Casio Men's MDV106-1AV 200 M WR Black Dive Watch (MDV106-1A)

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But what really makes this model special is the helium escape valve—a necessity on any professional diving watch. Even if you plan to just be lounging on a deckchair, poolside, this IWC Aquatimer Expedition model offers a robust and sporty timepiece that would look great with a laidback casual attire—perhaps a summer shirt and sunglasses. Details: Oysterlock Deployment Buckle with Rolex Glidelock Extension System, Stop-seconds Feature for Precise Time Setting, Cyclops Lens Date Feature.

With a handsome, glossy dial and a range of colorways/strap combinations, this true do-it-all watch is equally suitable for the beach or a dinner party.

Known as the transitional Submariner, this specific edition offered watch-wearers totally new features while also retaining aspects of the original.

But when you’re not diving, you can also use the watch to receive mobile notifications, offering around the clock functionality for landlubbers and sea-dwellers alike. Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced the original Memovox Polaris in 1968 as the first diver’s watch outfitted with a mechanical alarm function.

X. Professional Diver that you see here just because it has a quartz movement, but to do so would be missing the point. What’s distinctive about the watch is how Zodiac decided to go with squared-off hands — even the GMT hand is a blockish rectangle. The Venturer is the dive watch of the Aikon range and it has a water resistance rating of 300 meters. Where the first modern Panerai watches were powered by (extremely) inexpensive pocket watch calibers, many of the newest models come with fully in-house calibers, such as this P.

The movement may be quartz, but it’s solar-powered and can last for up to half a year on a full charge. With Vincero’s The Vessel, you get the strongman aesthetic and indestructible durability of the best dive watches—and you’ll have money left over to actually go on a beach holiday! At only 39 millimeters, the HydroConquest is slim and compact, a comfortable watch to wear on a daily basis as well as out in the water. To safely remain at pressure for such an extended period, divers breathe a gas mixture rich in helium, the molecules of which are so small they creep past the seals in, say, a watch, sometimes causing the watch crystal to explode when decompressed at the end of the “sat” dive.

The finishing on the case and the dial is also a step up from your usual Sumos, Monsters, and Turtles. The first-ever diver’s watch with the now-common unidirectional bezel, the modern Blancpain Fifty Fathoms boasts DNA that has held up over the last seven decades or so, thanks to a straight-forward dial designed for underwater legibility.

The Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe is named for the undersea vehicle invented by Auguste Piccard that was launched in 1953, the same year the first Fifty Fathoms debuted. Power Reserve: 80 Hours, Crystal: Sapphire Most people associate Rado with funky retro designs and high-tech ceramic as a case material.Furthermore, its automatic movement has also been well-engineered and upgraded over the years to give it the necessary accuracy. Inside, you’ve got a Miyota movement with a 40-hour power reserve, and, on the dial, 24-hour markers, semi-skeletonized hour hands, and a date window. Deriving its nickname from the Japanese word for a puffer fish — a reference to the distinctively grooved shape of the rotating divers’ bezel — the “Fugu” model from Citizen’s diverse Promaster Diver family originally debuted in 1989 and was revived for modern audiences in 2018. Thanks to its solidly-built monocoque titanium case, the DeepQUEST II has a rated water resistance of 1,000 meters, which is frankly more than anyone will ever need. and also has angled integrated lugs, along with a quick-change strap system for users to easily swap straps.