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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  27. Hamilton Hamilton
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  46. Richard Mille Richard Mille
  47. Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis
  48. Rolex Rolex
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  52. Tudor Tudor
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  54. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  55. 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 Daytona 116508 315849

Rolex
Daytona
116508

Box
Papers
Year 2020
HK$372,145
Rolex Datejust 41 126301 371428

Rolex
Datejust 41
126301

Box
Papers
Year 2018
HK$120,195
Rolex Datejust Lady 179238 325525

Rolex
Datejust Lady
179238

Box
Papers
Year 2007
HK$150,365
Grand Seiko Grand Seiko GMT SBGM001 332523
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Grand Seiko GMT
SBGM001

Box
Papers
Year 2004
HK$27,155
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600 356297
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 1991
HK$73,425
Hublot Big Bang 301.PX.1180.GR 260409

Hublot
Big Bang
301.PX.1180.GR

Box
Papers
Year 2008
HK$120,195
Breitling Super Avenger II A13371 380937

Breitling
Super Avenger II
A13371

Box
Papers
Year 2015
Product Location
Presale
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79018V-0001 382826

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79018V-0001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$87,855
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Gents 220.12.41.21.02.002 411350
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Gents
220.12.41.21.02.002

Box
Papers
Year 2025
Product Location
HK$46,265
incl. import taxes & duties
Grand Seiko Grand Seiko SLGA009 309120
Manufacturer's Warranty

Grand Seiko
Grand Seiko
SLGA009

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$63,870
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling SuperOcean Heritage B20 Automatic 42 AB2010 399106
Manufacturer's Warranty

Breitling
SuperOcean Heritage B20 Automatic 42
AB2010

Box
Papers
Year 2022
Product Location
HK$33,695
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex GMT Master II 16710 418690

Rolex
GMT Master II
16710

Box
Papers
Year 2004
Product Location
HK$108,125
incl. import taxes & duties
Hamilton Khaki Aviation H77916920 408213
Manufacturer's Warranty

Hamilton
Khaki Aviation
H77916920

Box
Papers
Year 2025
Product Location
HK$16,595
incl. import taxes & duties
Bvlgari Octo 103075 274269

Bvlgari
Octo
103075

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$59,845
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Date 3211.30.00 414940

Omega
Speedmaster Date
3211.30.00

Box
Papers
Year 2008
Product Location
HK$25,495
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Black Bay 58 M79030N-0003 418043
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tudor
Black Bay 58
M79030N-0003

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$27,810
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Avenger Automatic GMT 45 Night Mission V32395 389799
New Price

Breitling
Avenger Automatic GMT 45 Night Mission
V32395

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$31,200
incl. import taxes & duties
Zenith Defy 49.9502.3600/51.I001 397008
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Zenith
Defy
49.9502.3600/51.I001

Box
Papers
Year 2025
Product Location
HK$167,900
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 232.33.38.20.01.002 392402
New Price

Omega
Planet Ocean
232.33.38.20.01.002

Box
Papers
Year 2016
Product Location
HK$23,385
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer Monaco CAW211E 391161
New Price

Tag Heuer
Monaco
CAW211E

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$81,995
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Black Bay 39 M79663-0005 400353
New Price

Tudor
Black Bay 39
M79663-0005

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$39,005
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00731 396532
New Price

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00731

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$76,925
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW500501 401590
New Price

IWC
Ingenieur
IW500501

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$47,635
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Planet Ocean 215.63.46.22.01.001 393379
New Price

Omega
Planet Ocean
215.63.46.22.01.001

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$73,875
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Luminor Marina ESteel PAM01356 400987
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Panerai
Luminor Marina ESteel
PAM01356

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$54,665
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Chronomat 44 CB0110 402177
New Price

Breitling
Chronomat 44
CB0110

Box
Papers
Year 2014
Product Location
HK$62,470
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 1603 391110
New Price
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
1603

Box
Papers
Year 1978
Product Location
HK$32,015
incl. import taxes & duties
Graham Chronofighter Oversize 2CCAU.S01A.K92N 399897
New Price

Graham
Chronofighter Oversize
2CCAU.S01A.K92N

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$19,525
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Ingenieur IW380901 388220
New Price

IWC
Ingenieur
IW380901

Box
Papers
Year 2002
Product Location
HK$50,765
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Gents 220.12.41.21.02.005 406123
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Gents
220.12.41.21.02.005

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$46,075
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Cockpit Gents A49350 410352
Manufacturer's Warranty

Breitling
Cockpit Gents
A49350

Box
Papers
Year 2002
Product Location
HK$22,630
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Aqua Terra 150m Ladies 220.10.34.20.53.001 401822
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Aqua Terra 150m Ladies
220.10.34.20.53.001

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$42,745
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 114300 410643

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
114300

Box
Papers
Year 2017
Product Location
HK$66,385
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16200 387935
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16200

Box
Papers
Year 1992
Product Location
HK$45,260
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16233 372737
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16233

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
HK$65,375
incl. import taxes & duties
Zenith Chronomaster 03.3119.3600/56.M3100 390716

Zenith
Chronomaster
03.3119.3600/56.M3100

Box
Papers
Year 2024
Product Location
HK$74,930
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 116000 418336

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
116000

Box
Papers
Year 2023
Product Location
HK$65,225
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 116200 390238

Rolex
Datejust
116200

Box
Papers
Year 2009
Product Location
HK$55,470
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 41 126331 353513

Rolex
Datejust 41
126331

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
HK$124,720
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 16613 409118
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16613

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
HK$93,035
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Santos De Cartier WSSA0071 419164
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Cartier
Santos De Cartier
WSSA0071

Box
Papers
Year 2024
Product Location
HK$61,695
incl. import taxes & duties

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.