Best $1000 Diver?

Turtles, man! Turtles!!!

Squale 1521

Glycine Combat Sub.  Costco currently is selling GL0083s for $300.  Swiss Made SW-200 movement, super thin case and 200M WR.  Pocket the remaining $700.  You're welcome.

Its nice but The Hamilton or Longines dive watches will last longer. On the upside the movements are cheap.

I literally just picked one of these up 2 days ago. I feel this is a great watch for the price and I’m lucky enough to be able to treat myself to it. 
 

These are my two favorite divers for 1K:

• Seiko SPB143
• Mido Ocean Star GMT

I picked up a GL0076 from them back in September '19 for $289.99.  Still the best bang for buck watch purchase I've ever made.

We are spoiled for choice at the $1K mark!  They are all good in their own way.  If you can't find an esthetic you like for around $1K you aren't looking hard enough!  

I like my Ombré over the Willard but then it is an LE so you would be looking second hand😂

1/5th of an Omega SMP300 🤣

Not the best probably but my fav is the Hamilton Frogman

Got a pretty long history too, though in different iterations!

Had so many seikos since i started collecting watches in 2017. Flipped all of them. But the grey willard has everything i ever wanted in a seiko: cushion case, sapphire, 200m wr, textured dial, 40mm bezel diameter... just a pure toolwatch vibe 🛠

This one will stay in my collection - that is for sure!

Man so many divers! under 1k. Since people already chose Glycine then I pick Alpina Seastrong as my best diver under 1k.

Been thinking of upgrading my daily beater

the spb237 is high on the list

Is that the special Seiko braided nato that comes with that watch?  I'm just wondering how the build quality is on that strap.

with @Max criteria in mind, this piece would do the trick in my stash 👍 ymmv 

I was looking for this recently under 40mm (because I have a preference for smaller watches). I wanted to buy the Seiko SPB185 through a local AD in my country for around Php 49K (around $980), then I found the Certina DS Action Diver 38mm for Php 34k (around $680). I was like, this looks clean, it's Swiss (it's my first swiss watch and most of my watches are Seikos), a solid movement, and 300 meters water resistance ISO certified (like I'll dive that deep 😂). So I bought the Certina, loving it and never looked back at the Seiko Steelmaster.

For around 1000$ I feel like this is quite amazing. 

Sinn 105 St Sa

Thanks for the advice. I am probably biased because I haven't handled or looked at any of the $1k+ non-GS Seiko watches. I'll take a look at the $1k + Seikos in person the next time I'm out at my Seiko dealer. Not that I need more watches on my list (Willard/ 62 Mas/ Sumo (well Sumo was already on my list and it's under $1k)). 

Mido Ocean Star

I don’t know if they have gone on sale yet or not, but the new Citizen challenge diver recreation seems like it will pack a lot of watch for $1k. Sapphire crystal, full titanium (from a company that knows titanium well), Miyota 9000 series movement, 41mm diameter by 12.3mm thick. And the retail price on bracelet is under $1k, I have a feeling you will be able to get a decent discount on it too

I am currently on holiday and wearing my spb143. Perfect watch in this price category for me 

Farer have just released this. In a choice of colours.

The basic specs are:

200m diver

38.5mm case (45mm L2L)

120 click unidirectional aluminium (partially lumed) bezel

Sellita 220-1 movement

1 bracelet, 1 (fitted) rubber strap, 1 nato included

895GBP

Ok I am cheating the price point a little but both of these are tough and reliable ... also not something you see every day 

Hooper and Marathon 

I have that one in black but it's a lot more than $1k.

Yeh, like a few of my peers here- Squale! Obviously 😉

For the price those new Glycine Combat 36/39 are hard to beat for the price!

Where’d you get that strap?

That is an uncle seiko gl831 in the smaller size 😉