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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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Panerai Luminor Quaranta PAM01372 274934

Panerai
Luminor Quaranta
PAM01372

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£5,950
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81005-32-631-32A 238328

Girard Perregaux
Laureato
81005-32-631-32A

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£7,340
Tudor Pelagos M25610TNL-0001 259456

Tudor
Pelagos
M25610TNL-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£3,650
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81010-11-3153-1CM 280306

Girard Perregaux
Laureato
81010-11-3153-1CM

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£10,740
Tudor Heritage Black Bay 79230G 280607
Limited Edition

Tudor
Heritage Black Bay
79230G

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£2,875
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 26020ST.OO.D001IN.02 259932

Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak Offshore
26020ST.OO.D001IN.02

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£18,505
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 26202AU.OO.D002CA.01 258024
Limited Edition

Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak Offshore
26202AU.OO.D002CA.01

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£25,450
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 26020ST.OO.D091CR.01.A 259034

Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak Offshore
26020ST.OO.D091CR.01.A

Box
Papers
Year 2006
£15,635
Panerai Submersible QuarantaQuattro PAM01289 265824

Panerai
Submersible QuarantaQuattro
PAM01289

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£7,110
Tudor Black Bay M7941A1A0RU-0002 281225
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay
M7941A1A0RU-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£3,695
Chopard Mille Miglia 168566-3007 276349
Limited Edition

Chopard
Mille Miglia
168566-3007

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£3,325
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79012M-0001 250849
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79012M-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£3,260
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 245545

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Submersible PAM00960 267957
Limited Edition

Panerai
Submersible
PAM00960

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£10,950
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM01021 259354

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM01021

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£8,250
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00587 266071
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00587

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£5,450
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81015-11-001-11A 272911

Girard Perregaux
Laureato
81015-11-001-11A

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£21,860
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 254278

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Radiomir Venti PAM02020 247343
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir Venti
PAM02020

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£4,400
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00441 280372

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00441

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£6,155
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 245549

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 245544

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Luminor 8 Days PAM00911 270449
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 8 Days
PAM00911

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£9,950
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 254285

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Luminor Luna Rossa PAM01037 255419

Panerai
Luminor Luna Rossa
PAM01037

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£9,015
Tissot PRC200 T055.417.11.057.00 270609

Tissot
PRC200
T055.417.11.057.00

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£290
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00563 281243

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00563

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£4,265
Panerai Submersible PAM01074 276169

Panerai
Submersible
PAM01074

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£11,465
Panerai Luminor Yachts Challenge PAM00653 278802

Panerai
Luminor Yachts Challenge
PAM00653

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£7,255
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00346 246291

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00346

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,100
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 254263

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 245541

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00662 263749
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00662

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£5,175
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00346 246309

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00346

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,100
Panerai Radiomir Automatic PAM00391 240445

Panerai
Radiomir Automatic
PAM00391

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£7,950
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 254268

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Radiomir GMT PAM00238 258138

Panerai
Radiomir GMT
PAM00238

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£10,550
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00127 274771
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00127

Box
Papers
Year 2004
£10,600
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00992 278826

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00992

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,740
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM00244 259834

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM00244

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£3,830
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00321 277569
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00321

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£4,960
Panerai Luminor Quaranta PAM01372 260890

Panerai
Luminor Quaranta
PAM01372

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,950

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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