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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 1950 PAM00396 215756
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00396

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£58,310
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00514 246277

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00514

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£4,275
Bell and Ross BR 05 BR05C-BL-ST/SRB 280705

Bell and Ross
BR 05
BR05C-BL-ST/SRB

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,740
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM01033 259428

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM01033

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,275
Maurice Lacroix Pontos S PT6038-SSL22-130-1 272236

Maurice Lacroix
Pontos S
PT6038-SSL22-130-1

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£2,200
Panerai Ferrari FER00004 265200
Limited Edition

Panerai
Ferrari
FER00004

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£3,605
Bell and Ross BR-X1 BRX1-CE-TI-BLC 275080
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR-X1
BRX1-CE-TI-BLC

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£10,715
Bell and Ross BR01-96 Commando 271306
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR01-96
Commando

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£1,720
Panerai Radiomir Automatic PAM00619 239324

Panerai
Radiomir Automatic
PAM00619

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,950
Bell and Ross BR-X1 BRX1-CE-TI-BLC 251628
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR-X1
BRX1-CE-TI-BLC

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£9,950
Bell and Ross Vintage 126 BR126-94 266267

Bell and Ross
Vintage 126
BR126-94

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£1,110
Chanel J12 H0968 270809

Chanel
J12
H0968

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£1,785
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00468 259853
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00468

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£4,275
Rado Captain Cook R32116158 268516
Limited Edition

Rado
Captain Cook
R32116158

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£1,950
Hublot Big Bang 411.NM.1170.RX 264550

Hublot
Big Bang
411.NM.1170.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£9,720
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00508 267816
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00508

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£7,925
Hublot Big Bang 301.SB.131.RX 275533

Hublot
Big Bang
301.SB.131.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£5,070
Chanel J12 H2543 277875

Chanel
J12
H2543

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£2,495
Rado Captain Cook R32116158 275308
Limited Edition

Rado
Captain Cook
R32116158

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£1,950
Montblanc TimeWalker 119941 270458

Montblanc
TimeWalker
119941

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£1,950
Baume et Mercier Clifton M0A10411 275818

Baume et Mercier
Clifton
M0A10411

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£695
Hublot King Power 703.CI.1129.NR.USB12 264959
Limited Edition

Hublot
King Power
703.CI.1129.NR.USB12

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£9,950
Bell and Ross BR03 Aviation BR03-88-S 276234

Bell and Ross
BR03 Aviation
BR03-88-S

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£1,550
Rado Hyperchrome R32525169 257000

Rado
Hyperchrome
R32525169

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£1,850
Bell and Ross BRS BRS-64-S 269159

Bell and Ross
BRS
BRS-64-S

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£1,440
Bell and Ross Vintage 123 BRV123-BS-ST/SF 265489

Bell and Ross
Vintage 123
BRV123-BS-ST/SF

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£1,360
Maurice Lacroix Pontos S PT6248-SS001-330 266238
Limited Edition

Maurice Lacroix
Pontos S
PT6248-SS001-330

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£1,565
Maurice Lacroix Aikon AI6038-SS002-132-1 268973

Maurice Lacroix
Aikon
AI6038-SS002-132-1

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,240
Bell and Ross Vintage 126 BR126 274955

Bell and Ross
Vintage 126
BR126

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£1,725
Hublot Big Bang 301.SB.131.RX 277185

Hublot
Big Bang
301.SB.131.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£5,090
Hublot Big Bang 703.NQ.1129.NR.GUG13 256962
Limited Edition

Hublot
Big Bang
703.NQ.1129.NR.GUG13

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£6,920
Bell and Ross BR 05 BR05C-SI-ST/SST 245555
Limited Edition

Bell and Ross
BR 05
BR05C-SI-ST/SST

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£4,950
Hublot Big Bang 301.SX.1170.RX 265488

Hublot
Big Bang
301.SX.1170.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£6,280
Oris Divers 733 7720 40 57 LS 277001

Oris
Divers
733 7720 40 57 LS

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£610
Longines HydroConquest L3.781.3.58.7 284777

Longines
HydroConquest
L3.781.3.58.7

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£1,350
Longines Spirit L3.820.4.73.2 282615

Longines
Spirit
L3.820.4.73.2

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£2,000
Hublot Big Bang 301.SX.1170.RX 270724

Hublot
Big Bang
301.SX.1170.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£6,120
Oris Aquis Depth Gauge 733 7675 41 54 MB 270633

Oris
Aquis Depth Gauge
733 7675 41 54 MB

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£1,170
Hublot Big Bang 301.QX.1724.RX 266890

Hublot
Big Bang
301.QX.1724.RX

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£6,455
Hublot Big Bang 451.CX.1140.CX 262785
Limited Edition

Hublot
Big Bang
451.CX.1140.CX

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£10,485
Montblanc TimeWalker 119942 262418

Montblanc
TimeWalker
119942

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£1,820
Zenith Pilot 29.2240.405/18.C801 262912

Zenith
Pilot
29.2240.405/18.C801

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£5,255

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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