SoT(Dive)C

stafford

7 months ago

For me, a dive watch needs to exceed ISO 6425, so despite the standard encompassing timepieces tested to 1.1atm you won't find anything below 200m in the collection.

1000ft/300m down under! (Don't mind the dust it's on the outside!)

Indeed, my #haighandhastings M1 ANZAC commemorative (front, centre) is rated to 300ft (1000m), and examples of the #vostok #amphibia 710 (top, centre) have been tested to about 500ft (LOL!😜).

However, since I rarely make it to the pool (let alone the open ocean) the reason why I like my diver's (and why everyone should have at least one) is the less talked about part of ISO 6425:

The following items of the watch shall be legible at a distance of 25 cm (9.8 in) in the dark:
time (the minute hand shall be clearly distinguishable from the hour hand);
set time of the time-preselecting device;
indication that the watch is running (This is usually indicated by a running second hand with a luminous tip or tail.);
in the case of battery-powered watches, a battery end-of-life indication.

Ya gotta be able to see the time to be able to tell the time!

Seiko, as anyone who follows me will know, is over represented in the collection. Chief among them, the #kingturtle with #waffle dial (L) and the #nemo, picked up at auction and sporting a replacement #seiko5 rubber strap

#solar movements are also represented, and frankly the utility in picking up one of these timepieces without having to set it outweighs anyone's complaints about #quartz. Clockwise from top-left, #babytuna SNE535, SNE441, #dive #chronograph SSC779, SNJ031 #green #arnie, which I recently learner is technically a #tuna, duh. Makes sense.

Rounding out the collection, a #citizen NY008