Dive Watches Overview

In the old days, a rugged analog dive watch was a critical piece of diving equipment, both for tracking bottom time and monitoring air consumption. But then submersible pressure gauges arrived on the scene, followed by automatic bottom-timers, and now we have full-function dive computers, all of which stole the traditional dive watch's thunder.

Divers rely heavily on accurate time keeping. Dive watches range from basic analogue styles that tell the time and probably have a date wheel. And although it can be expensive, a diving watch is often the next piece of diving equipment a new diver buys after a mask, snorkel and fins.