Why dive watches need to be tough

[Doc Savage]

Originally Posted by kieselguhr

My first wrist dive computer/ watch was a brand new at the time Suunto Zoop. It died on my second dive. That was the dive I did my open water skills too. Suunto offered to replace it but I opted to add cash for the D4 instead. That survived many dives up until advanced open water. Replaced it again with another Suunto D4i. It’s my current dive watch. Hopefully it will last me till I get rescue diver.

The 1601 Datejust pictured with the whale shark in the collage is 20 years older than I am, is not considered a dive watch by the watch community, has gone with me on hundreds of dives since I started, and thus far has survived 2 modern dive computers.



Funny. I wear mechanicals as a novelty only. I don’t even use them to time anything. Just for my own amusement.

Very cool, Nick!