Top 22 diving watches

Diving watches have always had their faithful… These technical watches which often offer a very personal design due to the integration of a rotating bezel, and very readable indicators… are now attracting more and more watch enthusiasts. may or may not be suitable for underwater excursions.
Because diving watches don’t just boil down to the Rolex Submariner and the Omega Seamaster, today we invite you to go or re-discover some of the most beautiful diving watches.

Jaeger-LeCoultre Deep Sea

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Deep Sea, born in 1959, is the first diver’s watch equipped with an alarm function allowing the diver to know when to return to the surface. Reliable and efficient, functionality is at the service of safety, the Deep Sea then stood out at a time when underwater exploration was taking its first steps.

IWC Aquatimer

The IWC Aquatimer was born in 1967 and from its launch featured water resistance to a depth of 200 meters, luminescent attributes, and an internal rotating bezel controlled by an additional crown. The first model presented by the Schaffhausen manufacturer (originally more specialized in the manufacture of pilot’s watches) is the Yacht Club Automatic, a soberly designed diving watch dedicated to professional divers.

Bell & Ross Marine BR 02

Known for its partnerships with the military, Bell & Ross presents, with its collection of Marine BR02 watches, diving watches that meet the requirements of professional divers (legible, equipped with a decompression valve, a unidirectional rotating bezel, etc.). Models with fluid lines waterproof to 500 or even 1,000 meters and up to 11,100 meters for the Hydromax, the flagship model of the French brand.

Tudor Pelagos

Tudor Pelagos is the signed diver’s watch from Rolex’s little sister, a watch that has evolved over the years based on numerous tests carried out in real conditions around the world (notably in Lake Geneva in Geneva, near the headquarters of the brand). Today, the Pelagos is a particularly legible watch with a helium valve waterproof to 500 meters.

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms

Thanks to its status as the first military diving watch, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is considered an iconic diving watch. Produced in 1953 by the brand at the request of combat swimmers, the Fifty Fathoms combines a rich history and a unique style, a watch that can be found only or almost on the wrist of true connoisseurs. The choice of Commander Cousteau …

Tudor Heritage Black Bay

First presented in 2012 by Tudor, the Tudor Heritage Black Bay is a watch that draws its inspiration from the brand’s first diving watch, the Tudor Submariner reference 7922 from 1954. Water-resistant to 200 meters, the model is as if impregnated. in the brand’s own words by the special atmosphere of a mysterious bay …

Cartier Calibre Diver

Presented at the SIHH 2014, the Cartier Caliber Diver watch is the first Cartier diver’s watch. A 42mm diameter men’s watch that is both sporty and elegant and conforms to the ISO 6425 standard governing the designation “diving watch”. Water-resistant to 300 meters, the model perfectly combines the aesthetic codes of divers’ watches and those of the brand.

 Girard-Perregaux Sea Hawk

The first generation of Girard-Perregaux Sea Hawk watches dates back to the 1940s. The Hawk collection made up of athletic, angular, and lively models demonstrate the relevance of the Swiss house when it comes to high-level sports watches. Guaranteed waterproof up to 1,000 meters, the Sea Hawk resists deep-sea expeditions without batting an eyelid.

Breitling Superocean

Launched by Breitling in 1957, the Superocean, which at the time targeted professional divers and the army, quickly won over recreational diving enthusiasts in all the seas of the world. Now waterproof from 200 to 2,000 meters deep, the Breitling Superocean combines ultra-sporty aesthetics and exceptional performance.

Jean Richard Aquascope

The JeanRichard Aquascope collection features the brand’s diving watches, watches inspired by a historic model from the 1960s. Water-resistant to 300 meters, the JeanRichard Aquascope retains its cushion-shaped case but incorporates a rotating bezel unidirectional with notched relief for good grip in May underwater.

In 2015, the French manufacturer of Morteau presented its first diver’s watch at Baselworld, the Pequignet Royale 300, a 43 mm diameter watch equipped with an in-house caliber. A diver with an off-center crown water-resistant to 300 meters where there is a screw-down sapphire crystal back allowing you to observe the mechanics in action.

TAG Heuer Aquaracer

First presented in 1982, the TAG Heuer Aquaracer is the brand’s flagship model for water sports enthusiasts. Water-resistant to a depth of 500 meters, the Aquaracer is a sporty-looking diving watch equipped as it should be: unidirectional rotating bezel, luminescent hands, and indexes, sapphire crystal, screw-down crown …

Rolex Submariner

Undoubtedly the queen of diving watches… Introduced in 1953, the Rolex Submariner is the first diving watch waterproof to 100 meters! The model will evolve over the years but will remain for aficionados of the crown brand one of the flagship models, perhaps because James Bond himself had adopted it in the heyday or for his chic & sporty style, the mystery will undoubtedly remain forever …

Chanel J12 Marine

In 2000, the house Chanel launched the J12, a ceramic sports watch that quickly became a must-have… Ten years later, the Chanel J12 Marine appeared, a ceramic diving watch waterproof to 300 meters with a bracelet in rubber that offers a sporty chic look on the wrist of his or her owner.

Oris Aquis

Introduced by Oris in 2011, the Oris Aquis collection is one of the Swiss brand’s two diving watch collections. In 2013 with the Oris Aquis Depth Gauge, the brand presented the first watch allowing water to penetrate a gauge integrated inside the timepiece to indicate its depth to the diver!

Longines HydroConquest

The Longines HydroConquest collection presents the Saint-Imier brand’s sports line diving watches. With its red, black, or blue unidirectional rotating bezel, and its perfectly legible dial, the Longines HydroConquest is ready to conquer divers and water sports enthusiasts from all over the world …

Omega Seamaster

Unveiled by the brand in 1948, the Omega Seamaster is one of the most famous diving watches in the world thanks in part to James Bond, the secret agent being in fact faithful to the diving model since 1995, and the mythical GoldenEye. ! Depending on the model, the Omega Seamaster accompanies divers from 150 to 1,200 meters deep …

Vulcain Cricket Nautical

The Vulcain Cricket Nautical is the first diving alarm watch in the world, the first watch capable of alerting the diver during his dives thanks to an audible alarm even in immersion … Born in 1961, the Cricket Nautical retains aesthetic codes that make it even more nowadays almost inimitable …

Bucherer Patravi Scubatec

You don’t necessarily need to have a strong history to stand out and this has been demonstrated by the Bucherer Patravi Scubatec for a few years now thanks to its particularly refined aesthetics. A diver’s watch waterproofs up to 500 meters which is out of the ordinary. Helium valve, perfect visibility, COSC-certified caliber… Everything is there to allow this diver to play in the big leagues.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver

Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Offshore Diver is an inimitable luxury watch due to its octagonal shape characteristic of Royal Oak watches born in 1972, but also due to its design which acts as the link between a sports watch and a diving watch. Complying with international standards for diving watches, the Audemars Piguet Diver offers a different view of the modern diver.

Alpina Seastrong Diver 300

Since the 1960s, the Alpina Seastrong collection has never stopped reinventing itself, the Alpina diving watch has all the features necessary for deep-water diving. For a sporty and relaxed style with its colorful bezel, the Seastrong Diver 300 is as comfortable in the water as it is outside …

Rolex DeepSea

The Rolex Deepsea is the Geneva brand’s most sophisticated diving watch, a watch capable of withstanding a dive to a depth of 3,900 meters. A model with the Deep Sea Special made history in the Mariana Trench in 1960 by diving to 10,916 meters. Thanks to its valve patented in 1967 allowing the helium to escape, the crown brand has left its mark on the world of professional diving.