Building the Perfect Collection: Diver Watches
Diver watches are rooted in the history of exploration. Originally developed for military and professional use, they represent the golden age of tool watches, featuring robust design, craftsmanship, and engineering innovations such as advancements in water resistance, lume technology, and material science.
Collecting diver watches connects you to a vibrant community of enthusiasts who share a love for these timepieces and their heritage. These watches are a great place to start the perfect collection.
Seiko Luxe Prospex Sea SPB453
This rugged yet sleek Prospex Sea model reimagines Seiko’s 1965 first diver’s watch, updated with more power, greater water resistance, enhanced legibility, and construction designed for maximum comfort. The case, crafted of stainless steel with super-hard coating, features a unidirectional rotating elapsed timing bezel, screw case back, and screw-down crown, with a curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on the inner surface. The black dial has LumiBrite coating on the hands and all 12 markers for improved symmetry and legibility. Follows ISO standards for scuba diving to depths of up to 300 meters.
Zodiac Super Sea Wolf Compression Compression Diver Pineapple Dream
Zodiac’s Super Sea Wolf collection has become a legend in its own time. The collection, known for daring colors and experimental designs, has played host to everything from stone-crafted dials to special commemorations with partners like eBay. There’s one thing they all have in common—reliability, and utility in the field. As first-rate dive watches, the Super Sea Wolf is never afraid of a little water, and with endless sizes, designs, and colors to choose from, they represent the perfect entry-point for watch collectors looking for their first Swiss-made automatic. The Pineapple Dream model features a 40mm stainless steel case with engraved case back and sapphire crystal, bold gradient green dial, and luminous hands and hour markers.
Longines Legend Diver
Residing at the intersection of vintage design and cutting-edge performance, the Longines Legend Diver has been a true icon of watchmaking since its introduction in 1959. Stainless steel case with internal turning diving flange, screw-down case back, screw-in crown, and scratch-resistant crystal with several layers of anti-reflective coating on both sides. The green lacquered polished dial features painted Arabic numerals and indexes, silvered polished hands, and Swiss Super-LumiNova. Finished with a stainless steel bracelet with double security folding clasp with micro adjustment system. With water resistance to 300 meters, this Legend Diver is certified as a chronometer by the COSC and meets the ISO 6425 standard for divers’ watches.
Tudor Pelagos 39
The Pelagos is one of Tudor’s most popular purpose-built timepieces, and is now available in a smaller, more compact version—the Pelagos 39. This watch closely resembles its larger siblings, and much like those is an excellent professional dive watch with unique aesthetic details. The 39mm satin-brushed case is crafted of grade 2 titanium, and features a unidirectional rotating bezel. The ceramic insert is finished with a satin sunray and grade X1 Swiss Super-LumiNova. “Snowflake” hands, one of the hallmarks of Tudor dive watches, glide elegantly across the dial. The titanium three-link bracelet features the Tudor “T-fit” folding clasp for ease of use, and a complimentary black rubber strap with a pin buckle is included. Powered by the COSC-certified Manufacture Calibre MT5400. Water resistant to 200 meters.
Omega Seamaster Diver 300M
The Seamaster Diver 300M has enjoyed a legendary following among watch aficionados since 1993, and this model, part of today’s modern collection, has been updated with Omega’s most advanced technological innovations and design. The 42mm timepiece is crafted in stainless steel, and includes a black oxalic anodized aluminum bezel ring with a diving scale in white Super-LumiNova. Black aluminum is also used to create the dial, which is laser-engraved with the Diver’s iconic wave pattern. The skeletonized hands and indexes are rhodium plated and filled with white Super-LumiNova. Water resistant to 300 meters. A brushed mesh bracelet completes the look.
Glashütte Original Spezialist SeaQ Panorama Date
This rugged mechanical timepiece meets all of the exacting requirements specified by the DIN and ISO standards—shock resistance, saltwater corrosion resistance, resilience of individual function elements, and more—for diver watches, with water resistance to 300 meters. All that, and exquisite design as well. The stainless steel case is decorated with a fine circular finish and a vertically brushed finish on the sides, with a rotating bezel and crown fashioned in solid red gold. The characteristic features and elaborate decorations of the manufacture movement Calibre 36-13 are easily viewed through a centrally screwed sapphire crystal case back. The galvanic grey dial features Arabic numeral markers, appliqués with Super-LumiNova, panorama date, and Super-LumiNova inlaid hands.
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique 42mm
The Fifty Fathoms collection is the perfect embodiment of Blancpain’s passion for underwater exploration, originally expressed in 1953 with the debut of the first modern diver’s watch. The Fifty Fathoms Automatique is the technologically advanced distillation of everything Blancpain’s master artisans have learned since then. Powered by the Caliber 1315 automatic movement, this model has a case crafted of 18K red gold, with unidirectional sapphire bezel and sapphire case back. Stylish, easy to read black dial matched with a black tropic rubber strap. Ready for your diving adventures, with water resistance to 300 meters.
Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Diver 42mm
A true luxury timepiece, the Pontos is an exemplar of elegance and sophistication, fusing sumptuous materials with refined finishes. The 42mm brushed and polished stainless steel case has a stainless steel case back with special engraving, screwed crown, and sapphire crystal with double anti-reflective coating. Black dial with rhodium-plated hands and hour markers with white Super-LumiNova, and a rhodium-plated with orange tip second hand. When watch aficionados talk about Swiss craftsmanship and creativity, this is the timepiece they’re thinking about.
Mido Ocean Star 39
There are watches designed and built for the rugged life on land and sea, and watches made for stylish nightlife—here’s one that’s perfect for both. This versatile Ocean Star model is a sporty, reliable, and chic companion for any escape. Its 39mm, stainless steel, beautifully slim case features a screw-down crown with Mido’s historic starfish motif, and sapphire crystal with double-sided anti-reflection treatment. The aesthetic of this automatic watch is enhanced by its unique and distinctive relief dial in grey, evoking the movement of currents across the sand, and Super-LumiNova on the hands and indexes. Water resistance to 200 meters, and a stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp, and diving extension.
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About The Author: Tom Roth
Born in Washington state, Tom developed an interest in photography during college at University of San Diego. There, he got started in music journalism, interviewing artists and taking photos at concerts. A life-long tinkerer and collector, it wasn’t long before Tom became fascinated with fountain pens and watches.
Those interests collided in November 2020 when Tom started at Feldmar Watch Company where he lives out every watch geek’s dream: photographing and writing about timepieces. When he’s not tinkering with his watch collection, Tom can be found traveling, biting his nails while watching PNW sports teams, and taking flying lessons.
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