light boxes...as in the logos of all the brands they display in the reception area.

u are right.. but that is only because we are WIS and know about watches.. for ppl who dont.. they will rather judge it by the name.. and CK is somehow a wellknown name in fashion..

if it were me id get the rollie and forget the tag. my fave in your budget is the no-date submariner

+1 for ND sub too

YES!.. no date submariner is the best looking diver watch!..

best looking divewatch is the seiko monster la.
its so ugly that its beautiful

It's ugly alright .... like a B-52 bomber. Honestly, I don't really get the Monster but the new Monster is really warming up to me now.

so ambiguous
what is its so ugly that its beautiful?haha

I think the New Seiko Monsters are well built, sturdy, value for money.

you got my vote there. haha

Now this is a dive watch

yonggoh,

There was a small discussion on WUS some time back on the feasibility of that AP as a dive watch.
I personally voted it down because of the lack of a functional uni-directional rotating bezel and dodgy legibility underwater.

Functional dive watches should be easily operable with minimal fiddling/fumbling (even with a dive glove) and very legible at one glance (particular the bottom time measurement, which is typically where the minute hand meets the bezel indices).

That AP will no doubt look great on land, but I will probably stick to my Sub/Bond for underwater escapades if anything.

However, in that WUS discussion (and I may also have mentioned it in this thread previously), I went on to say that dive computers are usually the norm now, and dive watches are pretty much a novelty these days.
I have since resigned my Bond to the hotel room when I go under now. Plus, I look silly with a watch on each wrist

This huge behemoth now graces my wrist on dives


(not my wrist shot, just took that picture for size illustration purposes )

This post has been edited by Chinoz: Oct 30 2012, 11:15 AM

Am back to speedy, going back time to 1969

and I have 1 too

What about desk diving? What's your take?

Nice catch
Time to update your avatar, perhaps?

second this.. I nvr an AP nor PAM guy but seem like a lot of ppl hu-ha with AP and PAM.. for dive watch i will still stick to the classic look with a proper uni-directional bezel..

Yes sir

Chinoz,

Thanks for the insight. A fair enough assessment since its from your goodself who is an ACTUAL diver. Admittedly the only time id get wet is if someone chucks me in the pool Guess thats why i dont own a dive watch(yet?)...

All the more reason why you should get a dive watch soon-ish. These days, you really never know when someone is gonna come round the corner and chuck you into a pool.

Wouldn't want to be caught with your nice leather watch when that happens I'm sure