Is desk diving a real sport?
I am standing here in my office and thinking, why are we all so attracted by dive watches? Is it about the aesthetics with the bezel? Is it the imagination that: I could wear while diving? Or is it the fear that a dress watch could be heavily damaged in the rough environment of an office?
For me it is the aesthetics. I love my Hulk because it is all green, green sunburst dial, green shiny bezel (w/o the date and cyclops it would be even better). In watch design the bezel opens so some nice options, like having it in dial color or in another color than the dial, in other metals like the Oris Bico or the Yacht-Master or some lume effects like on the new Pelagos FXD.
Did you ever dive with your dive watch? Did it even see the sea from the inside?
My Hulk was neither diving nor swimming in the sea. When I go swimming or snorkeling, I wear my Sinn 856 UTC because it is scratch resistant and I am most likely in another time zone^^
Collecting simple watches with 2 to 3 hands from Switzerland and Germany. Proud member of Berlin Watch Circle: instagram.com/berlin_watch_circle/
My theory on the popularity of divers is that we are drawn to them because they represent an image we aspire to. Most men want to think of themselves as being somewhat rugged, adventurous, and "manly", and dive watches represent that in our minds.
It's much the same reason a lot of guys love fast cars, despite never going to a track. In North America there is a huge number of off-road trucks sold, though most of them will never see anything more than a gravel road a Civic can handle. Watches are the same...
I have five dive watches, and I don't even like swimming. I've started moving more toward sports watches/pilot's watches as the thickness of a 200-600m diver is less practical than a thinner watch.
No deep reason for me-I just like the look. My first "diver style" watch was a Timex with a gray dial and a bi-directional bezel. Probably no more than 30m of W/R. Mosy of my prior watches were the usual plain 60's style. Once I got the Timex diver in the 70's it was all downhill.
someone once said watch companies aren't selling you a watch, they are selling you a lifestyle.
and there is some truth to that I think.
My theory on the popularity of divers is that we are drawn to them because they represent an image we aspire to. Most men want to think of themselves as being somewhat rugged, adventurous, and "manly", and dive watches represent that in our minds.
It's much the same reason a lot of guys love fast cars, despite never going to a track. In North America there is a huge number of off-road trucks sold, though most of them will never see anything more than a gravel road a Civic can handle. Watches are the same...
I have five dive watches, and I don't even like swimming. I've started moving more toward sports watches/pilot's watches as the thickness of a 200-600m diver is less practical than a thinner watch.
right, the car comparison is a great one!
We have the off road cars thing in Germany as well. However the ones that buy a fast car, ride it with 300 km/h on the Autobahn, cause it’s on many not prohibited ;)
someone once said watch companies aren't selling you a watch, they are selling you a lifestyle.
and there is some truth to that I think.
Oddly enough the divers are popular across market segments, and in that sense the diver design is actually fairly egalitarian.
No, but dont we all at some point? 🤣
Even if our work isnt office based.
It's funny, when I went to Thailand this past winter break I made it a point to bring my SMP 300 and have it go under water and do what it was designed to do. It hasn't gone "diving" but it has snorkeled in the sea!
It's funny, when I went to Thailand this past winter break I made it a point to bring my SMP 300 and have it go under water and do what it was designed to do. It hasn't gone "diving" but it has snorkeled in the sea!
I would have done the same 🙌🏼
But may be with a more affordable/under radar piece like sinn u2 / seiko diver
Another plus with the U2, it has a gmt hand, though not considered a true gmt.
I would have done the same 🙌🏼
But may be with a more affordable/under radar piece like sinn u2 / seiko diver
Another plus with the U2, it has a gmt hand, though not considered a true gmt.
Great choice. Been admiring the U50 from a-far and can really see myself wearing one.
Love the look of your Hulk! Desk diving is the only kind of diving my watches see anymore. 😀
It's funny, when I went to Thailand this past winter break I made it a point to bring my SMP 300 and have it go under water and do what it was designed to do. It hasn't gone "diving" but it has snorkeled in the sea!
I am wo jealous that you made it to Thailand during the pandemic!
I would have done the same 🙌🏼
But may be with a more affordable/under radar piece like sinn u2 / seiko diver
Another plus with the U2, it has a gmt hand, though not considered a true gmt.
With a Sinn you always feel more comfortable:)
Because the tegimented steel cannot be scratched that easy you can do things like that w/o being careful.
It's funny, when I went to Thailand this past winter break I made it a point to bring my SMP 300 and have it go under water and do what it was designed to do. It hasn't gone "diving" but it has snorkeled in the sea!
You are the man !! Great pictures!!!
Desk diving is normal! What about sofa-pillow diving? Very nice watch and the colour is very particular. I believe that many people are asking you what do you have on wrist (if you are not behind your desk 😉).
Lost a Timex to a hotel pool in Mexico years ago. Not a big loss, but I've become more cautious since then.
I am wo jealous that you made it to Thailand during the pandemic!
Definitely feel incredibly lucky. Got in and out right before the Omicron variant was a thing.
My theory on the popularity of divers is that we are drawn to them because they represent an image we aspire to. Most men want to think of themselves as being somewhat rugged, adventurous, and "manly", and dive watches represent that in our minds.
It's much the same reason a lot of guys love fast cars, despite never going to a track. In North America there is a huge number of off-road trucks sold, though most of them will never see anything more than a gravel road a Civic can handle. Watches are the same...
I have five dive watches, and I don't even like swimming. I've started moving more toward sports watches/pilot's watches as the thickness of a 200-600m diver is less practical than a thinner watch.
Could not have said it better.
Divers are really legible and practical, and the ”toughness” -- real or imagined — makes them ”feel” durable and long-lasting. Kind of like an SUV. Same things I look for in many other purchases.