Horological Meandering

I’m beginning to get the hang of the collection concept. I’ve always refused to line up the miniatures in a display case, to accumulate comics read only once in a bookshelf or worse, to bring back sand from each of my trips. And yet despite my desire for ...  

It is indeed a fascinating theme. In the world of diving watches, there is so much to say and to learn. Such as the helium valve you explained so well, but not only: The Depth Gauge, the decompression scale, and the basics of diving watch... With this mar... 

I know how much you like the Ploprof. I'm glad Omega went back to the original shape lately. A proof that it was perfect at launch 50 years+ ago

Thank you for this comprehensive post ! I always liked the Seiko Tuna's and went for the 'gold' SBDX014 a few years ago. I mainly use it as my weekend or holiday watch although in some occasions as my cocktail watch as well;-). Everything about this watch...  

Thanks a lot for having written it and shared with us. Here's another, much shallower, "refurbished" diver, which does not dive anymore! ...  

use of hydrogen for deep diving. It sounds a bit scary. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing, as a dive watch fan it was a great read. I have a 50th sub300 and have been fascinated by the 300T reissue with its HeV and 1200m WR in such a small package, very tempting!

I enjoyed your article. It was quite a good read.

I´also collect divers watches and some pieces of vintage diving equipment. I have been fascinated with scuba diving and history of diving since I was an eight or nine years old kid and my dream came true when I started sport scuba diving in the mid 1960´s...