Dive Watches(!) From Blancpain, Grand Seiko, IWC, Hublot: All Luxury Dive Watches | From the Vault

Email tmosso@thewatchbox.com for pricing and sales Luxury watches for summer seas are on the table as Tim Mosso and Brian Govberg pull the best from the at Watchbox. Today’s show celebrates the ultimate warm weather watch class and the most popular class of watches overall. With standout divers from Blancpain, Grand Seiko, Hublot, IWC, Linde Werdelin, and De Bethune, today’s exhibition showcases our personal favorites and best-in-class standouts. Brian’s selection includes the three all-black watches in PVD stainless steel, vulcanized rubber-wrapped steel, and titanium sheathed in carbon fiber. Hublot’s immense King Power Oceanographique 4000 is a 500-piece limited edition in a case fit for a submarine. While overpowering in presence, this Hublot proves to be a gentle giant and a pleasure to wear. Thanks to carbon, titanium, and composite plastic, the big Oceanographic can reside on the wrists of average sized aquatic adventurers. With an internal rotating dive bezel, a helium gas escape valve, and 4000-meter water resistance, this is an Hublot that lives up to its hyperbolic billing. Linde Werdelin is a small independent watch brand that designs in Denmark and builds in Switzerland. The Linde Werdelin Hard Black II is an 88-piece black steel limited edition that proves dive watches and thin cases need not be mutually exclusive. This versatile 300-meter diver also includes modular docking “wings” that allow Linde Werdelin’s “Reef” dive computer and “Rock” ski computer to