Why Are Diving Watches Popular?

August 21, 2020

In 1926, the first diving watch was produced. The watch manufacturer at that time made the first diving watch with excellent waterproof performance using the latest technology and structure at the time. The diving watch officially entered the stage of watch history.

In 1926, the first diving watch was produced. The watch manufacturer at that time made the first diving watch with excellent waterproof performance using the latest technology and structure at the time. The diving watch officially entered the stage of watch history.

But the first modern diving watch in the true sense was produced by the Blancpain brand in 1953 at the request of the French military. It can reach 100 meters water resistance.


Since then, major brands have successively launched their own diving watches, and gradually formed the well-known series of watches, such as the Rolex Submariner, Omega’s Seamaster, Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms, etc., and even a lot of intensive cultivation. A niche brand in the field of diving watches. The founder of Pouying has done OEM production of diving watches for several niche brands.

In fact, nowadays divers dive more use dive computers. Today's electronic technology is very mature. In addition to timing functions, dive computers can also monitor the depth, water temperature, time, and no-decompression limit of a person during diving, and log their own dives. Record, set diving plan time and so on. Why is the diving watch still popular?

Although compared to traditional mechanical diving watches, computer diving watches can undoubtedly collect more information for divers and have better practicability. However, the traditional mechanical diving watch also has its own unique advantages. The cultural attributes and unique aesthetics it symbolizes cannot be achieved by the same computer watch.


The social attributes and unique design of the traditional mechanical diving watch are important reasons why it can impress consumers. This makes many consumers buy the traditional mechanical diving watch not for diving, but to please themselves and treat it as a Men's personality accessories for daily wear.

In addition to the unique design of the traditional mechanical diving watch, another reason why it has so many fans is that the diving watch must have stronger performance than ordinary watches, such as waterproof performance, luminous intensity, impact resistance, etc., divers usually in the water It is often encountered when working in environments such as invisible fingers, impacts, low temperatures, etc.


This makes it necessary to consider that it is one of the tools to ensure the safety of divers when designing and producing diving watches, and it must have stronger and more reliable quality and performance.