#11 Best Watch for Diving 2023

The Cressi case back and crown of this 200-meter diving watch are screwed down. The mineral glass-protected black dial has three hands for indicating the hours, minutes, and seconds. The dive time can be tracked using the one-way elapsed-time bezel. Fluorescent hands and markings make it possible to read in low-light conditions. The soft-touch silicone strap included is long enough to be used over a wetsuit.

The Sealander Elite, the flagship of Christopher Ward’s new C63 Sealander line, is designed for work, dress, and play. For reliable accuracy and precision, the diving watch has a Sellita SW200 COSC automatic movement. The matte-black dial with orange accents, a fixed titanium bezel, and a date window at the six o’clock position is protected by an anti-reflective sapphire crystal. On the hands and indexes, luminous markers are utilized. Cut-out windows along the dial’s edge and an exhibition case back allow you to see the watch’s mechanical components up close.

Smart dive watches, such as the Garmin Instinct Solar, provide contemporary divers with very analytical information to improve their performance and the quality of their outdoor trips. The Instinct Solar, like all of the greatest sports watches, offers multiple applications for different activities (including swimming and surfing) and delivers heart rate data as well as information on your blood oxygen levels.

The Submersible series pays homage to Panerai’s distinguished history as a watchmaker to the Italian Navy. This version of the Submersible builds on that military legacy by adding a significant dose of high-end luxury. The shining gold material is the first thing that will impress you about this model. It’s called Goldtech, and it’s a copper-and-platinum combination. It’s undoubtedly aesthetically stunning and incredibly original, with its reddish glow.

If you’re drawn to diving watches because of their military history, you don’t want something too flashy and dazzling that would attract unwanted attention. You’ll need something that’s designed for covert missions and secretive projects.

This Croft Spinnaker timekeeper is both a low-key fashion piece and a high-performing instrument, making it another affordable diving watch. It has a unidirectional bezel, a cyclops date magnifier, and a second subdial display. Muted colors and a 43 mm casing work together to produce a watch that is discreetly fascinating without being cumbersome or noticeable.

If you’re looking for a watch that makes use of cutting-edge engineering and cutting-edge technology, the Citizen Eco-Drive Promaster is the watch for you. Eco-Drive technology is used in this ISO-compliant professional diver watch, which means it is powered by light—either from the sun or from an artificial source. What exactly does this imply? It also means you’ll never have to replace the batteries in your Eco-Drive Promaster, which is a significant benefit.

If you want your watches to have a unique vintage appeal, the Bulova Devil Diver is a great choice for you. The Devil Diver, based on the original Oceanographer from the 1970s, takes its name from the original watch’s demonic depth rating of 666 feet. The Devil Diver gets by on sheer distinctiveness as well as its cheap retail price, with a stainless steel cushion casing (with an Esque feel) that very much represents the original design’s era and some of the most strange hour indices you’ll see.

It is still the tough sports watch that people all around the globe adore. The casing is corrosion resistant and has a superior polish thanks to the use of 904L-based Oystersteel. Even for wearers of the previous 40mm model, the 1 mm size increase is hardly noticeable. In fact, the Swiss Made signature at 6 o’clock is the most visible distinction. The new design inserts a Rolex crown between the words, lengthening the wording.

As a brand more closely associated with the $1,500-3,000 price range, Doxa surprised many enthusiasts when they unveiled the Sub 200 at the end of 2020, back when the world still made sense. By any measure, the sub’s near $1,000 package is a wonderful price, allowing more people to enjoy this diving watch beautiful patterns, diving heritage, and excellent beads-of-rice bracelet.

Also, this Sub 200 has an extremely wearable size, is just a lot of fun, and is undoubtedly one of the best recent budget diver’s watches to grace the market, with dial colors and matching bezel inserts to fit practically any color preference.

Mido is a smaller member of the Swatch Group lineup than popular stablemates Omega, and Tissot, and it often goes unnoticed. But if it continues to produce watches like the Ocean Star, that will soon change.

With an 80-hour COSC-certified movement with a silicon balance spring, a luxurious curved-end rubber strap, 600m water resistance, a helium valve, and a ceramic bezel insert infilled with uber-bright Super-LumiNova Grade X, this is an excellent modern diver that is worth considering.

Longines’ vintage-style diving watches, the Legend Diver and the Skin Diver get the most attention, and rightfully so. The almost 200-year-old brand’s take on a modern diver, on the other hand, is no slouch. For its luxury-level finishing and construction, the Hydroconquest is one of the finest divers under $3,000. You’ll find everything you’d expect at this price, including an AR-coated sapphire crystal, ceramic bezel insert, and 300m water resistance.