The Best Watches You Can Buy In 2024
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2024
- In Todays episode I'm gonna give you 10 reasons why the dive watch is the best watch you can buy in 2024.
We live in a very lively world and I believe the Diver is the one watch you can rely on in all situations we may come across whether it be at a wedding or tree climbing!!
Come see if you agree or not in this 7 and a half minutes of punch watch power!!
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Important clarification: the dive bezel doesn't tell divers how much air is in the tank. It's used to time your bottom time because you need your max depth and time underwater to calculate decompression stops on the way up. The unidirectional feature is correctly for safety (better to give yourself a little more time on the safety stops than not enough).
The myth that it tells you how much air you have left is impossible for a couple reasons:
1. We all go through a tank of air at different rates depending on your fitness, etc.
2. The watch has no way of knowing how full your tank was filled to start with
3. The watch doesn't know if you're diving with Nitrox or how fast you're breathing
Thank you my friend!
I innocently bought watches. About three years ago, I had a stroke!(lived!) in the ensuing rehab process, getting my dive watches serviced, and running,has become part of my rehab process. Much to my surprise, I seem to own several 7s26 seiko divers. Not that I could buy more,if I could, but I am Grateful for what I have! Now, healing enough to buy more watches? It is what keeps me going! Thanks!
I had a big stroke 11 yrs ago & yes my watch collection is keeping my spirits just above water the Mad Watch Collector channel is putting fun back into watch collecting, most I can’t afford I’m having my CWC chrono serviced & enjoying what I have. I must concentrate on my rehab especially walking.
@@danielhacker1248 best of luck to you Daniel!
All the best for your recovery, gentlemen! 🙏🏻💪🏻 Keep your chin up!
Best wishes to you both! There’s plenty of joy to be found in the world - watches can be one of them! 👍🏼
Keep it going mate. Stay well 👍
Bought a dive watch in 1981 with my first weeks salary £65 it's a Pulsar quartz, still ticking 42 years later!! Looks like it's been knocked about but still keeps perfect time.
Amazing!! Was sad to discover recently that the Pulsar brand has been retired / discontinued in favour of the Alba line. RIP Pulsar... Great value watches that served us well!
Shit'll buff out
Casio Duro and I love it. I really really love it.
The duro really is a beast. Iconic look, functionality and price, the trifecta
Got into watch collecting only two years ago after watching your great channel !!! Already purchased doxa sub 200 . Oris diver 65 , seiko spb 147 and last week the Certina DS 38 mm . Dive watches are actually the only watches I’ve ever liked , probably because of dr No !! I do love your doxa sub 300 . You’re going to cost me more money now lol
How does the 147 compare to the other divers ?
@@daveLin104 it’s a great watch !!! My only gripe is the the strap slips out of the keeper on the silicone braclet
totally agree the dive watch style is a perfect allrounder 🙌
Yes Mark!!!!!
I've got a Seiko SKX007 on my wrist right now. Divers are all I wear these days. Divers on NATO straps for day to day wear. Divers on bracelets for when I just want to feel pretty.
I’m a former tennis teaching professional and current watch geek, so I feel a bit of kinship with you. But, you have cornered the market of entertaining watch videos with your crazy sense of humor! That’s something I could never do! Keep up the great work! You’re a bright spot in the watch world! 👍🏼🎾
A G-Shock IS a dive watch. One of the best, really.
I have an ex issued British Navy Multi band Solar GAW-100b. Awesome! Every good watch collector is after one…😉🇬🇧
I have an a few older Gs... Very hard to read. Love the new ones though!
Only one G Shock in an actual ISO6425 rated dive watch,and it's the Frogman.
Water resistance has its own ISO ratin,and it has nothing to do with diving,as the standards specifically exclude scuba diving and water sports for a long period of time.
Casio gets around the need for a bezel on a dive watch,by way of a "Dive Mode."
In this mode,both hands go to 12 o'clock,and minutes past 12,is how long you've been down. The ticking second hand is the "operation indicator" so you know the watch is working.
I'm not getting one,but was very curious how it is an ISO6425 without a dive bezel.
So I did some research.
I do have 2 Casioak,one is the gold Bluetooth.
Picked up a half price Sinn UX (oil filled for 5000m depth rating) a month ago. The clarity of the dial is unmatched. Since then my Doxa 300T hasnt seen so much wrist time...
I love my seiko turtle because i own a scuba shop and i like the tie to the past. While a dive watch isn't necessary, neither is actually going diving, but i love it all the same. Take my watch on every dive. Only one i have, but i would sure like one of those orange Doxa 300s.
Omega Seamaster 300m Quartz is my staple dive watch.
Your productions are consistently brilliant, and I always look for the next one. I don't know how you do it. First watch I bought was a diver. My work takes me overseas, I always take a diver, it's tough enough for anything!
Great video.. thank you!
Appreciate this a lot my friend! Thank you for your support!
You unveiled the truth, thank you
The last time I really wanted a specific watch was last week in a club.
A rare event if there is one, and I was thinking : damn I wish I had a Casio F91, any plastic version, maybe a little funky one. Weird thought I know.
That's it. I wanted tough, reliable, easy to read, compact and cheap. There's a little bit of room for fancy in there, maybe an orange one or a very retro looking one, but that's what separates a tool from a narrative. One serves a purpose, the other is us telling ourselves how much purpose it could serve if it was an actual tool 😂
#1 dive watch #2 g shock. And in all reality the reason is the rotating bezel and ability to wear for nearly all occasions
Excellent content delivered with true palpable enthusiasm and all very true.
My Squale Sub39rd is a real stunner, will be taking it to the office next week.
Good video production, kudos!
I wear my diver most of the time , as they are usually very versitile and robust for everyday situations. Mines brushed titanium and ceramic
I don't know what you lived with titanium and ceramic but "mines" do sound a bit like a situation.. wow
LOL 😂
At the end, I half expected you to say “ … my precious … “
Another great show. Thanks for sharing your passion!
My first real dive was a Tag Heurer professional I bought for $100 at a consignment shop (they let me take it to a AD to confirm it's authenticity before the deal was final) ... It is a bit beat up and worn but it was the watch that started my watch collecting journey.
I just bought my first dive watch a few hours ago lol I am mainly a Quartz guy due to my lifestyle. But, I am now currently saving for a Doxa 200T and You are solely to blame lol I fell in love with that watch as soon as I saw it. It's the only automatic watch I will probably have. But I HAVE to have it haha! I am going for either the Searambler or Sharkhunter. Good times!
I love dive watches for all the reasons you said. My favourite is my Tissot Seastar 2000 Professional but I also love my Invicta Grand Diver #3049. The Tissot is high-spec (similar to a Planet Ocean) while my Invicta is more my everyday beater diver.
Nice one Russ, couldn't agree more ! 😊 My current favourite is my AERA D1, it is awesome, probably a little big for you though 😊
To my understanding the problem with Radium lume is the manufacturing, where it's decay products get inhaled and adsorbed.
Wearing a piece with it wouldn't do any harm as the watch adsorbs the radiation, but it is something to be mindful of when opening the piece up, including unscrewing the crown.
The reason for testing watches at greater pressures than they will reach is that while swimming, the local pressure will be much higher from the watch displacing water.
If it's only rated for the depth it's used at, water might still get in if the piece is not kept fully still or experiences any current otherwise.
When I did dive, we used a pressure gauge to tell how much air was left in the tank, in the shallow dives we did we did not even bring any timekeeping device.
But a dive computer or at least/as a backup a dive-watch with tables is important for decompression times when diving deeper.
This to safely let adsorbed nitrogen dissipate without forming bubbles inside arteries, that being as dangerous as it sounds.
While my newest watch, a Vostok Komandirskie, isn't a true diver, it's practically built like an Amphibia but with a thinner case-back and maybe lacking a pressure ring around the crystal.
Ever since picking it up it's gotten most of my wrist-time, even displacing my previous wrist-hog, my modded G-Shock GBX-100.
The specific model I have has a quirky double 24h readout of sorts, which is what made me pick it up and actually use it for timekeeping in the first place.
This as I personally use the 24h notation system all the time and while I fully understand it, find the 12h system inconvenient from all it's associated weirdness.
Love my Marathon GSAR U.S. Government issue.
Doxa sub 200 white pearl owner here. I love it and the design of the sub 300 has grown on me so much. Now I'm trying to decide between the orange and the Caribbean dial!
My favorite diver I own is my Omega Planet Ocean first generation 42mm 2201.50, but a close second is my Citizen Promaster Aqua Land from 2005 I used cave diving as a backup dive computer in college.
I have a Casio Duro. Love it. I also bought a Citizen Eco-Drive Promaster BN0150-28E. Can’t wait till it arrives.
Despite never swimming or diving, I gravitate towards dive watches. I love the rotating bezels, great build quality, and so many amazing options that are available at all price points. I have Seiko SKX, Prospex Turtle, Hydroconquest, Casio Duro, Invicta Pro diver, Steeldive, only to name a few.
Just picked up the Christopher Ward Atoll with the white dial. Looks great on the orange rubber!
My fav is my Seiko Orange Monster (Doxa unspired?) but my most worn is a 260gm 18mm thick 1000m microbrand field/diver with a plain fixed bezel and an helium escape valve (go figure). Scratched n scraped but 5mm flush domed sapphire like new.
Another entertaining video, you're tops in my book.
Just bought a Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53 skin and I love it. I don't think you can go wrong with a dive watch,very cool and so much choice 👍
I love dive watches, I just don’t like the bulk. There are smaller dive watches on the market. I think small dive watches sit in a beautiful position between dressy and casual. It could be your one watch collection. Small enough to fit under a cuff, yet versatile and touch enough to be your daily better.
Skin divers for you my friend!!!
I love - beneath my G-Shocks - my dive and dive style watches (the Seiko „Glossy“ SNZH53 is not really a diver but more dressy), but my daily beater is the Citizen Promaster NY0085 (the one you showed in the intro). Great watch, affordable, reliable, accurate and robust.
I‘ve never been a sucker for pure dress watches, i like it pithy. :-)
I can’t argue, you put across an excellent case for divers.
Got to agree, A diver was my first watch and will always be up there amongst my first choice of daily wearers, best so far, Willard
The best dive watches in my collection are my Casio duros very cheap and they look good they may not go down has deep has my bulova sea king and be as accurate but they get more wrist time because they are a lot lighter to lug around 😊
Brilliant and spot on 👌
Not a diver, heck, I'm not even "sporty"... just clumsy. I love an overbuilt dive-style watch because I find unidentified scuffs and scratches and never remember when or how it happened.
Citizen Aqualand for you!!!
I wish I could justify spending money on a modern Seiko Willard, but for now my clomage Steeldive SD1970 is my favourite dive watch. It's extremely comfortable and feels very robust - I don't have to worry about damaging it while I'm at the gym and the bezel works very well for timing my rest periods.
Confession time, most of my mechanical watches are dive watches, If I had to pick a favourite it would be my Pelagos LHD by a whisker over the rest that are pretty much are all close seconds. G-Shocks, well I guess that's one (or many) for another video. Thanks for sharing.
Out of the more than 20 watches in various places around my apartment, only one of them is a diver: a Zelos Swordfish 40 in sage. Gorgeous thing it is, even when the lights go out.
I also have a Seiko Flightmaster as a similarly robust and capable 200m non-dive watch, two G-Shocks, and a DW-291, the successor to the DW-290 digital diver Tom Cruise wore in Mission Impossible 1. Working so much with my hands I don't like my watches chunky, so most divers don't hold much appeal to me. I have a ton of field and sports type watches instead. And Casios, of course.
I agree with you, but just burned out on bezels bezels everywhere. My Citizen Promaster Tough Titanium with 300 meters of water resistance fits the bill...and no bezel. Thanks Russell, great segment as always!
I remember back in the 1980's that the most important thing on a watch was the water resistance rating. That alone was soooo cooool!!!
great comparison of dive watches ,ill admit most my wattches are divers a doxa 300t
lhd pelagos
and a no date sub and to me they cover all situations
I love dive watches.. I own a Seiko Samurai and a Turtle, also a few Citizen Promaster Eco drive models but my favourite is my Christopher Ward C60 Trident.
Loving your channel mate 👍 are you aware of Nite Watch Divers the Alpha range it's called wondering what your views are keep up the good work atb 😀👍
Love the strap on the U50 featured. What is it? Could you share a link?
Either the original my friend or an Artem Sail cloth strap
My favorite Dive Watch ist the Seiko SBDY085 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I now own two divers after not really thinking that they were anything special. Now they seem to get more and more time in the wrist compared to my other watches. Just got a silcone strap for my Wise Hitman 66 SE (it's the full lume dial) to match the blue bezel and second hand and have a Cestrian Diver as well.
Good to see you still have the Sea Quartz. The most comfortable tropic rubber strap. I'll never sell mine.
I love, love, love my CWC SBS Quarz no date to death!!! The only thing that confuses me about it is that the hour hand is bigger than the minute hand. Any Infos from CWC about that choice, Russ? Big fan! Cheers from Austria
I challenge anyone to find a channel on CZcams with as creative editing and transitions as this man has. 1 of 1
I wear my Omega seamaster 300 I bought in august 1968 every day. It has been serviced by Omega two years ago and is still a beauty on my wrist.
As a former police search and diver, the watch is never used to tell how much air you have left you could die doing that as the watch is only used to tell you how long youv been under by setting the bezel to a certain amount of minutes to see if you have to decompress. Just a fun fact for you. Great review love this Mwc show!!
I’ve rotated through a lot of divers. Pretty much all I’ve ever owned. Right now the Tudor FXD Red Bull Alinghi is getting a lot of time. Love the countdown bezel. What’s it counting down to? No idea but I like it because it’s different.
Awesome Scott! Between me and you I’ve got an FXD in for review!
My favorite Dive watch in my Seiko King Turtle grenade green dial!
Man you're the BEST among the best CZcamsrs ! The shows are well documented, infos are detailed and Dude, you are funny contrary to others boring "time-to-go-to-bed-guys" who makes me fall asleep!
For all those reasons (IMHO) you're DEFINITELY THE BESTout there on CZcams. Greetings from Alsace (France)
I’m so happy you found the channel my friend! There are many of those! I started this channel to be different from the rest! Hopefully I’ve continued to do so!
@@THEMADWATCHCOLLECTOR As I wrote previously, you are so DIFFERENT and the fun touch you put into your videos is just YOUR UNIQUE signature. That's the reason why I subscribed, with no hesitation at all.
I'm looking forward to seeing your next amazing shows. All the best to you (and obviously your wife) 🙂
I am 100% getting one of those new Doxa 200T Caribbean - looking so tasty!
My favorite is a dive watch as well, the one i love in my collection is an ORIS AQUIS
Maurice Lacroix Aikon Venturer 43mm, I love it
My only diver is an SKX013...it has all the shiney shines and is my preferred beach and vacay watch.
It’s just too pricy these days to replace! No longer the beater it once was!
@@THEMADWATCHCOLLECTOR Fair point, but I still beat it judiciously haha.
My 36mm dress watch has a larger dial area than any of the dive watches I checked, a dive bezel takes up a lot of space. For best readability I prefer a watch without a dive bezel and with good lume, for example the Sinn 856, or the Omega Aqua Terra.
Love me Divers...all 9 of em. SEIKO'S ( King Turtle, Tuna, Orange Monster Gen II,) ORIENT RAY II, 4 G Shocks & 6 Casios..! What. What..!😮
Awesome video as usual for us dive-watch fans...do I detect a pinch of Benny Hill influence in your show? Brilliant!! BTW, I own a BB 58 Blue and BB Dark. :)
Very informative and entertaining I agree that dive watches are the most versatile
Thank you my friend!
My favourite dive watch is the omega Seamaster heritage just beautiful
My 1st real watch aged 12 in the early 70s was a Boys Timex diver with tropical strap , talk about twist and turnining the bezel but it had no clicks only friction !😮
Love my Seiko Arnie. Next one is going to be the Squale 1521 or the new Squale Master Titanium. Squale just doesn't get the recognition it deserves. Great watches!
My favourite diver is my Reverie Diver with the red dial and 12 hour bezel. It's the watch I wear most frequently.
Superb!
Got to agree Russ…the diver is the GADA for me. CWC is my go to, but there are just sooo many great divers out there, how to choose 🤷♂️
I tend to gravitate towards field watches, but divers and sport watches really fit my daily wear better. My favorite diver is my BOLDR Odyssey 45 with 500m of water resistance. Perfect for diving.......uh, well DRIVING in my case!
Dive watch guy, right here! For all the same reasons, I like mine on leather cuffs but keep some on rubber and bracelets that I intend to wear in the water.
Plus Cali's looking rough these days mate, you need a tough watch in that environment. I liked your review on that green Seiko tortoise, bought it after viewing. Cheers.
@@anima201 Cool! That is an awesome Seiko - I think it was neat how I showed how AR coating actually works. Some watch reviewers think its about any reflecting at all but it's all about tamping down light reflection. That watch being specifically designed without AR coating so it can be used to signal for help. I don't know that anyone else has pointed that out
@@AstroVanTribe That was a cool and interesting review for sure. I like that I can flash-blind my neighbours or signal to my kids to come home from the park all with my glaring non-AR coating Seiko.
The dive watch is the penultimate of all watch types. I’ve grown a tremendous infatuation with the Seiko Turtle and variations; from Land Tortoise to the Japan exclusive baby turtle. To me, a US Marine Corps veteran, the dive watch is the only watch that I can wear to a desk and to the field.
Penultimate and ultimate are not the same thing...
@@Tubezy “last one of the series”, aka of all watch types, it’s the last one I would choose. Damn, go read or study! And stop being negative! Goddam!
@@lilchaparro9126 penultimate is not the last of a series... the penultimate is the second from last. You're very confident and rude for someone definitively wrong
@@lilchaparro9126 'Go read and study' I don't need to read or study any more to know your definition of penultimate is incorrect. Maybe you should have hit the books yourself before your ignorant and rude reply.
@@Tubezy you’re an absolute joke and an idiot. The fact that you go around trying to correct others makes you an ass! Get the f@#$k out of here! This is a good community and idiots like you poison the well.
Thanks Russ. Great content and loving the use of the Erebus' ? Erebuses? Ere..bi? Anyways lovely stuff 👊 #jomw #erebus
The Doxa looks excellent my friend!
Thank you!
Been wearing a Seiko Monster dive watch my entire career as a machinist on the Paul R Tregurtha, which is the largest freighter on the Great Lakes. I pray I never find out how water resistant it actually is.
Absolutely incredible my friend!
Not necessarily my favorite style, but I can respect it. I only have one true dive watch in my collection… and that’s the Duro lol.
Though I do plan to get a vintage Seiko Tuna, but that’s less about it being a diver and more that the specific one I want debuted specifically on my birth year and it’s the only watch of my birth year that I liked the look of even remotely.
My dive watch I want to get some day is a blue Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba Auto. Checks all my boxes for a dive watch. And I'm a big Hamilton fan.
Love that the Erebus made several appearances in this video. 👍🏻
No question. They look fantastic clean, dirty, scratched up, never have to worry about them getting wet, and the bezel works kinda as a GMT using the pip as the 12 marker. Oh and it's legible as hell normally, and at night. Oh better than risking a 30m seagull 1963 when surfing 😁 and they look fantastic on a tropic, unlike a bel canto. So even if the steel bracelet is sketchy, a rubber strap fits like a glove. My favourite? Not my challenge diver, as fantastic as it is...
It's my Sapphire modded Gilt Duro. Absolute reliable badass.
Agreed. What a fun video 🙂. Still my favorite (skin) diver is the Dan Henry 1975.
Thank you my friend! Hope you are well!!!
Casio duro batman is my dive watch.
I'm wearing exactly that watch with an upgrade to a navy blue nato strap.
I’ve always wanted a Doxa after reading various Cussler books…good old Dirk Pitt and his reliable Doxa with the orange dial.
As a daily, I love me a good dive watch. For my purposes at work, I tend to wear a field watch for two reasons over a diver: first, the full compliment of numerals is necessary for me. Second, slightly smaller cases sizes on most field watches means I can move, twist, grab, reach a little bit easier. In the looks department, however, I agree that divers just cant be beat.
My current favorite is my Seiko SNJ035 PADI Dive Watch.
My sje093 is hands down my fav haven’t taken it off since the release
Casio duro white marlin on a metal bracelet is my choice
That’s ok on a budget, MUCH better dive watches out there if budget isn’t an issue though!
It’s true, when I have a field watch on I suddenly miss the bezel, even though when I’m wearing a dive watch I don’t use the bezel much.😵💫
Loved the divers early in my watch journey. Have moved away from watches with rotating bezels as I’ve purchased more. Still love my SKX though. Summer is a-coming!
Oh oh oh! Unimatic too!
Alright, props, Russ. Your video made me dig out the ol’ SKX and put it on… I’m a sucker…
Would love to know your opinion on the seestern doxa homage watches, do you think they are any good and worth going for?
Totally agree divers are the safest choice in any watch collection
I love my Breitling abyss. 1.5 km diver, but no lume on the pip at the 12 on the bezel. What were they thinking 😂 Awesome helium escape valve and love it on a Bond NATO.
Thats a BEAST !!! awesome my friend!
Hi Russ. I guess 1500m is a bit over the top as i’ve just graduated to water wings, but it’s a proper tooly. And it’s covered in scratches, they are my memories ❤
I adore my Seiko Arnie and the G Shock to help me coping with my exiting life.
Rough and Tumble, no, you’re RUSS and Tumble!! 😂 great video my friend!
Orient Ray 2. This watch got me into the addictive Madness .
Top 3 favorite dive watches I own is the Rolex Submariner 14060m , Breitling Super ocean A17367 and the Seiko Tuna Marine master Ninja SBBN035 with the Legendary 7C46 high torque movement
New video just to show off your new Doxa Sub! 🤣🤣🤣❤ Nice one!! 😁👍
Got me lovin divers even more!
@@THEMADWATCHCOLLECTOR Absolutely!❤
I can hear the chanting drumbeat of the public now:
"Kama-su"
"Kama-su"
"Kama-su"...