I dive with a Rolex Sea Dweller. It's overkill with the helium valve but I like the weight of it compared to the Submariner. I also like the heavy duty bracelet with the extra long extension clasp that wasn't available on the Sub when I bought mine. I used to dive with a Tag Heuer Formula 1 chrono but after multiple floods, I decided to go to with the Rolex.
I chose the Rolex because it tough, rugged and durable. It also holds it's value pretty well and can be someting that I can pass on to my son someday.
I don't dive with a computer, just with a bottom timer and a solid dive plan and dive team, so the watch is a valuable tool for timing ascent rates and safety/deco stops.
Yes, you can so the same thing with a cheap Casio G shock but there's just something about a heavy, stainless steel dive watch that is hand crafted and takes over a year to manufacture. Good stuff!
Watches need service, just like any other piece of mechanical equipment Take care of it, have the seals serviced and changed and it will out live you and your diving career.
Oh yea, as far as the shinyness/baracuda thing, wear your dive watch for what it was intended for and you'll have nothing to worry about. After being exposed to salt, sand, silt, mud and whatever other nasty things it encounters while diving, it loses it's "bling" pretty quick.
I don't quite understand those who own quality dive watches but are afraid of diving with them. If something is too good to use, then you may want to reconsider the point of owning it in the first place. These watches are made to get wet and go deep. So remember, it's an instrument not a piece of jewelry
I chose the Rolex because it tough, rugged and durable. It also holds it's value pretty well and can be someting that I can pass on to my son someday.
I don't dive with a computer, just with a bottom timer and a solid dive plan and dive team, so the watch is a valuable tool for timing ascent rates and safety/deco stops.
Yes, you can so the same thing with a cheap Casio G shock but there's just something about a heavy, stainless steel dive watch that is hand crafted and takes over a year to manufacture. Good stuff!
Watches need service, just like any other piece of mechanical equipment Take care of it, have the seals serviced and changed and it will out live you and your diving career.
Oh yea, as far as the shinyness/baracuda thing, wear your dive watch for what it was intended for and you'll have nothing to worry about. After being exposed to salt, sand, silt, mud and whatever other nasty things it encounters while diving, it loses it's "bling" pretty quick.
I don't quite understand those who own quality dive watches but are afraid of diving with them. If something is too good to use, then you may want to reconsider the point of owning it in the first place. These watches are made to get wet and go deep. So remember, it's an instrument not a piece of jewelry
