The Medium Diver’s Automatic has been designed for a very specific – and totally uncompromising – purpose: to furnish the wrists of search and rescue professionals though made to civilian government military specifications, it’s been widely worn by combat troops too. Marathon is a determinedly no-nonsense watch company.īased in Canada, its long-term business has been built around supplying redoubtable timepieces to North American armed forces, staking its reputation on the reliability and functional utility of its watches, all of which are made in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland. Marathon Arctic Edition Medium Diver’s Automatic (MSAR) Make no mistake though, this is a mean diving machine, with a 600 meter depth rating.
The sturdy, tonneau-shaped titanium case, offset crown and bold dial features carry plenty of quirk, while the marine blue color code will be as on point with some lively Nike Dunks as it with a wetsuit in the tropics. The Sub600 T Pacific brings back a model first seen in a less-fashionable dive watch era, the 1980s – and for the uninitiated, it’s something of a revelation. With its famous connection to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, whose orange-dialled Sub became familiar to millions of viewers of The Undersea World, DOXA is one of the most revered and distinct names in historic dive watches, that’s been rising back to the surface of late with the kind of dizzying speed that would give anyone the bends. There are 11 versions to choose from so far, with 500 watches made for each iteration – proceeds from the latest, the ‘Azores’ edition, support the Megalodon Project shark conservation initiative. Delma Blue Shark III Azoresįor local visitors to WatchPro Salon, Delma may be a real discovery: a long-standing, family-owned watch company producing handsome, terrifically capable tool watches at a great value point (look out for its latest Commander aviation pieces too).Įquipped with a helium escape valve and a depth-rating of 4000 metres, the third gen of Delma’s Blue Shark dive series is an absolute beast by any standards, but a rather handsome one too. Amid the rise of the all-conquering desk diver, Tim Barber writes, here’s a trio of specialist dive watches that really mean business.
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