Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Diver Automatic Watch

The Pontos S Diver from Maurice Lacroix is a high-performance dive watch that pays equal respect to practicality and style. On the performance end of things, it’s water resistant to a whopping 600 meters thanks to the hefty stainless steel case and sapphire crystal. A helium escape valve at 9 helps preserve the inner workings when subjected to pressure. The watch also has a bidirectional rotating bezel controlled by the secondary crown at 2 o’clock. It’ll come in handy when keeping track of elapsed time. However, the beauty of the Pontos S Diver is that it isn’t overcrowded. Save for a date window at 6, the dial is relatively understated and slightly retro in its aesthetic. The 26-jewel ML115 movement ticks for 38 hours on a full charge and vibrates 28,800 times an hour.

Despite being relatively young in the world of watches, Maurice Lacroix has consistently pushed the envelope of watch design with in-house movements, retrograde displays, chronographs, and moon-phase indications. Based in the Swiss Canton of Jura and headquartered in Zurich, it’s steadily becoming an industry leader thanks to a consistent preservation of Swiss watchmaking tradition without getting stuck in the past.