A Defy to dive with, this is the Zenith Defy Extreme Diver with a waterproofness up to 600 meters or 1,969 feet
A diver, or diving watch or dive watch is designed for underwater diving and features a water-resistance of at least 10 ATM / 10 bar / 100 meters / 330 feet. A contemporary diver’s watch meets the ISO 6425 standard, which defines test standards and features for watches suitable for diving with underwater breathing apparatus in depths of 100 meters / 330 feet or more.
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One of the key elements of a driver is an unidirectional bezel with time intervals of 5 minutes which can be set to elapsed time underwater. Another key-feature for the most serious divers is a helium escape valve. This to let out helium molecules after the decompression stage in a hyperbaric chamber after a saturation dive.
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Note the following (1 ATM = 1.01325 bar), especially when a watch does not meet the ISO 6425 standard:
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– 3 ATM / 3 bar / 30 meters / 100 feet: withstand splashes or brief immersion in water, or getting caught in the rain;
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– 5 ATM / 5 bar / 50 meters / 165 feet: withstand showering and while swimming in shallow water although it is not advisable as differences in temperature might be a risk;
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– 10 ATM / 10 bar / 100 meters / 330 feet: around household sinks, while playing (water)sports and while swimming, surfing, sailing or snorkeling. Differences in temperature might be a risk. Do not wear it while scuba diving;
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– 20 ATM / 20 bar / 200 meters / 660 feet: suitable for all kinds of water sports and scuba diving;
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– 30 ATM / 30 bar / 300 meters / 990 feet or more: suitable for saturation diving (helium enriched environment).
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Diver watches
In order to offer more diversity there is a new Oris Aquis Date with caliber 733, in 43.50 and 41.50 millimeters, with 4 different dial colors
The Oris Aquis Date Calibre 400 is a new interpretation of Oris’ high-performance diver, and now available with a diameter of 43.50 mm
The Tudor Black Bay 58 GMT Burgundy-Black is the first 39-millimeter GMT in the 58 series, the introduction year of the first Tudor diver
The Panerai Submersible Luna Rossa is another model to underline the brand’s partnership with the Italian sailboat racing team Luna Rossa
The Tudor Black Bay Monochrome is another new edition in the Black Bay series, this time with a monochromatic color scheme
The Rolex Deepsea Yellow Gold is the first extreme diving Rolex timepiece ever that comes in gold with a sparkling blue bezel and dial
The Bremont S502 is a so called Supermarine and can be seen as a professional diving watch with an impressive water resistance
The Baume & Mercier Riviera 10716 is par of B&M’s Riviera series and available in several colors and with several complications
Blancpain presents two new cases for the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique 42 mm, one in red gold and one in titanium