Today there are countless countdown (and count-up) diving bezels, internally or externally operated, bi- and uni-directional, sometimes equipped with a locking mechanism. Others have separate or additional markings (Enicar and Schauer) or even a whole decompression table printed on them, as on some watches by Jenny and Doxa.
A Jenny Caribbean (current re-edition) with its characteristic decompression table on the bezel
So, in short: dive watches as we know and appreciate them today were directly inspired by that second-coolest group of watches: pilot’s watches.
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Isn’t Seamaster comes out in 1948 as a model to celebrate the centennial of the company? Or else, does Mr Ruegger mean Omega started to make the true diving Seamaster with turning bezel and screw crown in 1957?
the article refers of course to the Seamaster 300 (CK 2913) from 1957, since this model was the first Omega Seamaster developed for diving and thus equipped with a rotating diver’s bezel.
Best regards
Isn’t Seamaster comes out in 1948 as a model to celebrate the centennial of the company? Or else, does Mr Ruegger mean Omega started to make the true diving Seamaster with turning bezel and screw crown in 1957?
Albert,
the article refers of course to the Seamaster 300 (CK 2913) from 1957, since this model was the first Omega Seamaster developed for diving and thus equipped with a rotating diver’s bezel.
Best regards
Roger