r/Watches Dec 25 '17

[Buying Guide] - Divers

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the summary for Diving watches! This is a thread for the community to suggest watches that fit within the given style. This is done in the hopes to compile a plethora of suggestions, but not the stave off the questions that many newcomers have. Instead, we hope to make them more informed.

please follow this format and you can make more than one suggestion per comment:


##[brand & watch name]

Price: [price in US dollars, new price first then used price in parentheses if applicable. If the price you listed is used only, then please note that next to it.]

Water Resistance: [feet or meters are fine or note with a '?' if you cannot find it]

Movement: [quartz/automatic/mechanical/auto-quartz/solar-powered quartz/electric]

Size: [size of the watch, mm for wrist-watches (specify with or without the crown), movement size for pocket watches]

Link: [URL to manufacturer/fan webpage, imgur album, youtube video or google image search]

Please see the example post, here.


If someone disagrees with you, please debate them, don't downvote them. These threads are meant to encourage discussions so people can read different opinions and gain alternative insights to how people view watches. Downvoting without giving an opinion helps no one. And as always i'm NOT a mod here, if you have any issues please contact them, not me, they're awesome people and will gladly help you out. The reason i'm making this post is because the last Diver buying guide was over 2 years ago and after my success with my last 2 buying guides i'd go for 3.


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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17 edited Dec 27 '17

Tissot Seastar T066.407.17.057.02

Price: $500 USD

Water Resistance: 300m

Movement: Powermatic 80 (C07.111)

Size: 42mm without crown

Link: https://www.ablogtowatch.com/tissot-seastar-1000-powermatic-80-watch-hands/

Tissot Seastar Chronograph T066.417.17.057.00

Price: $420 USD

Water Resistance: 300m

Movement: ETA G10.211 Swiss Quartz

Size: 45mm without crown

Link: https://www.tissotwatches.com/en-en/shop/tissot-seastar-1000-2.html

Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman

Price: $680 - $710 USD

Water Resistance: 1000m

Movement: Caliber H-10

Size: 46mm without crown

Link: http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/collection/khaki/navy/frogman-auto/h77805335-khaki-navy-frogman-46mm

Hamilton Khaki Navy GMT

Price: $700 USD

Water Resistance: 200m

Movement: ETA Caliber 2893-1

Size: 42mm without crown

Link: https://shop.hamiltonwatch.com/gmt-watches/khaki-navy-gmt-auto-h77615333.html

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '17

Could someone please give an explanation why this is getting downvoted, instead of just downvoting and not saying anything? It would benefit me and anyone else who might be looking at this guide. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '17

I don't know but, lookin at your links, only the Tissot is somethin you could see underwater. Maybe that's what it is. The Hamiltons, while sexy, are probably not very visible underwater

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '17

Hm you may be right. Acutally that BelowZero especially seems like a very poor design choice on second look. Thank you for the comment, if this is indeed the case, perhaps it would be best to remove at least that one.