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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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  1. Rolex Rolex
  2. Omega Omega
  3. TAG Heuer TAG Heuer
  4. Panerai Panerai
  5. Breitling Breitling
  6. Cartier Cartier
  7. IWC IWC
  8. Tudor Tudor
  9. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  10. Hublot Hublot
  11. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  12. Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet
  13. Patek Philippe Patek Philippe
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  1. A. Lange and Sohne A. Lange and Sohne
  2. Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet
  3. Baume et Mercier Baume et Mercier
  4. Bell and Ross Bell and Ross
  5. Blancpain Blancpain
  6. Breguet Breguet
  7. Breitling Breitling
  8. Bremont Bremont
  9. Bvlgari Bvlgari
  10. Carl F. Bucherer Carl F. Bucherer
  11. Cartier Cartier
  12. Chanel Chanel
  13. Chopard Chopard
  14. Corum Corum
  15. Eterna Eterna
  16. Franck Muller Franck Muller
  17. Frederique Constant Frederique Constant
  18. Girard Perregaux Girard Perregaux
  19. Glashutte Original Glashutte Original
  20. Grand Seiko Grand Seiko
  21. Hamilton Hamilton
  22. Hermes Hermes
  23. Hublot Hublot
  24. IWC IWC
  25. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  26. Jaquet Droz Jaquet Droz
  27. Longines Longines
  28. Maurice Lacroix Maurice Lacroix
  29. Montblanc Montblanc
  30. Nomos Glashutte Nomos Glashutte
  31. Omega Omega
  32. Oris Oris
  33. Panerai Panerai
  34. Parmigiani Parmigiani
  35. Patek Philippe Patek Philippe
  36. Piaget Piaget
  37. Porsche Design Porsche Design
  38. Rado Rado
  39. Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis
  40. Rolex Rolex
  41. TAG Heuer TAG Heuer
  42. Tudor Tudor
  43. Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin
  44. Union Glashutte Union Glashutte
  45. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  46. Zenith Zenith
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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 Datejust 16014 395708
-15%
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16014

Box
Papers
Year 1978
€5,800 €6,900
Rolex Datejust 116139 380920

Rolex
Datejust
116139

Box
Papers
Year 2005
€13,035
Rolex Turn-O-Graph 16263 396589

Rolex
Turn-O-Graph
16263

Box
Papers
Year 2002
€7,310
Rolex Turn-O-Graph 116261 402630

Rolex
Turn-O-Graph
116261

Box
Papers
Year 2014
€10,820
Rolex Datejust 116233 400333

Rolex
Datejust
116233

Box
Papers
Year 2013
€10,470
Rolex Datejust 16234 405578
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16234

Box
Papers
Year 1997
€6,725
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 15223 400424

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
15223

Box
Papers
Year 2003
€6,260
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 115200 404223

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
115200

Box
Papers
Year 2012
€6,375
Rolex Lady Oyster Perpetual 176200 400072

Rolex
Lady Oyster Perpetual
176200

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€5,965
Rolex Turn-O-Graph 116264 405616

Rolex
Turn-O-Graph
116264

Box
Papers
Year 2003
€7,955
Rolex Lady Oyster Perpetual 176200 377448

Rolex
Lady Oyster Perpetual
176200

Box
Papers
Year 2017
€5,675
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 15223 397928
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
15223

Box
Papers
Year 1993
€6,025
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 115234 400349
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
115234

Box
Papers
Year 2010
€7,310
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 15200 393769
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
15200

Box
Papers
Year 1998
€4,815
Rolex Submariner 16808 380922
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16808

Box
Papers
Year 1981
€26,450
Rolex Submariner 16800 405111
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16800

Box
Papers
Year 1988
€10,235
Rolex Day-Date 118339 371992

Rolex
Day-Date
118339

Box
Papers
Year 2001
€30,520
Rolex Day-Date 18238 382070
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18238

Box
Papers
Year 1994
€28,385
Rolex Day-Date 1803 389979
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
1803

Box
Papers
Year 1968
€10,350
Rolex Day-Date 118209 388250

Rolex
Day-Date
118209

Box
Papers
Year 2007
€25,680
Rolex Day-Date 18238 380901
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18238

Box
Papers
Year 1997
€15,795
Rolex Day-Date 118239 380943
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
118239

Box
Papers
Year 2001
€24,510
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 15200 368837
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
15200

Box
Papers
Year 1982
€4,565
Porsche Design Chronograph 6013.6.12.004 288793

Porsche Design
Chronograph
6013.6.12.004

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€3,380
Rado Captain Cook R32504205 280840

Rado
Captain Cook
R32504205

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€2,280
Bremont Boeing BB247-SS/BK 363544

Bremont
Boeing
BB247-SS/BK

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€3,230
Omega Seamaster 300m Ladies 2582.80.00 361696

Omega
Seamaster 300m Ladies
2582.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2001
€1,930
Rolex Datejust 126283 RBR 359735

Rolex
Datejust
126283 RBR

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€22,000 €23,140
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 5520V/210A-B481 355131

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
5520V/210A-B481

Box
Papers
Year 2024
€30,260
Rolex Datejust 41 126331 352613

Rolex
Datejust 41
126331

Box
Papers
Year 2018
€13,980
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81010-32-631-FK6A 336159

Girard Perregaux
Laureato
81010-32-631-FK6A

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€11,530
Omega Speedmaster 57 331.10.42.51.01.001 316887

Omega
Speedmaster 57
331.10.42.51.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2009
€5,790
Panerai Radiomir California PAM00448 244038

Panerai
Radiomir California
PAM00448

Box
Papers
Year 2013
€6,845
Breitling Chronomat 44 MB0110 350156

Breitling
Chronomat 44
MB0110

Box
Papers
Year 2020
€5,555
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 47450/B01A-9226 283390

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
47450/B01A-9226

Box
Papers
Year 2016
€18,605
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 2305V/100A-B170 265458

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
2305V/100A-B170

Box
Papers
Year 2021
€21,365
Tag Heuer Carrera CBN2019.BA0642 288025

Tag Heuer
Carrera
CBN2019.BA0642

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€4,170
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 47040/000A-9008 319343

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
47040/000A-9008

Box
Papers
Year 2019
€22,170
Eterna Kontiki 7760.42.80.0280 243823

Eterna
Kontiki
7760.42.80.0280

Box
Papers
Year 2017
€3,950
Panerai Radiomir GMT PAM00628 353715

Panerai
Radiomir GMT
PAM00628

Box
Papers
Year 2017
€6,190
Omega Planet Ocean 2210.50.00 349297

Omega
Planet Ocean
2210.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2015
€3,705
Panerai Submersible PAM01209 259593
Manufacturer's Warranty

Panerai
Submersible
PAM01209

Box
Papers
Year 2022
€8,015

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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