Why Automatic Watch for Diving?

A dive watch is an essential piece of equipment divers can use to track time and depth as a backup to their dive computer. Dive watches are designed to be durable in either an automatic analog or digital style.

  1. Significance

    • A quartz analog dive watch enables a diver to track bottom time and monitor his safety stop. It also serves as a self-winding timepiece to back up information from a dive computer, such as dive time and depth.

    Function

    • Divers use automatic quartz dive watches or digital dive watches because they are precise timepieces that have water-resistant seals and few turning bezels and buttons. The automatic quartz watch is an analog model, with a large face for easy visibility underwater.

    Features

    • Automatic quartz dive watches are rated functional to a minimum depth of 200 meters (660 feet) and contain screw-down crowns to prevent water from entering the internal mechanism. A unidirectional, rotating bezel on the outer face of the watch allows divers to set the start time for the dive and easily monitor elapsed time once underway.

    Options

    • Most automatic dive watches have luminescent numbers and hands that absorb light while topside and glow underwater. Many dive watches include a second set of indicators that detect depth underwater.

    Benefits

    • Automatic quartz watches are considered versatile for everyday wear and don't require battery replacement. Automatic dive watches contain a sapphire crystal that resists scratches better than regular watches.

    Fun Fact

    • Fogging inside the face of an analog dive watch indicates leaking. The watch should be taken in for inspection and repair. If the watch is working but no longer water-resistant, it can still be used as an everyday watch on dry land.