Last Day to Pre-Order the H2O Hydra
Just a heads up everybody – today (February 28th) is the last day to pre-order H2O Watches latest diver, the Hydra, for the low price of $770. Tomorrow the price is going up significantly to $1295. It’s expected to ship out sometime during the first quarter of this year. For …
Extreme Depth, Diver Wallpapers, and the Poseidon 3500m Yellow
Diver News from around the Web WatchTime Magazine put out a couple of fun dive watch related articles over the last week: Seven extreme depth dive watches A brief look into seven watches with extreme depth limits: the Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea, Breitling Superocean Chronograph M2000, Blancpain X Fathoms, Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon DeepQUEST, Deep Blue …
Eza Sealander, Unimatic U1-A, Vintage Omegas
Diver News From Around the Web Worn & Wound has news of the first new watch coming out of boutique Eza Watches since the company got new management. Eza is an old company, founded in 1921, and their new Sealander model is a gorgeous looking, vintage inspired diver. Looks to …
Oris Carl Brashear L.E. Bronze Diver
It must be fate that just after publishing my post about my love for bronze dive watches, I come across news about Oris‘ recent release of a limited edition bronze diver celebrating legendary Navy Master Diver Carl Brashear. Most people know of Brashear thanks to the movie ‘Men of Honor‘, …
Bronze Diver’s Watch Obsession
Ever since I bought a sailboat a few years ago, I’ve been fascinated by bronze. Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, is used in a number of marine applications due to it’s excellent corrosion resistance, better than stainless steel. When exposed to air it slowly forms a lovely patina, …
Geeky Watch Strap – NATO from IDE Cable
Just saw this awesome homemade NATO strap made by reddit user diamened – they took an old IDE flat hard drive cable, clued some rings into it, and fashioned a trendy looking strap for their Vostok diver. Probably not the most comfortable for long term wear, but awesome none the …
The Watch Comparator – Interactive Wrist Watch Sizing
I just published the alpha release of my new tool, the Watch Comparator. It’s designed to help when buying watches online, where physically trying a watch on is impossible. Input the size of your wrist, the diameter and lug-to-lug length of the watch you’re considering, and the Watch Comparator will …
Evolution of the Rolex Submariner
The Rolex Submariner is one of the most popular dive watches of all time, easily shown by the number of copies/homages available today. While reading an article about the history of the Rolex Submariner, I found myself wanting a visual guide to the various changes made throughout the years to the iconic …
Environmentalist Jerome Delafosse and the Oris Aquis Depth Gauge
I just came across this video on the OceanicTime blog and thought it was worth a share. Jerome Delafosse is a renowned French author, professional diver, and environmentalist. He’s constantly working to protect the world’s oceans. Oris is currently sponsoring his work, which makes me like the company even more …
Strapcode Super Oyster Type II Bracelet Review
I’ll start off this review with this: Rubber straps are great for diving, but if you wear your diver all over the place like I do, well, they just don’t really look that great. Downright bad possibly. I’ve been wearing my Seiko SKX007 for a while now and have finally …