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[LadyW]

Nathan, I AM from the US, but the non-diving Rolex owners I've met are from India, Great Britain, and East Asia! (there are a lot of foreigners working here these days)  I suspect many US men on the watch forums are similar.  What watch do you dive with?  I'd love to hear "oh, I dive 4 times a month and this is what I use, and I never had any troubles with it" stories.

I am fantasizing about a couple watches and will post after I pull the trigger (what a pain to get a separate site to host the pics, though!)

Thanks!

[garwal]

In the 200M range there are so many that would fit the bill. The Citizen you posted is a good one, Invicta makes many 200 and 300M automatic divers under $200 in fact many around $100. They have that classic look and the Myota movement is rock solid. Then there are the Maco Orient which many women feel at home with as well as the 100M diver Orient. Your choices are many so take your time and you will find the perfect watch for her.
Gary

[kew]

LadyW:  

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What watch do you dive with? I'd love to hear "oh, I dive 4 times a month and this is what I use, and I never had any troubles with it" stories.

I don't dive nearly as much as you, however I went for a 12 month holiday in 1995.  I spent most of that time in Fiji, Sri Lanka and Indonesia with a Rolex Submariner Anniversary model on my wrist.  I did a lot of diving and swam every day and never took it off - a good way not to lose it!

Earlier this year, I spent a month in Indonesia with a Glycine Luganare on my wrist.  I used it diving and swimming and again never took it off my wrist.

Both watches performed flawlessly.  Of the two, the Glycine keeps the best time.   :D  

[LadyW]

I think the Glycine is also much nicer looking!!

BTW, SO embarassed to have started answering a thread over a year old!!    :$  :$

[OldeCrow]

LadyW said:

I think the Glycine is also much nicer looking!!

BTW, SO embarassed to have started answering a thread over a year old!!    :$  :$

Don't sweat it! It is a good topic to resurect!  :D

Gary (Garwal) and I have had this discussion on many occasions about the practicality of wearing a watch VS an actual dive computer we both came to the conclusion that any watch is just for looks in the context of diving.

If you are shallow enough to not need a dive computer then anything over 200m should work fine, I have fogged up many a 100m watch in the surf but not a 200m. A 100m watch is safe for a shower and a swim but that is about it..

If you are looking at your 300m watch at 300meters your dive computer has probably popped already and you are probably moments from an aneurysm and your friends spending a week trying to figure out how to get your bloated carcas back before the star fish eat you so your watch is the least of your concerns at that point.

99% of the diving done in the world is for recreation and you should never need more than a 200m watch for that.
for the 1% of the divers in the world that engage in commercial saturation diving they can fend for themselves but they don't really need hundreds of watch companies building millions of watches suitable for saturation diving..

That means these big cool dive watches are just for looks! and I love them  (H)