Do you wear a dive watch? (not computer)

[deepblueglow]

Yes. I wear the watch on my left arm, computer on my right.

It's underwater bling — it serves no real purpose. I use the computer for everything. I wear it when I'm not diving, too, so I can bore anyone unfortunate enough to ask about it with diving stories

 

[Nemrod]

Yes, I always wear a watch with analog hands. Diving or not diving. My wife and I, each has a Peregrine, a puck computer back up and a watch. I use my watch, I like seeing the hands sweep across the dial and this tells me at a glance where I am in time without having to read numbers:



I like mechanical watches, Doxa Sub and two of my Seikos that have accumulated a lot of BT:





But I have developed a thing for the Citizen EcoZilla and TiZilla:

 

[NothingClever]

Until I can justify an Oris Aquis Depth Gauge watch (mmmm…Daddy likey…), this Citizen BT alongside a wrist slate of cut tables has been my back up to my Shearwater Perdix for technical dives.

However, this BT just failed (current depth needle stuck at 3m) for a second time in three years and is headed back to Citizen for repair. Hurley misplaced it for four months during the lingering COVID war of 2021 but provided the repair free of charge in the end.

Until it’s repaired, I’m enjoying my D6G Excursion in Gauge mode. TBH, the Excursion is far more practical and readable than the Citizen although I acknowledge this isn’t really in the spirit of a thread about analog divers with functional bezels. However, it fulfills two essential functions like the Citizen and Oris models.

I have this Tissot Seastar I picked up when I was on diplomatic duty…has proven to be an incredibly tough and accurate watch over the past six years. Every time I cringe that I’ve scratched it somehow, it still looks brand new. I could dive this but I don’t because I don’t have a standalone wrist depth gauge - no real point from my perspective.

And my first version of a dive watch although this Seiko model is probably iteration number three for me. I bought this one in the Middle East because it has Arabic days (language nerd). This version has a Japanese movement and is far more accurate than my equivalent Seiko model with a Singapore origin. I don’t really care for these hour markings below - they appear as rather undefined blobs. However, during dusk and in limited visibility, they clean up nicely and look great. The Singapore version has more distinct hour markings with squared edges. I’m not sure where iteration number one went (attic?) but it was a great companion throughout Ranger School. I appreciated the positive ratcheting mechanism of the bezel for its accuracy - too close to see with NVGs and not quite light enough to confirm the bezel setting with the naked eye. The ability to count the clicks (each click is 30 seconds or two clicks for each minute) and know I had set the bezel to exactly what I needed to monitor elapsed time was one less stressor. This is similar to setting the bezel on a magnetic compass for night navigation with a map - every click is 3*.

 

[Nemrod]

That bottom Seiko, above, is the famous SKX007 . The Pepsi version is the SKX009.

 

[TrimixToo]

My Seiko kept leaking. Seiko said it needed to be serviced every couple of years for about what a new one cost on Amazon. I realized eventually that I was carrying it for no good reason, and along with other stuff I won't use on a dive, it now gets left behind.

 

[rhwestfall]

That bottom Seiko, above, is the famous SKX007 . The Pepsi version is the SKX009.

AKA "Turtle"

 

[Nemrod]

AKA "Turtle"

No, the original Turtle is a different watch, the Turtle is the 6306 and is the Seiko to the right in my photo and the Turtle (Pepsi) reissue is on the left SRPXXX.

 

[rhwestfall]

No, the original Turtle is a different watch, the Turtle is the 6306 and is the Seiko to the right in my photo and the Turtle (Pepsi) reissue is on the left SRPXXX.

referencing this photo you posted from above:

yet you call it a "turtle", and say I am wrong for calling it a "turtle"... color me confused...

 

[NothingClever]

@Angelo Farina

Have your sons had any problems with this watch?

How many dives do they have with it?

 

[Nemrod]

referencing this photo you posted from above:

View attachment 865781yet you call it a "turtle", and say I am wrong for calling it a "turtle"... color me confused...

You are right. Sorry, did not mean to confuse you. I was referring to the post #103. Below, the watch on the left is a vintage Seiko Turtle model number 6306. The watch on the left is a reissue, model SRPXXX and this is a Seiko SKX007: