A friend asked me to recommend a
watch for her significant other. Christmas is coming and she wanted to
get him something special. This is the sort of question watch nerds live
for, so I jumped at the chance. I asked what kind of watch he liked and
she sent me link to a large diver's watch made by a certain
high-volume, Florida based brand. She
thought I could come up with something that would be a better value for
the money. Value for the money? Hell, that's why The Time Bum exists! My
marching orders were to select a big, bold, diver's style watch with a
steel bracelet. Ideally, it would be between $300-700 withat least 100m
water resistance, a sapphire crystal, and a durable movement. Here are my choices for her, and for you my dear readers, for all those affordable dive watch enthusiasts on your list. Enjoy!
DeepBlueWatches.com does
some nice diver's watches at good prices and they tend to be on the big
side at 44-48mm wide. They offer both quartz and automatic movements. I
dig my quartz Sea Ram, but my current favorite has got to be the new Deep Star 1000. It
is a real looker with Miyota 9015 mechanical movement inside. The full
price is $665 but you can get 40% off right now with code FORTY.
Seiko diver's watches are among the best in the world. I reviewed a
Seiko Prospex SUN019 last year and absolutely loved it. This 200m brute
has a Kinetic movement that uses a swinging rotor to charge a battery,
which is a very cool combination of the two technologies. It's a big
sucker too - over 47mm wide. They are all over Amazon for about $550. Really, you can't go wrong with a Seiko.
Hagerwatches.com makes some amazing watches for the price. The Hager Commando series I reviewed
is a great value with top notch construction and materials, a modified
ETA 2824 automatic, and has the added bonus of being assembled in good
old, crab-lovin' Maryland. It
is 42mm, which is a good size without being over the top. I
particularly dig the midnight blue dial. It is a relatively conservative
design but undeniably sharp and smart enough to wear with a suit. They
start at $600.
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