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$37,810
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 124300 228526

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
124300

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$180,155
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 16610 261661

Rolex
Submariner
16610

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
HK$93,980
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 126000 218964

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
126000

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$86,800
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600 244738

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
HK$76,600
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 126000 221924

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
126000

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$81,495
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 277200 279959
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
277200

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$77,415
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16660 267003
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16660

Box
Papers
Year 1980
Product Location
HK$66,610
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600 229817

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
HK$88,765
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 114270 230427

Rolex
Explorer
114270

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
HK$63,895
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 1655 270269
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
1655

Box
Papers
Year 1981
Product Location
HK$238,725
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 14270 255372
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 1995
Product Location
HK$84,760
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 277200 227013
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
277200

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$114,865
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114300 267947

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114300

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$64,170
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114300 275858

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114300

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$88,335
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 124270 281174
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Explorer
124270

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$72,650
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 124270 279709
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Explorer
124270

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$71,010
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200 280764

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114200

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$60,325
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 114270 221473

Rolex
Explorer
114270

Box
Papers
Year 2003
Product Location
HK$60,535
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 14270 232585

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
HK$96,745
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 124270 278855
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Explorer
124270

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$86,820
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200 258815

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114200

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
HK$58,135
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200 255464

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114200

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$69,435
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114300 279585

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114300

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$72,975
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 14270 265514

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
HK$76,515
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 14270 232699
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 1998
Product Location
HK$58,060
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 14270 232407
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
HK$61,910
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114200 274252

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114200

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$45,470
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 114270 232167

Rolex
Explorer
114270

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
HK$63,475
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114300 253691

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114300

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$83,650
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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