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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  1. A. Lange and Sohne A. Lange and Sohne
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  4. Ball Ball
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  6. Bell and Ross Bell and Ross
  7. Blancpain Blancpain
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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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  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
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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
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  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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Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 227713

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$298,970
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116519 LN 221457

Rolex
Daytona
116519 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$491,855
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 116000 262573

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
116000

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$55,685
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 216779

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$621,550
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116523 270278

Rolex
Daytona
116523

Box
Papers
Year 2005
Product Location
HK$188,750
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 118239 283957

Rolex
Day-Date
118239

Box
Papers
Year 2004
Product Location
HK$242,570
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116503 275270

Rolex
Daytona
116503

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$258,680
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 244431

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$250,370
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 227740

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$322,035
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18078 249397
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18078

Box
Papers
Year 1991
Product Location
HK$201,695
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 217476

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$699,425
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116503 227812

Rolex
Daytona
116503

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$191,075
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116520 271337

Rolex
Daytona
116520

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
HK$211,400
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116519 227547

Rolex
Daytona
116519

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
HK$530,425
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18238 258442
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18238

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
HK$147,745
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 217171

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$659,665
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 126518 LN 282346
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Daytona
126518 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$416,985
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 278720

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$317,100
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 279979
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$318,685
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 118205 281399

Rolex
Day-Date
118205

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$241,600
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116515 LN 218838

Rolex
Daytona
116515 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$429,165
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 16528 275378
Vintage

Rolex
Daytona
16528

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
HK$332,205
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116509 236472

Rolex
Daytona
116509

Box
Papers
Year 2017
HK$270,995
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 227878

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$322,715
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 219816

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2017
HK$229,125
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 281874

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
HK$221,260
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 14000 273198
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
14000

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
HK$60,660
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 14000 275335

Rolex
Air-King
14000

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
HK$54,360
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116520 224009

Rolex
Daytona
116520

Box
Papers
Year 2006
Product Location
HK$288,360
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 16523 274656
Vintage

Rolex
Daytona
16523

Box
Papers
Year 1998
Product Location
HK$179,690
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116520 - APH Dial 275659

Rolex
Daytona
116520 - APH Dial

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
HK$264,250
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 282884

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$252,740
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116523 276989

Rolex
Daytona
116523

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$181,200
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 281602

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$252,940
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 219327

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2018
Product Location
HK$426,755
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116500 LN 217398

Rolex
Daytona
116500 LN

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
HK$654,345
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116528 284791

Rolex
Daytona
116528

Box
Papers
Year 2012
Product Location
HK$479,835
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 16523 262162
Vintage

Rolex
Daytona
16523

Box
Papers
Year 1991
Product Location
HK$233,175
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116523 276077

Rolex
Daytona
116523

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
HK$172,145
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116508 216085

Rolex
Daytona
116508

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$259,000
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 124300 217637

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
124300

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$159,130
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 116509 226348

Rolex
Daytona
116509

Box
Papers
Year 2008
Product Location
HK$442,915
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.