Dive watches - what's the draw?

The tool asthetic and submersion ratings are a draw to me. I don't dive tho 🤷🏻‍♂️

For me, it's just about the looks. I think they look cool. That's as deep as my brain works!

I like the way they look too, but not moreso than most other watch styles. I think that people quite often buy watches or items in general as a projection of what they would like to be or how they would like others to see them.

Something like…I don’t dive to 300 feet and have life and death underwater battles with agents from SMERCH, but with this watch on my wrist I could if I wanted to do it kind of thing. I’d be willing to bet this is why you’ll never see a new release called the Limp Wienerschnitzel or La-Z-Boy as a Command Center Laptop Keyboard Warrior.

Categorizing watches isn't for me. If it tells time and is worn on the wrist, it's a watch I might enjoy. To me, a watch is a watch is a watch.

I am hard on my watches. They go hiking, mtn biking, across ice cold river crossings, through snow beds, into alpine lakes. I'm not kind on the daily either. A bezel is easily replaced if broken... but they're also robust. Bezels take dings and scratches and bangs without damage. Dive watches also are usually designed to handle cold. They pretty shock resistant. The timing bezel is also a great tool to remind you how long its been since you stated a hike or since you last drank water on a hot day.

Oh and I like they way they look so there is also that

Dive watches look cool. That's about 95% of the reason. The other part is that they are usually built better than a typical dress watch.

I love how busy the watch is. Some people like Namos watches but I see nothing to them. I imagine it's much like that

On the off chance that a case of "North by Northwest" mistaken identity happens to me and I get pulled into a real life spy thriller.

You have to be ready for things like that because the bad guys aren't going to give you time to switch watches.

The Omega Seamaster 300 Heritage will be an ideal travel companion. Rugged, sporty, and a bit refined.

Ha! There must be something there. I love my Nomos and obviously don't get the dive watch aesthetic. Maybe one day...

It’s a watch I can beat the snot out of and not worry about it. It can be an all conditions watch if you want.

Rotating bezel is very useful for timing stuff. And water resistance makes it GADA.

I like them because they are so simple yet different . Same same but different.

I would refute the premise that “they all look so similar”. Yes there are features that functionally make a watch a dive watch, but probably out of all types they have the widest diversity in use of colour, case construction, materials usage, size (often including choice for a given model), bracelet/strap innovation/materials/flexibility…..

And they look cool.

They look cool, they are very versatile, usually cost effective and the bezel does come in handy sometimes.

I don't own any dive watches, don't really like how they look, but... I have definitely considered getting one purely for the purpose of using the bezel as a fidget toy.

I cook and bake a lot. This is as close to diving as I get, however I love having a watch that I can forget about and stick my hands in water or bread dough, and not worry. Otherwise, I probably prefer the size and simplicity of field watches over divers. Though, Orient does have a new 38mm Kamasu out.

A love of tool watches and a passion for Jacques Cousteau specials as a kid mostly.

Aside from robustness, many dive watches also have interesting stories behind them. Like innovations in features, professional or military use, or movie appearances. To some it's important to have a watch with a bit of history to appreciate.

Abundant in design options and sizes and all price ranges. The lume is almost always very good and legible all night. The extra WR gives confidence to wear in all occasions. The diving bezel can be used to time things other than diving from cooking, to lunch breaks, public events, flights etc.

The dive watch-iest of all the dive watches tend not to be to my personal tastes, but there are a lot of them that break that mold. My only diver has a field watch dial, essentially, and it's a busy one at that. Pretty antithetical to "the dive watch," but I think it goes to show there aren't really any lines between watch types that aren't themselves made of more watches. It's all just watches. Always has been.

No appeal whatsoever. I'm just starting out but will never put money into a dive watch. Ugly, unappealing, samey and pointless for me.

The inner workings and case/glass being able to withstand the pressure of the water 💦

Snot 😂 brilliant 🤩

I like big watches and the feel of the weight. I like the specs and knowing that the watch can cope with anything I can throw at it. I collected a range of different models and find that I wear a dive watch way more than a dressier watch.

I dive so…

But it’s usually because they’re highly legible, have great lume, can survive water and they can take a beating (I don’t baby my watches).

Out of my 10 watches, 3 are divers. They are generally robust, have an all-purpose design and are larger (for the most part).

I swim, I snorkel, I paddleboard, but I'm no diver. Maybe a 200m dive watch is a bit over the top for the likes of me, but I wanted one that said to the people sitting next to me on the plane... this is one cool dude 😎

Don't worry reality will hit me in a minute 😟

For me it’s the chonk, I basically treat it like a mechanical G-Shock

People wanting to look sporty?

Hmm, I seem to have alot of them..LOL and I live in the freaking desert...I guess it is the toughness of them. I seem to be hard on watches...