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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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Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 210.90.42.20.10.001 438341
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
210.90.42.20.10.001

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£7,500
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030N-0001 437352
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030N-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2026
£3,550
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030B-0001 437888
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030B-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£3,100
Tudor Pelagos FXD M25707B/23-0001 437649
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Pelagos FXD
M25707B/23-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£3,150
Breitling Avenger Automatic 45 A32395 436495

Breitling
Avenger Automatic 45
A32395

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£2,945
Tudor Black Bay GMT M79830RB-0001 436265

Tudor
Black Bay GMT
M79830RB-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,965
Breitling SuperOcean Automatic V17369 436854

Breitling
SuperOcean Automatic
V17369

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£3,175
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage B20 Automatic 46 AB2020 436963

Breitling
SuperOcean Heritage B20 Automatic 46
AB2020

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£3,250
Omega Seamaster 300m 2234.50.00 434827

Omega
Seamaster 300m
2234.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2002
£2,500
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030N-0002 436793

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030N-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£2,475
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m - James Bond Edition 210.90.42.20.01.001 436039

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m - James Bond Edition
210.90.42.20.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,750
Tag Heuer Kirium WL1111.BA0700 433226
Vintage

Tag Heuer
Kirium
WL1111.BA0700

Box
Papers
Year 2001
£540
Tudor Pelagos FXD M25717N-0001 438095
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Pelagos FXD
M25717N-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£3,150
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WBP2111.BA0627 437932

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WBP2111.BA0627

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£2,175
Tudor Black Bay GMT M79830RB-0001 436704
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay GMT
M79830RB-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£2,965
Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Chronograph 8003-102-3/91 408921

Ulysse Nardin
Maxi Marine Chronograph
8003-102-3/91

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£5,150
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 210.32.42.20.03.002 434078
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
210.32.42.20.03.002

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£4,450
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 210.30.42.20.03.003 435621
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
210.30.42.20.03.003

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£4,650
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 212.30.44.50.03.001 430079

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
212.30.44.50.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£3,400
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage B20 Automatic 42 UB2010 430526
Manufacturer's Warranty

Breitling
SuperOcean Heritage B20 Automatic 42
UB2010

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£4,250
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage B20 Automatic 42 UB2010 436264
Manufacturer's Warranty

Breitling
SuperOcean Heritage B20 Automatic 42
UB2010

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£4,250
Breitling Colt Lady A77388 436226

Breitling
Colt Lady
A77388

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£1,450
Breitling Super Chronomat B01 44 PB0136 437469
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Breitling
Super Chronomat B01 44
PB0136

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£7,205
Rolex Submariner 126610 LV 437357
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Submariner
126610 LV

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£11,200
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030N-0001 424657
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030N-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£3,000
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030B-0001 436959
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030B-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2026
£3,575
Breitling Colt Auto A17388 404574

Breitling
Colt Auto
A17388

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£1,800
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 210.30.42.20.03.001 435151

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
210.30.42.20.03.001

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£3,985
Tudor Black Bay Chrono M79360N-0001 437032

Tudor
Black Bay Chrono
M79360N-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£3,150
Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 210.92.44.20.01.002 424551

Omega
Seamaster Diver 300m
210.92.44.20.01.002

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£5,500
Tag Heuer Aquaracer WBP1180.BF0000 437452

Tag Heuer
Aquaracer
WBP1180.BF0000

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£1,935
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030N-0001 426810

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030N-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£3,100
Tudor Black Bay Chrono M79360N-0002 434905

Tudor
Black Bay Chrono
M79360N-0002

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£3,555
Breitling Chronomat B01 42 PB0134 436826

Breitling
Chronomat B01 42
PB0134

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£6,100
Tudor Black Bay Chrono M79360N-0024 436292
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay Chrono
M79360N-0024

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£7,520
Panerai Submersible PAM00959 436516

Panerai
Submersible
PAM00959

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£5,795
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage U23370 433358

Breitling
SuperOcean Heritage
U23370

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£4,150
Bremont Supermarine WR-22-SS-R-S 426735

Bremont
Supermarine
WR-22-SS-R-S

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£4,350
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00004 432606
Vintage

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00004

Box
Papers
Year 1999
£7,950
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM01048 433042

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM01048

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£4,450
Panerai Luminor Power Reserve PAM00093 433700
Vintage

Panerai
Luminor Power Reserve
PAM00093

Box
Papers
Year 2001
£4,700
Breitling Chronomat Automatic GMT 40 A32398 435786
Manufacturer's Warranty

Breitling
Chronomat Automatic GMT 40
A32398

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£4,100

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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