Best Dive Watches for Summer (Including Seiko, Longines and Alsta!)

In today's video, let's look at the top 5 dive watches to enjoy this summer for relaxing by the pool or taking on a scuba diving holiday. These include the vintage Longines Skin Diver, the Seiko King Turtle and the fantastic Ollech & Wajs C-1000.
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Featured Watches:
- Seiko King Turtle
- Alsta Nautoscaph Superautomatic
- Ollech & Wajs C-1000
- Aquadive Bathysphere 100 GMT
- Longines Skin Diver
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[@chrisdavis8399]

Fantastic choices young man! You’ve outdone yourself here! These are beautiful dive watches!

[@piotrszmidel]

Oh wow,Alsta really went nuts with the price.NH35 for such money?..No thanks,Yema with their own movement is much,much better pick 🤔

[@Zoltan1251]

not to mention its UGLY AF.... horrendous watch

[@user-et8vm9cc3t]

@@Zoltan1251 I don't think it's ugly, it's angular. It's different, but not ugly. I agree with OP on the pricing, for that money they could have used an ETA (not sure about the 2892 though).

[@Zoltan1251]

@@user-et8vm9cc3t you know when you buy some modern looking watch from Aliexpress for 5€ and you get more compliments on that than on your 5000€ Omega.... you should not be surprised when people will look at you sideways with this watch, but hey, if you you like it then go for it, its you who wear the watch, everyone have different taste

[@user-et8vm9cc3t]

@@Zoltan1251 Wait.... how does the price relate to the looks? Also, people generally don't look at your watch. Because the overwhelming majority of them are not WIS folk, so they don't care. Anyway, if you don't like it, good. We're not going to argue about watch aesthetics here, that's such a menial topic. I like it! Even though it's a bit square-looking, but hey, 1970s looks for you.

[@Zoltan1251]

@@user-et8vm9cc3t well you would be paying for ugly watch :D... it looks unique but not nice enough to justify the price

[@chrismaxfield5128]

I've honestly been checking out the 42mm Rado Captain Cook as a retro inspired dive watch at a great price point, especially compared to the new Breitling Super Ocean Heritage.

[@trevorodonnell9365]

Thanks Armand for another great video, love all your choices, especially the Jaws watch, first time seeing it

[@scottlalonde2878]

Nice video, thank you.

[@mywatchventure8875]

Very interesting choices .

[@watching_nyc]

very inspiring and creative offerings! i'll be honest and admit that the sinn u50 still tops my list for next diver. thanks for the vid.

[@germanevergreen7424]

WOE the Seiko King Turtle is amazing!

[@herbmerced7780]

Great alternatives!

[@commentjedi]

That JAWS watch❣ I imagine when the limited run ends, they'll do another run with the cyclops on the crystal.

[@edmundchiang]

Thanks for your suggestions. I like your O&W. But I have taken the Oris clean ocean and Rado’s 37.3 mm Captain Cook on steel bracelets (a watch appears to be overlooked: Jamoshop is giving a 40% discount) for this summer.

[@adolfot.8763]

I bought the Longines Hydroconquest blue Chronograph Column wheels, I have been with it for a couple of weeks and I am very happy, it is a phenomenal watch and of very high quality.

[@speedwolf5212]

Sometimes I think you have a direct line to my thoughts man! I’ve been seriously contemplating the Alsta, Aquadive and the O&W C1000 this year myself. While I’ll certainly end up getting one of them (and maybe all) - this summer I went with the Seiko SBDC061, aka MarineMaster 200.

[@LanguagesWithAndrew]

Would've picked the Oris Divers 65 over the Longines at the end.

[@throwingdartsandbreakinghearts]

The 65 is ugly

[@gianpakasa]

The Longines looks better, but too expansive

[@robertsullivan4773]

Just bought a Pelegos but I have to say all these are great less expensive alternatives.

[@Shanester66]

Any idea where I can find replacement bands for Seiko Prospex Automatik Diver's SRP787K1??

[@blainecole5452]

I received the Save the Ocean version of Seikos' King Turtle as a gift. A very nice, very casual watch. Looks great and feels good on the wrist. Also, I own a Superocean Heritage II on mesh bracelet. It really brings out the bling. But what I like most is the Tudor movement inside. I think it is a real step up for Breitling.

[@iosepho]

First like!!! wonderful video

[@gianpakasa]

I do dive with Tag Heuer Aquaracer Gmt (Pepsi), and Paul Picot, Paul Mariner iii. The Aquadive in your selection is simply marvellous. Longines Skyn dive also Top, but too expansive considering its only with printed numerals..

[@rpedroso12]

I purhased the Aquadive Bathysphere 100 GMT, my next on this list would be the Ollech & Wajs C-1000

[@vicrod5]

How about the Doxa Sub300T? It has a great history and unique styling both of the watch head and the bracelet.

[@kevinclarke2826]

Enjoy your videos.Keep up the good work. An alternative watch at a lower price point would be a Certina DS ph200.

[@contaygious]

Legend diver ftw. Thx for the Info on other brands though!

[@jameshoward9700]

As ever, some great, original choices and a couple of unknowns for me to check out! I liked both the O&W and the Aquadive. One I'd have added at the lower end is the Certina DS PH200 - a stunner! As gripes, I wish the Longine was offered in a more authentic 39mm size (or one for my wife in 34/36mm!) and like a broken record, it must be said: Arrgh, that hateful Prospex logo!!! Why, Seiko, why?!

[@verykeen2please]

interesting choices

[@johnnyguitar6697]

Well, I'm waiting for the Sinn U50 I have ordered to be shipped. That will be my summer watch.

[@flippinzippo9670]

Trying real hard to get a hold of an Alsta...

[@sandergjertsenstvold1051]

I personally find my Hydroconquest to be rather comfortable on the wrist. The only thing being the crown. The crown guards are large, sharp and therefore intrusive when you operate the crown.

[@onifrakimarq7663]

The Sinn U50 is my choice! 😉

[@stevefox8605]

Very tempted by Omega sm300 master coaxial, only concern is that 15mm may be too tall- any thoughts? Nice choices, but hate 3 o'clock dates on divers.. Ugly and unnecessary. Shame, I like the Seiko if only they made a dateless one. Cheers 👍🏻

[@pdmotors5027]

Loving all of them, but swaying towards the OW.....

[@FirestormAA]

Longines is my pick...... I'm starting to fall in love with their new releases for last & this years. Great video!!!!!

[@oes2546]

After two analogue divers (one auto and one HAQ) have failed on me after rough use, I think I'm changing "watch philosophy" to a smaller more elegant and comfortable dress/casual watch for everyday use, and a G-Shock for the actual heavy duty stuff...

[@gianpakasa]

Very interesting, cause I had 2 Gschock and they both failed underwater... But I like your point of view, it gives a complete different prospective.

[@oes2546]

@@gianpakasa None of mine failed under water. One failed due to extreme temperature + shocks and the other due to thermal shock (jumping in ice-water). Both due to the analogue movements I think.

[@zillsburyy1]

I'm waiting for the new HELM dive watches to be back in stock

[@jh-il5sb]

me too. i guess i'll have to be quicker than you to get mine!

[@chrisdavis8399]

Vanuatu is selling this Thursday!

[@chrisdavis8399]

Make sure you log into PayPal before it goes live to save time. If you’re buying any accessories, have them in your basket before it goes live as well. Good luck! Vanuatu in stock this Thursday.

[@zillsburyy1]

@@chrisdavis8399 see you at the races sir. Will this be as hard as acquiring my unimatic U1-F. ......

[@Clarc115]

Sorry, but 'for the money' the Longines Hydro Conquest is a great value/purchase. IMHO

[@roygardiner2229]

Well............I am not a dive watch enthusiast, although I am not an expert as you are. So often it seems to me that there is a uniformity in the typical appearance that makes such watches a bit....well, boring. But here I liked all bar one one of these watches! The Seiko is more than a tad uninteresting,and represents the "norm" that I am striving to describe. However, all of the others were distinctive and seemed to be more charismatic than the usual offerings.

[@Zoltan1251]

i completely disagree with Longines pick.... Hydroconquest and Heritage diver are far better choices.... both of them are unique in their own right, Skin diver is just vintage omage and it will never be anything more.... sure looks good, but having fake vintage is not desirable, at least to me... Heritage diver is vintage style as well but doesnt have faux patina which i dont understand at all in watches... but thats just me

[@johandebondt5749]

Agree. Got me a Hydroconquest 7 years ago and still would buy it (bezel is going ghost on me ;-). More modern take on a diver than the ones showed (and how not ergonomic??), although they have their own nostalgic charm of course, but not my cup of tea. Tho I got me a "Capt Willard"ish Seiko, but I rarely wear it; I rather sport a Padi Samurai or indeed the Hydro for my water activities.

[@douglasvelazco1232]

50th anniversary Sea Dweller . $11.700 + taxes =12,577.5 in Ohio Dealer. Thanks. ⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚

[@casualsuede]

Nice intro, but like 95% of SUV's never touching mud, 95% of diver watches never touch any water deeper than 5 meters. So buy the diver you want, and don't worry about the specs. Super Screw-down crowns promising hundreds of meters of WR, helium escapements, specific bezel action and ISO water ratings are not important...just bragging points. I am an advanced PADI open water certified diver and I use a $200 deep blue, a $250 borealis and $150 bulova and gigandet watches and it does just as well as a sea-dweller, let alone any of these watches.