What is a Diver's Watch? How to Use a Divers Bezel.

Before dive computers existed, divers relied on watches for timing their dive. Diver style watches are still popular today as daily-wear watches. There are a few features that are typical of most dive watches. Uncluttered dial that is easy to read, a unidirectional timing bezel, good water resistance (obviously), a screw down crown, and a rubber strap or stainless steel bracelet with adjustable extension. This video points out those features, including how to use the divers bezel. Watches shown are Tissot Seastar 1000, Seiko Samurai, ESQ Tournament, and Invicta Pro Divers. Other well known divers watches include the Rolex Submariner, Omega Planet Ocean, and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.

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[Rickchang1000]

How is that Invicta working out for you? Please reply

[Synthspike]

@Rickchang1000 There 3 Invictas in the video. I sold 2 of them. The one I still own is an automatic with Miyota movement. It's working well after 5 years, well worth the $80 I paid for it. I don't think Invicta makes any watches with this movement any more.

[DEFpanda]

You need to check out Omega's line up there in my opinion hands down the best.

[Synthspike]

@DEFpanda Thanks. Im a big fan of Omega - my favorite brand. I have owned 7 in the past few years including the Moon to Mars you can see in one of my other video. I currently own 3, 2 of them divers models.

[QuD3]

umm.. you buy a watch for 5-10 thousand dollars, and then you go "diving" with 'em?

Didn't think so..

[Synthspike]

@QuD3 For many decades before diving computers existed the classic divers watches that defined this style, Blancpain Fifty Fathoms and Rolex Submariner, were indeed used for diving. Now those 2 watches are many thousands of dollars and are mostly worn as fashion items and sometimes to even tell the time. The watches I showed in the video are $100-$500.

[awesker0]

Damn, that is a nice Tissot, what model is it?

[nellythree]

Don't know how I got here but excellent video , learnt why the bezel moved! Thanks dude !

[brandonc223]

@NFLAdam86 It is illegal to advertise any watch as "water proof." They must give a specific rating and test it to 25% more than the rating. Any dive watch will survive normal showering and swimming.

[NFLAdam86]

I have a question. So most diving watches, given that it's made by a reliable company and an authentic one of that company, and has a screw down crown (ex. Rolex Submariner), the watch itself is water proof? Water resistance doesn't indicated water proof, but then again how would a watch be able to survive outside a wet suit, without it being water proof? Someone help me understand this?

[Iololz]

@cheltcanary To be fair, an "average" human would only ever need a 50m WR watch to protect from every day use. 100m will generally be slightly better, but most watch enthusiasts will explicitly tell you to never wear a watch into water unless it has a screw down crown, which is generally 200m or more. No company is dumb enough to make a decent watch and market it at the LOWEST depth it was used at. They give it a margin for increased pressure situations(moving, etc.).

[cheltcanary]

@Iololz i think you miss the point. When talking about higher end watches like Rolex then yes, theres a safety margin..... however these are only tested dry in a pressure chamber. A human cant actully physically go to 3900m!

With lower end watches, people spend 20 bucks on a "50m waterproof" watch and they think it will be good at 50m - - it wont be! you need a 200m rated watch to dive 50m (near max depth a human can dive on 21% O2 air)

[Iololz]

@cheltcanary That entirely depends on the watch. Any dive watch worth the money will wet test it as well, and are generally tested well above their rated depth. For instance, the Rolex Deep Sea Sea Dweller is rated to 3900m, but is tested at 25% higher pressure, at 4875m. In fact, the ISO standard is to test at a 25% increase, due to the increased pressure from physical movement while diving.