04-05-2015, 09:26 PM
What i mean is this.Today pro divers just use mechanical or quartz dive watches for back up.And they for the most do not go diving with watches that cost a arm and a leg.The thought of rubbing a modern Rolex Sub costing maybe 50.000dkr. on a piece of coral or what ever,would send shivers down the spine of many people.
So what have modern dive watches become today? Honestly most of them are really nothing more than fashion watches.People like the design and robust design,and love to tell people what the watch can do in theory.Most never use them for more than a swim in the pool,that other normal watches can easily overcome.
Maybe AP were ahead of the field with the Offshore diver.A watch that i have criticised for being the most useless dive watch ever.But on reflection maybe AP thought,99.9999% of our customers will never go diving with a watch costing so much on their wrist
Lets face it many divers look like one another.Joe public can hardly see the difference between a Rolex sub or a Seiko marinemaster on your wrist.For me they have become boring and a bit out of date.Nobody can accuse these watches of being beautiful,unless you look at a Blancpain 50 fathoms.
The older dive watches are a big part of watchmaking history,and are quite rightly collector items.But the most of what is made in the diver segment today,is made with a different public in mind.But the times where it was fashionable to flash a gigantic diver on the wrist are gone.It is considered over the top today,and wearing many of these monsters today is really to be out of touch with modern taste.
We see more and more watch brands downsizing their watches today.And more and more of the new releases from brands are in the smaller all round watch department.Beauty seems to be on the way back combined with discretion.
I am not saying dive watches are on the way out.Just on the way down

There will always be a market for them.But i think the tendancy is going away from them in todays market.They have had their heyday in my opinion.And looking at a 47mm Panerai on a guy with a little wrist,seems to be like someone trying to send a message.A few years ago it was fashion,but not today.It just looks out of place.I see a change is gonna come.What do you think?
So what have modern dive watches become today? Honestly most of them are really nothing more than fashion watches.People like the design and robust design,and love to tell people what the watch can do in theory.Most never use them for more than a swim in the pool,that other normal watches can easily overcome.
Maybe AP were ahead of the field with the Offshore diver.A watch that i have criticised for being the most useless dive watch ever.But on reflection maybe AP thought,99.9999% of our customers will never go diving with a watch costing so much on their wrist
Lets face it many divers look like one another.Joe public can hardly see the difference between a Rolex sub or a Seiko marinemaster on your wrist.For me they have become boring and a bit out of date.Nobody can accuse these watches of being beautiful,unless you look at a Blancpain 50 fathoms.
The older dive watches are a big part of watchmaking history,and are quite rightly collector items.But the most of what is made in the diver segment today,is made with a different public in mind.But the times where it was fashionable to flash a gigantic diver on the wrist are gone.It is considered over the top today,and wearing many of these monsters today is really to be out of touch with modern taste.
We see more and more watch brands downsizing their watches today.And more and more of the new releases from brands are in the smaller all round watch department.Beauty seems to be on the way back combined with discretion.
I am not saying dive watches are on the way out.Just on the way down
There will always be a market for them.But i think the tendancy is going away from them in todays market.They have had their heyday in my opinion.And looking at a 47mm Panerai on a guy with a little wrist,seems to be like someone trying to send a message.A few years ago it was fashion,but not today.It just looks out of place.I see a change is gonna come.What do you think?
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