The History of Dive Watches: Part I: The Early Years | Armand The Watch Guy

[@bearclooneywatches4186]

You are officially my favourite watch channel! I have enjoyed your videos long time and never commented! You deserve recognition for great work you do! Thank you for hours of enjoyment!

[@apegrasshoplizard]

There are still a few very well made and historic vintage dive watches from the 60's for well under $1000 and sometimes even for under $500. I have a Lanco Barracuda Super Compressor (EPSA) and will be recieving a Zodiac Sea Wolf 1781 shortly. These watches are more affordable since the brands are now long gone or less known or popular and also their size which is a bit on the small size compared to current trends.

[@fpoynton1604]

Remarkably well done Armand. Fascinating review of such an interesting part of horology that we all love to learn about and enjoy. Divers are true explorers of our times. 👍

[@wick-trimmer1980]

Another excellent video Armand. Can't get enough of this history. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks.

[@alittleolder]

I enjoyed the video a great deal. Really looking forward to part 2. Sir, you've really done your research.

[@camrackam791]

More histories! Do racing watches please

[@romanopeterj]

As someone six months into his watch education (Proud owner of some value brands, the Junghans Form A, Glycene Combat Sub), I loved the history your video provided, well done!

[@markplayford5836]

Superb video Armand, not often you watch anything on You Tube that's educational! Looking forward to part 2 sir.

[@jbhomme]

Thank you Armand, that was a really fascinating presentation. Can't wait for part 2!

[@georgegrillo7421]

One of your very best yet! Thank you!

[@morgan97475]

very informative. thanks for the video...looking forward to the next one.

[@MrVoayer]

Textbook video ! Just like the most in Armand's production ! Looking forward to part 2 !

[@ssvs0485]

I listened to this fascinated all the way to work.

[@khronokraze]

Thanks for the history lesson on dive watches. Looking forward to part 2

[@mirkoscialpi5244]

Please come back Armand! We all miss you! Your knowledge and informative video are unmatched.

[@terryfranks7521]

Oh I can’t wait for the next chapter thanks Armand

[@billcosgrave6232]

Great Video. I love horological history.

[@MrTeopantli]

absolutely fantastic video. I recently had the fortune of finding a vintage sea wolf. Had it not been for this video, i'd probably have ignored it. Absolutely fantastic little watch.

[@MrAdjaize]

Thank you for the time and research you put into the videos ,some of the best on watches on KZbin

[@Mk21Diver]

Excellent, like all your stuff man. Looking forward to the next part.

[@jamesfabbo6481]

Great Video !! Well done!! I enjoyed your video big time.Thank you

[@kyleweber1994]

These are fantastic, keep it up, Armand!

[@JeffreyPisarek]

Incredibly well done video! Onto part 2 I go....!!

[@BumblebumBear]

Great video….one comment I would say is Squale really deserved a mention as the produced a lot of watch cases for other manufactures (including Blacpain), so are an important omission from the video and the history of dive watches.

[@Explorer40mm]

And Seiko!

[@hishorology8182]

Very interesting video. Now onto part 2!

[@lapomazza5635]

THE very best video history of DIVERS. No need to say anything else. Top notch. 😎

[@Farmhouse1967]

Another Superlative job. Fabulous historical reference. Keep content ticking along, regards

[@jasongreaves1038]

Hope the second video mentions my beloved Sinn U2. I admire the research..... great work

[@UXXV]

You nailed it! Also props for the pronunciation of Omega - noone else seems to.

[@paulandsueroberts4121]

Well done Armand very informative.....how anybody can give this a thumbs down is beyond me!

[@zacharyg2966]

Excellent video!

[@grahamlawton6250]

Nice one. Cheers.

[@diver11b1p2]

Great video, can't wait for the 2nd part!

[@anotherknight75]

Bravo, never knew how much there is to the history of divers.

[@danieldelorme4021]

Absolutely love your videos! Very well researched. Thank you! :)

[@johnnyarsenault9124]

After looking to another one of your well done documentary: I was amazed at your age & quantity of fine details in your documentary! Bravo for another superb documentary ! 👌❤️

[@donrogan2812]

Another Amazing Video!! Thank you for all your efforts. Very informative, my favorite KZbin channel!!

[@rodneymounsey4168]

Fantastical done and can’t wIt for part two!

[@mikethebike67]

Great series Armand. I really enjoyed it.

[@danielpaulson3631]

This was great! I learned a lot from this. Thanks for putting it together.

[@gymenergic7440]

Very interesting report. You forget the American brand Waltham which released The First Waterproof Watch in 1919 with the Waltham Depillier model, 7 years before Rolex!

[@lorddavid5995]

Excellent 👍

[@thomash4578]

I am very happy I came across your channel.

[@DMWeekes90]

The Deep Sea Special was featured on the Talking Watches episode with Rene Beyer. Fascinating to see it on his wrist! I hope to see it on display in the Beyer Museum when I visit Zurich next month.

[@phillippugh2161]

Such a great video on dive watches

[@MiataBRG]

Brilliant, thank you 👍

[@alohm]

what an excellently done production sir!

[@sashachip]

No mention of the Vulcain Cricket Nautilus? It had the first underwater alarm and first decompression table complication under a rotating dial. That was also the watch worn by the diver inside the Trieste when he went down to the Challenger Deep. It’s an iconic timepiece that deserves mention.

[@ZeginMakesMusic]

The zodiac was 100% the very first dive watch. The Rolex submariner came out a few days later and was $20 more expensive. The 50 fathoms came out the following week and was $10 cheaper than the zodiac, $90 retail.

[@ichris2011]

I always thought this was the case, but check out an article on this subject by Perezcope. There is no evidence of the zodiac sea wolf having existed prior to 1958. It appears many brands, zodiac and blancpain included, have attempted to insert themselves into history where they do not belong. I am no Rolex fanboy, but the submariner is the only early dive watch that can verify its existence first beyond a reasonable doubt. Even the earliest evidence of the fifty fathoms patents didn’t appear until several months AFTER Basel 1954 where the submariner was unveiled as a competed and available piece.

[@jackdillon4467]

What a great informative video! Thank you so very, very much!!!!!!!

[@inkitatus1]

interesting stuff, thank you 👍👍

[@extremlaughing]

Very good video, very interesting. Great job.

[@markcoffman494]

Great summary 👍

[@russellalfonso2962]

can you tell me anything about the Norwood "Oris Diver 65" with an Oris mechanical manual wind 7 jewel movement?

[@emisor73]

Amazing channel! Wow, thank you. I’m a big fan

[@manuelmiguel2311]

this guy needs more subs!

[@robertsullivan4773]

Very good, I learned a lot, I currently own two divers a Breitling super ocean II Heritage B20 and a Omega SMP300. So it was fun to see where the two companies fit in.

[@federicoacker5672]

Very good chronicle, but I think the Aquastar Deepstar should been included, because it was (I think) the first real submersible chronograph, and had the first bezel decompression table (before Doxa). Another detail is that Blancpain patented in 1953 the unidirectional bezel, that´s why every other makers had to use bidirectional bezels until 1980, when the patent expired. And that´s the reason for the famous "red-button" in the PloProf, it was a unique safety device, since the bezel still was bidirectional, due to the Blancpain patent. Cheers

[@georgeliquor2931]

No mention of the Wyler Vetta Life Guard?

[@alessandro.felici]

Epic video!

[@vdbdg]

Great bit of info, thanks Armand! Doesn’t Omega’s reissue of the ‘57 Seamaster 300 look gorgeous still?

[@NateTheGarbage]

One day I’ll make it past the halfway point without falling asleep

[@H4VG44RD]

The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms existed BEFORE the french navy asked for it. Jean-Jacques Fiechter - who was the CEO at the time, nearly drowned due to the lack of a timekeeping mechanism for divers. Therefore he invented the unidirectional bezel, the sealing in the caseback and the sealing in the crown. The only thing they added was a wish for the watch to be more antimagnetic. Great story :-)

[@villepyykko2948]

This was great!!

[@hughmckendrick3018]

Excellent history, well told. Great fan of dive watches. Have six with depth ranges of 200m to 600m but the only water they come into contact is when I am washing my hands!

[@alex_inside]

Hugh McKendrick yeah my SKX also just desk dives all day but I had once the chance to dive with it and it was a great and at the same time strange feeling.

[@greghowardbell]

You are the best in the business

[@danilodittmann8902]

Without Squale and Charles von Büren the History is not complete.

[@Tal-wb9jn]

Outstanding!

[@alittleolder]

The politicial situation in Europe is I think more in a "troublesome position" than back then... but now I continue to watch or rather listen to this.. I just had to make this comment.. as someone very unhappy with current politics

[@orirune3079]

[eye rolling intensifies]

[@mgmmaze]

Great stuff!!!

[@antonhallergren588]

The blancpain FF is my grail diver. After that it's probably the sea dweller or deep-sea followed by the Glashütte seaq and blancpain FF bathyscaphe. Very likely going to pick up the rainbow diver and doxa sub 300t soon.

[@jet-settingrogue761]

Really interesting, thank you

[@richardthorn7726]

Brilliant

[@MrDoncarnage]

Due to Sealabs crystal poping, Sealab 2 sported Certina DS which proved to be much more robust and reliable

[@markbyrum4743]

Excel vid. Keep at it!

[@jeznashalie]

“Undeniable that the political situation in Europe was in a troublesome position” with out a doubt the most understated way to describe the rise of fascism, the Nazis and the buildup to WWII i

[@almcl9391]

Great video. Thanks

[@McLaughter_]

BP FF the first with a rotating bezel? That is groundbreaking to mention the least

[@almac9203]

They also held the patent for unidirectional bezel. Early competitors used bidirectional bezels because Blancpain owned the rights to the invention.

[@Ouroboros67]

So awesome

[@mrg1911]

Great, great video(s)! Please let us know the opening piano music....I love the vibe of your channel....

[@CaptCanuck4444]

Great video, but I'd really recommend updating your intro music to something less sleepy. :)

[@vjchung]

I suggest you rerecord the audio of the video. There is excessive sibilance (sss sound), which make it hard to understand.

[@phmwu7368]

Dive watch is a tool watch with military origin = 1940 Panerai Radiomir , 1952 Blancpain Fifty Fathoms , 1953 Rolex Submariner , 1966 Rolex Sea Dweller , 1971 Omega Ploprof ...

[@abb1793]

The '26 oyster rolex certainly wasn't the first hermetic watch, or first waterresistant watch, beaten, for instance, by the rolex hermetic of ~1922, which, itself, I don't think was the first hermetic watch. The oyster may be the first with an external crown, though I don't know, and, also, the screwdown crown was invented in the late 1800s with another set of patents coming in the later 1910s.

[@troynasello2085]

Isn't 31 bar 310 meters?

[@Hshsha123]

Google- first dive watch rolex But blancpain :(

[@Lanciarules]

It is not Pànerai but Panerài: the accent is on the last "a"

[@777thejesusfreak777]

1 person thinks the invicta pro diver is the best dive watch

[@Lion_ofJudah]

No professional diver would use a mechanical/traditional dive watch today :)

[@stevec8243]

Yet I know commercial divers who do.

[@letsplay455]

Seiko?????

[@STARFLIGHT72]

You forget the first diver watch ever made. 1880 Girard Perregaux for German Imperial Navy.

[@markwalters1584]

Leather strap? Well it is a dive watch. I live in Houston, Texas and that leather will get wet from sweat and to tell you the truth, get a little odiferous and nasty. Personally I have to go with rubber. 😊

[@esapuhakka5494]

31,5 bar is not same as 3150m, video 15.50 min. But nice video.

[@sylvainpaquette6132]

Pffff vostok invented underwater time in the late 1600.

[@throwingdartsandbreakinghearts]

Who would actually use a luxury watch and go diving? Practically no one

[@harpomarx7777]

Perhaps if you spoke more slowly .. like most people do .. you wouldn't stammer so badly. Try it ... you'll be a helluva lot easier to listen to.

[@johnnyroma213]

Boredom ….😊

[@Explorer40mm]

Surprised there was no mention of Seiko and their unique take on dive watches in the 60s

[@patrickol4300]

All good, apart from plugging Zodiac(Diesel), as usual! Yawn 🥱

[@josephmacdonald6158]

Great scripted and very entertaining video ! Looking forward to the second part , bring on the Seiko dive watches.