Diving mode activated: 4 watches to pack with you this summer
Our favourite tick tock fanatic has not laid his snorkel down and is embarking, with his son and his pals, for a relaxed video. They try on diving watches, ready to dive deeper than their breath-hold diving records or to make acrobatic falls while water skiing! Today’s watches: the new Omega that throws orangey glints underwater, the sharp-looking Seiko Samurai, the TAG Heuer that juggles with time zones and Tissot’s star of the sea. But let’s not forget the vintage Herbelin model, perfect for aquatic globetrotters. With the Apple Watch Ultra 2 as a guest star, bound to impress you with its deep diving features, everything is here to bring a summertime mood, without having to unpack your flippers.
OMEGA, Seamaster Diver 300M
Orange truly is the befitting colour of this watch! That fruity colour is displayed in discreet touches: the seconds hand’s varnish, the four indices representing the four cardinal points and the collection’s name.
This tint was not chosen at random: highly visible underwater, this symbol of safety creates a strong contrast on the black aluminium dial and its rhodium plated skeletonized hands coated in Super-LumiNova® that glows blue in the dark. This new Omega Seamaster Diver 300M watch, with a 42mm stainless-steel case, encompasses all the features of a real diver’s watch.
Add on top of these, a helium release valve located at 10 o’clock, a scalloped unidirectional rotating bezel, a screwed-down crown and a guaranteed water-resistant feature to 300 meters. As for the mechanical aspect, we are in the presence of Omega’s well-known precision and performances. The Co-Axial calibre certified by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS) is highly resistant to magnetic fields – up to 15,000 gauss – and offers a power reserve of about 55 hours.
The sapphire crystal back case reveals the movement’s cogs, including an oscillating weight finely engraved with arabesque Côtes de Genève waves. Cherry on top: this watch is available either with Milanese mesh straps or integrated orange rubber straps, for a sport-like look.
Steel case with stainless-steel bracelet: €7,100
Steel case with orange rubber straps: €6,800
See the Seamaster Diver 300M details
SEIKO “Slim Samurai” Prospex Automatic Diver’s 200m PADI Edition
The Japanese brand is the official watchmaking partner of PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), one of the biggest world organisations for water diving and ocean explorations.
Several watches have been released to celebrate this lasting collaboration, including this 41,70mm stainless steel edition. The emerald green dial, with a stunning gradient, also displays a texture evoking the undulating streaks of light divers can see underwater. The angular case, named “Samurai”, is water-resistant to 200 meters.
Fulfilling its diver’s watch mission, this model is equipped with thick hands and indices coated in Seiko’s special long-lasting luminescent substance: Lumibrite. This substance also covers the triangular marker located at 12 o’clock on the unidirectional rotating bezel that matches the dial’s colour. The watch is powered by a self-winding calibre with a power reserve of about 41 hours.
€670
See the « Slim Samurai » Prospex Automatic Diver’s 200m PADI Edition details
TAG HEUER, Aquaracer Professional 300 GMT
The case of this 42mm Aquaracer Professional 300 GMT is made of stainless steel, with a screwed-down crown and a back showing an engraved diving suit, screwed-down as well. Its water resistance to 300 meters allows you to practice any extreme water sport.
The green and black twelve-sided bidirectional ceramic bezel is punctuated with a 24 graduations GMT scale, allowing the wearer to easily distinguish between the day and night hours with a quick glance. Please note the undulated texture of the satined green dial: where the previous Aquaracer models showed horizontal grooves you can now distinguish rolling waves.
The dial holds rhodium-plated hands coated with green Super-LumiNova®, easily distinguishable from the green GMT hand that glows blue in the dark. At 6 o’clock, a magnifying lens enhances the date’s legibility. The watch is powered by a COSC-certified manufacture self-winding calibre that offers a comfortable power reserve of 80 hours. This model’s bracelet is equipped with a steel folding clasp with double safety push-buttons and an intuitive adjustment system: 5 clasp positions are available as well as a 1cm adjustment, offering a fitting support.
€4,700
See the technical specification sheet of the TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 Date
TISSOT, Seastar 1000 40 MM
Let’s not forget Tissot’s diving watch! This Seastar 1000 model assumes a sporty look with its interchangeable black Tropic strap that matches the blue to black gradient dial and its vertical brushed texture.
This dial displays hands and indices coated with Super-LumiNova® alongside with a discreet date at 6 o’clock. A coloured mineral unidirectional rotating bezel, a screwed-down crown and a transparent back case complete this diver’s watch array. The 40mm black-PVD coated stainless steel case is water-resistant to 300 meters. Promoting Tissot’s watch quality, this edition is powered by the famous Powermatic 80 self-winding calibre. Both precise and high-performance, it offers a power reserve of 80 hours (hence its name). Last but not least: this movement is equipped with a Nivachron™ spiral which ensures a high anti-magnetic feature.
€795
See the technical specification sheet of the Tissot Seastar 1000 40mm
APPLE WATCH ULTRA
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HERBELIN, Cap Camarat GMT
Re-designed from a 1970 model, the self-winding Cap Camarat by Herbelin is available in a GMT edition, with a manual worldtimer.
Especially designed for globetrotters, its double time zone function offers a convenient legibility: a red hand and a 24 hours day (blue)/night (silver) scale allows the wearer to see both the local time and the time of the second time zone. The worldtimer – embodied by the inner rotating rehaut that can be set with a screwed-down crown at 2:30 o’clock – offers the wearer to check the 24 world time zones thanks to the different reference cities written on the rehaut.
In a sport-chic fashion, this watch keeps its vintage spirit: a six-sided 42mm case made of brushed and polished steel, luminescent hands and indices, navy-blue sun-brushed dial with horizontal grooves and a bezel adorned by screws. With an integrated bracelet, this model is water-resistant to 100 meters. It is powered by a Swiss self-winding movement (Sellita SW330-2) that is both reliable and accurate, with a power reserve of about 56 hours.
€1,500
See the Herbelin Cap Camarat GMT technical specification sheet
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