Best Dive Watches of 2015

Sport DiverWater-resistant up to 500m with a ceramic luminous unidirectional rotating bezel, this watch also features H3 gas tubes to ensure luminosity even at the darkest depths.

This mechanical divers’ watch features water resistance to 500 meters, a screw-down winding crown, and advanced luminosity with a blue luminous material. It comes in a blue or black face with a matching rubber bracelet and titanium buckle.

Sport DiverPurchase of this watch inducts the purchaser into the Ocean Commitment Circle. Limited to 250 pieces, this watch features sealed chronograph pushers, unlike many diving watches, allowing use of the chronograph underwater to a depth of 300 meters.

Sport DiverA revival of an old classic, this watch features a black steel case, with 300m water resistance and another model available with 1000m water resistance.

Sport DiverWater resistant up to 200m, this watch features a stainless steel case and unidirectional bezel with the option of a polyurethane or nylon strap.

Sport DiverThis watch was inspired by underwater explorer Scott Cassell and features water resistance up to 200m with a carbon case and stainless steel crown, as well as the unidirectional bezel safest for divers, with an orange face and three interchangeable straps.

This watch features a screwed-in crown beneath a protective buffer which helps it to be water resistant up to an astounding 1200 meters, with a bezel-release security pusher and an automatic helium escape valve for added diving efficacy.

Sport DiverThis watch features a titanium case, ceramic top ring, crown protection, and an automatic helium valve, with 1000m of water resistance with a black rubber strap with titanium clasp.

SeikoFeaturing a two-layer case construction, the inner case has an L-shaped gasket that makes it impermeable to helium for traversing depths and also features advanced Lumibrite technology and an extra-strength silicone band.

Water resistant to 300 meters, this watch features a uni-directional rotating bezel and an easy-grip crown. Available in 18 karat gold mounted on a rubber strap, it also features a white luminescent coating with red stripes for visibility.

Fueled by light, the Promaster Diver never needs a battery, so there’s no need to open your case back or compromise your dive again. The Promaster Diver is water resistant to 999 feet, ISO-compliant (the ISO standard defines test standards and features for watches suitable for diving in depths of 330 feet or more, and watches that meet the standard are marked with the word Diver), and features a one-way rotating elapsed-time bezel, screw-back case, screw-down crown, and nonreflective crystal with polyurethane strap and 47 mm case.

Sport DiverWhy You Want It: Freestyle produces a number of watches for sports enthusiasts, including a line of inexpensively priced dive watches (none carry a manufacturer’s suggested retail price higher than $190). The vintage-inspired Ballistic has an ultradurable, four-ring NATO strap — originally used on the watches worn by soldiers — and features straight-weaved nylon with a stainless-steel buckle and strap keepers. You’ll also appreciate that the -luminous hands and markers are easily read at depth. The Ballistic also has a screw-down crown.

Sport DiverAn ingenious milled channel that allows water in gives this watch a depth-gauge function. As water pressure increases, the water inside the channel moves around the outside of the dial; how deep you are is indicated on a calibrated scale. The 46 mm steel case has a sporty black finish, and the unidirectional rotating bezel inlay is made of tungsten, a material as hard as emerald. The double-domed sapphire crystal has an anti-reflective coating on both sides, and the yellow strap features a safety anchor that keeps the strap from breaking loose.
Why buy a dive watch? Nothing says ocean explorer better than one of these sleek timepieces — whether you're above or below the waves.