TigoleLet's be honest, that's fine for a beginner diver. Most recreational diving doesn't go deeper than 30-40 metres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_diving#Diving_today
And let's be even more honest, most "diver watches" are never taken deeper than the pool.
Unless there's an official certification for a diver watch, my criteria is simple:
- Unidirectional bezel with minute markers
- Water resist of 100M+ with screw-down crown
- Legible display with plenty of lume for visibility in poor conditions
crec4eThe seikowatches.com link supplied earlier saids that 100m (10 bar) WR is only suitable for up to "shallow diving". Now, I don't know exactly what they meant by that, but from reading online, anything over 18m is considered deep.
By your own "criterias" for what a diver watch is, these watches aren't because they don't have screw down crowns.
Tigole100M is 300 ft approx. It rates as a diver, and I believe the phrase "entry level" was used. For the money, you'd be hard pressed to find like quality in an automatic sports watch.
crec4eIt's not really 100m, it's atmospheres, and a watch can handle the rating of 100m in a vacuum, things are different in the real world.
I took a 100m dress watch diving as I had left my dive watch in the states while on vacation. Busted a pin at 30m and the watch sank beyond my maximum depth, who knows if the case failed at the same time.
So if you're going to dive, get a dive watch with a proper rating, or just buy this and take it off before you dive (you can get a proper diver for a few dollars more).
And let's be even more honest, most "diver watches" are never taken deeper than the pool.
Unless there's an official certification for a diver watch, my criteria is simple: - Unidirectional bezel with minute markers - Water resist of 100M+ with screw-down crown - Legible display with plenty of lume for visibility in poor conditions
By your own "criterias" for what a diver watch is, these watches aren't because they don't have screw down crowns.
I took a 100m dress watch diving as I had left my dive watch in the states while on vacation. Busted a pin at 30m and the watch sank beyond my maximum depth, who knows if the case failed at the same time.
So if you're going to dive, get a dive watch with a proper rating, or just buy this and take it off before you dive (you can get a proper diver for a few dollars more).