dr.kol
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I love my diving watches but am not really interested about watches with ETA movement. However, I think that LLD is the diving watch with the best value for the money if one appreciates the history of the watch and that the Sinn diving watches (U1 & U2) can take more punishment that anything else.
I have a big bunch of Rolex Submariners, two Sea Dwellers, two blancpain Fifty Fathoms, GB Sea Hawk II, Seiko Marine Master, a couple of JLC, etc. My simple conclusions are:
- watches with a depth rating over 300 meters are made for people who would also always buy a magnum rifle because it is said to be the strongest. In scuba diving or even in technical diving a depth rating over 300 meters is just making the watch thick and heavy.
. Rolex is very very hard to beat when the overall quality is concerned vs. the price paid. Out of the modern Rolexes 14060M is a real bargain and a beautifully made watch still carrying the clear DNA of the first Submariner from 1954.
But I am very subjective: I am having the emphasis on manufactured movement and the characteristics of the watch for real scuba diving. A diving watch used for its purpose must be able to tolerate i.e. some punishment and this is dropping some otherwise nice watches from the top of my list.
Best, Kari
My Dive Watch Quest
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Fifty Fathoms
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