For almost as long as wristwatches have existed, people have wanted to take them underwater. Rolex invented the first properly waterproof watch in the shape of the Oyster case in 1926 and the following year pioneered the concept of the “brand ambassador” by putting one on the wrist of cross-Channel swimmer Ms Mercedes Gleitze. Waterproofing improved rapidly as watch companies met the demands of the world’s militaries in the 1940s, and diving watches achieved true popularity in the 1950s and 1960s as scuba diving became a leisure activity, accelerating technological advances in screwed-down crowns, rubber gaskets and rotating bezel rings circling the dial. Nowadays, they are prized for their workaday “throw on and forget” factor, bold and simple looks, their thick case’s resistance to magnetism… But that doesn’t stop Switzerland’s finest continuing to enhance their aquatic performance. Here are seven of the coolest and most capable dive watches on the market today.
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