Dive Watch Wednesday: 10 Mechanical Dive Watches for Women


Dive watches tend to be among the chunkier types of timepieces, which has always made it difficult to find one small enough to be suitable for most ladies‘ wrists — whether you’re choosing for yourself or as a gift for that special someone above and below the water. It gets even more complicated if you prefer a mechanical movement. While a Rolex Submariner undoubtedly looks great on a woman’s wrist as well as a man’s, some manufacturers do in fact offer smaller versions of their dive watch models. And a very few (such as Seiko, with its 34-mm-diameter SUG089) even offer watch designs exclusively in smaller sizes that that would have looked equally great at 40 mm or larger.

Our selection for this week’s Dive Watch Wednesday (in ascending order based on size):

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Longines Hydroconquest: With a diameter of 29.5 mm, the smallest version of the Hydroconquest range (and the smallest on this list, as well) is water-resistant to 300 meters and powered by an ETA 2000/1 (L.595).

MarcelloC Lady Nettuno: Three different dial colors, 34-mm diameter, 300-meter water resistance, a ceramic bezel insert and either a SW200-1 or ETA 2824-2. The Lady Nettuno even comes with the obligatory loupe on the crystal.

Doxa Sub 200T: It not only looks like it came straight out of a 1970s scuba diving movie; it even comes with a new-old-stock (NOS) case from that time. The 35-mm watch is powered by an ETA 2671 and is available with three different dial colors, orange being (of course) the most obvious choice, given the brand’s heritage.

Oris Aquis Date: Don’t worry, the 300-meter water-resistant Aquis Date remains a rather affordable option despite the diamonds used on the model shown in the compilation above. Of course, you can always opt for different dials (e.g. the beautiful blue version introduced during Baselworld 2015; see below). The diameter is 36 mm, the movement (Caliber 733) is based on a SW200-1, and the bezel inlay is made of ceramic.

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  1. Larry Hoffman

    Don’t forget the 38mm Christopher Ward Trident Pro. Same specs as the 42mm, except for the size.

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    • Hi Larry, absolutely! Breitling’s new Superocean should be mentioned as well (36mm, available in white or black) but since both the Trident (42mm, GMT) and the Superocean (44mm, blue) were introduced already in the past weeks with a hands-on, we focused on other models for this list.

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