Diving watches

[Eric802]

I wear my Casio Duro most of the time. I replaced the rubber strap with a bracelet, but it still works just fine for diving.

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

To change tack, with so many people with dive watches the question is:
What watch do you wear every day?

It's on of the 2 Seiko 200m for me.

Usually a Hamilton Khaki Field watch on a green/red Bond NATO strap. Omega Seamaster on a red NATO strap or a Seiko SLA 037 HI-beat on a grey or blue NATO strap(which needs servicing so it's kinda sidelined right now - it was my exclusive EDC until it started losing time at an intolerable rate).

 

[old frogman]

To change tack, with so many people with dive watches the question is:
What watch do you wear every day?

It's on of the 2 Seiko 200m for me.

Love my Seiko watches. Currently wearing a Seiko Tuna.

 

[old frogman]

Love my Seiko watches. Currently wearing a Seiko Tuna.

Regarding the Rolex Submariner. Much of its fame is associated with the early James Bond movies e.g. "Thunderball". However, James Bond is fiction although the book author Ian Fleming was a former Naval intelligence officer deeply involved in WW2 special operations planning. He actually formed a commando unit called 30 Assault Unit.

The following is a list of classic dive watches which are not as famous as the Rolex Submariner however have been on the wrist of men involved in real and often stranger than fiction diving operations over the decades.

Panerai Radiomir - WW2 dive watch used by italian commando frogmen Diecima MAS.
Blancpain 50 Fathoms - first modern dive watch developed for French Navy Hubert Commando early 1950's
Rolex Submariner - adopted by UK Royal Navy and some British Commonwealth countries navies and special forces. Watch developed in early 1950s.
Tudor Submariner - same as the Rolex but about half the price, adopted later by French Navy.
Tornek Rayville U.S. - slightly modified Blancpain 50 Fathoms. Adopted by US Navy and UDT/SEALS early 1960s.
Omega Seamaster - Adopted by UK Royal navy as replacement for the Rolex Submariner about 1970s.
Tissot Dive watch - adopted by some navies and special forces as replacement for the Rolex Submariner mid 1970s.
CWC Quartz Diver - adopted by UK Royal Navy and Special Forces as replacement for Omega Seamaster early 1980s.
Casio G-SHOCK DW - adopted by numerous special forces early 1980s. Cheap, durable and applicable beyond just calculating dive duration.

 

[Pressurehead]

Casio G-SHOCK DW

It's OK, does other thing, whoopie.
But 'dog ugly' 'Dingo ugly here', don't ask .
IMO

 

[old frogman]

It's OK, does other thing, whoopie.
But 'dog ugly' 'Dingo ugly here', don't ask .
IMO

Yeah, cheap, durable, ugly and does other things.

 

[jadairiii]

Regarding the Rolex Submariner. Much of its fame is associated with the early James Bond movies e.g. "Thunderball".

I didn't see Thunderball until years after I was diving. To me the Rolex sub was "the" dive watch/instrument . Finally bought mine in 1983, and it was my primary time piece/dive timer until the advent of computers, and even then it was my back-up timer......until the day I realized my $800 dive watch was (at the time of the appraisal) appraised at $7,000.00!!!

It still, on occasion, goes free diving with me.