Has anyone seen a woman’s dive watch in the wild?
Was thinking about this recently; never seen them advertised or worn in the wild. Curious if this is a “me” thing or an “everyone” thing.
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Jake
I have been collecting for a few years and began building them recently. Founder of the DFW Watch Club.
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Marketing in this day & age has reached hyper-targeted status.
Anything targeted to you would likely be for watches labeled men's watches, so it would be rare (if not non-existent) to see any ads for women's watches.
So I vote that it's an 'all men' thing.
The Pelagos 39 ad was targeting the female audience, I think … but sure worked on me though 😂
Nay.
I have seen countless women wearing dive watches and let's not forget Tudor built an entire campaign around Lady Gaga.
Many women and men are looking at what fits them, regardless of size. Most brands have started making smaller versions (36MM and less) of many dive watches, like Tag, Breitling, etc. for those with smaller wrists, or those that simply prefer a smaller watch. There are several brands that cater to women, for example, Abington. There are also many prominent female collectors like Charlize and Ellen.
I've never seen a woman wearing a woman's dive watch, and I suspect they are slightly less rare than hen's teeth.
Pretty much every woman I know/have met wears watches that look nice, and/or have a fashion brand on the dial. They seem to have been less concerned about specs, or toolish rugged looks. The exception to that, is women who wear watches as tools, and they tend to just wear whatever fits and does the job well... like most men.
My theory on this boils down to the notion that women have lots of accessories, and prioritize how they present themselves differently than many men.
Men's desire to wear toolish watches everywhere mostly seems to come from a desire to be seen as rugged and manly. e.g. "Sure, I'm rocking crocs, cargo shorts, and a polo at the park, but I could still head out and conquer K2 tomorrow."
I saw an Omega Aqua Terra with lots of diamonds on it on the wrist of a very attractive lady at the high end mall here in San Diego. I wanted to ask her about her watch. “You’re female… and you have a mechanical watch???” But, was afraid that she’d think I was just hitting on her, so tried to stop staring at her wrist!
My sister wears an Aqua Terra. Does that count?
Google clearly doesn't think women should go in the ocean, they gave me this when I searched "women's dive watch".
yes at the watchmaker where i bought my nomos orion. his wife was wearing a small oris aquis on white rubber while she was selling me my watch.
I've never seen a woman wearing a woman's dive watch, and I suspect they are slightly less rare than hen's teeth.
Pretty much every woman I know/have met wears watches that look nice, and/or have a fashion brand on the dial. They seem to have been less concerned about specs, or toolish rugged looks. The exception to that, is women who wear watches as tools, and they tend to just wear whatever fits and does the job well... like most men.
My theory on this boils down to the notion that women have lots of accessories, and prioritize how they present themselves differently than many men.
Men's desire to wear toolish watches everywhere mostly seems to come from a desire to be seen as rugged and manly. e.g. "Sure, I'm rocking crocs, cargo shorts, and a polo at the park, but I could still head out and conquer K2 tomorrow."
Most times I've seen women wear a dive watch its been a MEN'S dive watch. Women's watches like women's shoes are so often made to be shiny, cheap and short lived so you buy more, so that if a woman feels a need for a tool watch (Yes it happens) that I am guessing there is a tendency to assume the men's ones are built better. Thats' certainly my assumption. Its sure true about shoes.
Google clearly doesn't think women should go in the ocean, they gave me this when I searched "women's dive watch".
ick........ Though this was my first hit.
A colleague from another department at my former job wore a ladies quartz Omega Seamaster, a small beautiful piece. It surprised me, couldn’t resist asking her about it and chatting about it for a while. It was her graduation present, apparently.
Availability is a big problem - my wife for one is not big on overly decorated watches and that seems to be a big limiting factor for her. Only diver she has in her collection is this Phoibos Sea Nymph.
My wife has a number of woman’s divers.
37mm Captain Cook,
37mm Legend Diver,
38mm J12,
39mm SeaQ.
You could argue that these are men’s watches yet all but the J12 have a larger “men’s size” model.
You could argue that they are unisex but then it begs the question, how small does a watch need to be before it’s “ladies’ only”. Do ladies dive watches even exist?
Availability is a big problem - my wife for one is not big on overly decorated watches and that seems to be a big limiting factor for her. Only diver she has in her collection is this Phoibos Sea Nymph.
I like this watch… I’ll wear it even though they market for the ladies… sometimes I do feel like a lady 😜
ick........ Though this was my first hit.
Mine too. The one I posted was sponsored, but it’s funnier to claim Google is sexist.
My wife has a 33mm Citizen Promaster dive watch.
My Mrs daily is an SPB147 ....
I like this watch… I’ll wear it even though they market for the ladies… sometimes I do feel like a lady 😜
There is a procedure for that now. ;)
Does a smaller version of the same dive watch count? Miniature Dachshund and Aquis 36mm for the wife.
No never. But I also don't tend to look at women's wrists.
Tag Heuer makes a lady's Aquaracer
It's not a ladies watch but my lady wears an Oris Aquis most days. She uses the bezel to time her bike rides to and from work.