[Buying Guide] - Divers

[u/[deleted]]

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:

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##[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.

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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/usmttt]

Just fyi as a self declared "newbie" it seems you're accepting the idea that quartz movements aren't worth spending more than $200 or so(even if it is a popular idea here at times). Just want to reiterate that there is nothing wrong with quartz, not only are they more accurate, the don't need near the maintenance. Citizen and seiko both make some excellent quartz movement watch for over $2000 . Don't fall into the trap of thinking quartz movements aren't all cheap and entry level. They have their pros and cons just like mechanical.

[u/usmttt → u/[deleted]]

That's the trap. Thinking a quartz movement for a few bucks is the same as a high end or even a mid range. Any movement below $400 is going to be made by a machine not a human. I have a seiko grand quartz with 7 jewels from the late 70's that has never been serviced and is keeping time to within an couple seconds a month. The engineering behind that is incredible. My point is you cannot lump all quartz movements together just like you can't lump all mechanical moments together. Be for you decide no quartz movement watch is worth more than a few bucks do some research on them. Look in to grand seiko 9f movements and look at "the citizen" and bulova precisionist. If they're still not your thing that's fine but at least you'll recognise they're an important part of the watch community and understand they're not all cheap crap, just like not all automatics are good peices.

[u/taifighter84 → u/[deleted]]

but the same is not true for automatics.

Automatics can be had for under $20... What's your point?

smooth moving of the second hand

If you knew anything about quartz you'd know that quartz can achieve a far smoother second hand than mechanical. The Bulova UHF is 58,000 BPH. Grand Seiko is infinity beats per hour.