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How to choose the Best Scuba Dive watch

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How to choose the Best Scuba Dive watch Automatic Quartz analog or Digital Dive Watches

They also look cool and are popular with men and ladies and most important Dive watches help to ensure the safety of scuba divers

Features to look out for.

Dive watches are used to
Dive Watch Water Resistance, Dive Depth and Screw-down Crowns

Even with today's dive computers, a good diving watch serves as a safety backup.
Popular brands include Casio, Citizen Seiko
Scuba divers don't dive to 200 meters but 200 meters water resistance is generally considered to be the minimum for a diving watch.
For analog dive watches, screw-down crowns are said to be more waterproof but some 200 meter watches have push-pull crowns and work fine.
How to Use a Rotating Bezel Watch
The rotating bezel is the defining feature of an analog diving watch. It is used to track elapsed time. Time is marked by zeroing the bezel to the minute hand, to time up to 60 minutes and the hour hand, to time up to 12 hours.
Professional dive watch bezel should ideally be unidirectional, turning only in the anti-clockwise direction. If accidentally knocked, the elapsed time will appear longer, causing the diver to cut his dive short. This is safer than the opposite: staying underwater too long. Some watches have lockable bezels.
Underwater Watch Illumination Options
Illumination helps the diver read the time in the dim underwater light.
Luminous paint on analog watches is popular. They need to be "charged" with light to glow in the dark. Better paints glow for hours, others only an hour or two.
Wetsuit and Drysuit Watch Straps
For metal link straps (bracelets), a "wetsuit extension" link allows the strap to expand and fit over a wetsuit.
For dry suits, more extension is required. Plastic buckle straps are the answer. Rubber straps will need to be replaced after a few years. Unfortunately many dive watches use proprietary strap mountings that make finding replacement straps difficult.
Have traditional screw-down backs. Watch backs secured with screws (common for plastic watches) are less reliably waterproof after a battery change and also post problem when changing battery.

Non-divers are free to enjoy the aesthetics and cool look of a well-made dive watch, not having to worry about extreme waterproof reliability. An analog dive watch with its distinctive rotating bezel makes a good dress watch  

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