My dive watch is an Orient Kamasu, and I actually dive with it. I love the size because I don’t like huge analog watches. It also has a unique look instead of trying to be another submariner clone. It’s up market enough to look and feel nice, but not so expensive that I’m worried about using it for it’s intended purpose That said, a lot of people in the dive community, at least in my experience, opt for G Shocks or Invicta Pro Divers because they’re cheap and do the job
Orient might just be the most boring & uninspired brand available. Casio has more style for that matter … absolutely dislike Orient as much as Timex. I wouldn’t wear one for free & I’m no watch snob. Style & design are clearly subjective- whatever works for you.
Your absolutely right. My kamasu has seen the whole world and seas and I still love it. So good build and not afraid to loose or scratch it. Going for a pelagos 39 now. Interesting to see what will become my go to watch
@@krasnaludek298 that’s fine I find my Kamasu with redial pretty awesome… And I wear it as much as other watches in my collection. It cost five times the price so to each his own.
For me, my dive watch journey peaked with my 39mm Longines Hydroconquest Ceramic. It's the "Goldilocks" zone for me. Brand heritage, versatile, perfect size, thin, best "off the shelf" movement imo (modified ETA 2892 with silicone hairspring for antimagentism and 70+ hour power reserve). It's not the "best" dive watch, but it's the perfect balance of spec/price/design that I've found.
@@dazherbert2782 I love Longines too - my dear old dad left me a gold Longines dress watch with a Record movement which is super thin and still looks elegant. They lost their way a bit over the past 50 years, but are coming back and their prices are going up. Check out the new GMT LONGINES SPIRIT ZULU TIME - it's gorgeous and they do a solid gold one which shows the direction their heading back towards.
The combination of the gold gilt markers with tan cream filled lume, warm tan crystal and the hands jumping off the dial floating in 3D. .. It's all so breathtaking.
My dive watch journey ended with buying the Sinn U50. It has everything. A well respected brand with history. Its made of German U boat steel. It is fully tegimented, so it doesnt scratch easily. It is sandblasted and not polished. Its 300 m water resistant. Its very slim and not oversized. I dont have to worry about it while traveling or wearing. Its up to every task. Its the perfect watch next to my Casio GW5000u :)
Tudor Pelagos LHD... as a right-hand watch wearer, this watch is perfect. I love it... the bracelet is beyond good. All in all, it's an amazing bit of kit.
This video resonates with me so much since I too found my perfect watch in 2020 when I also bought the bb58. So much so that I sold just about my entire collection. 20 watches. Kept about eight because they hold sentimental reasons. Like my Omega blue wave from 1998. The day my wife and I got together. I also kept the Casios and Gshocks but those don’t count lol. BB58 killed it for me and unlike you I don’t need a perfect anything else. This one satisfies the needs.
My “best” dive watch is my Tag Heuer Aquaracer in all black, titanium case, 500m WR. I splurged for it about 7 years ago. I’d love to get a Tudor someday.
I have 4 dive watches and I think my Aquaracer Night Diver is the perfect watch for my afternoon activities on the weekends. I chose it over my black dial Submariner, my Breitling Kelly Slater, and my blue dial Omega SMP.
I have a soft spot for aquaracers.. have owned a few generations. I currently have the newer model with the ceramic bezel insert and the date window at the 6oclock. It’s almost perfect it it were only 40mm…..but I love it anyway..
Good for you for getting both the black and blue dial BB58. Great watches. My perfect dive watch is my Omega Seamaster 300M Profesional with the blue dial. It goes everywhere and does everything i want it too and James Bond proved it looks good with a suit.
My perfect dive watch is the omega, Seamaster, professional. I think it has an amazing case design, as well as the best bracelet in the business.. the 41.5 mm case size fits my wrist perfectly at 7 1/2 inches.. amazing movement and finishing. It can be had in any color for less than $4500. If you shop around a bit… It’s one of the few watches that I would consider a great value for that kind of money and quite frankly I think it’s head and shoulders above the Rolex mariner. Four less than half of the retail price.
Citizen NY0040. Affordable, ubiquitous movement, not huge, nice bezel, nice dial, nice case, ISO certified, nice lume, nice military diving history, tool watch cred… I could afford one to beat and one to save. I could have a collection of the NY0040/80 variants and a couple cool G-shocks and I’d be more than good. I sometimes think I’d like a SKX-013 or Turtle, but they’re way overpriced now. I don’t have the wallet or inclination towards luxury watches.
My journey has just ended. Having started with two Armani quartzwatches 15 years ago (still have them, still running absolutely reliably and exactly), now more than 50 watches later including Breitling, Panerai, Tissots, Cartier, Seikos, I got so bored of all the snobbish talking, fed up with dive watches in particular, I returned to what it is all about for me: beauty. And quality of course. Just bought my 3rd Armani (AR0168) which is just me. I'm selling most of my collection now and only keep 5 watches. No interest in spending the earned money on another watch. But nevertheless I love your channel and will continue watching it for the fun! Keep it up 👍
I managed to get a Titanium Citizen NY0100-50XE for half price and it has become my 'true love tool watch' ❤ I couldn't imagine wearing a watch to dive with that cost any more than that with the knocks and bumps guaranteed to happen.
I just bought a BB58 a few months ago and absolutely love it. The only knock I have is I wish the clasp had on the fly micro-adjustment, but otherwise it’s a perfect watch for me.
Christopher Ward series 1 Dartmouth is my perfect dive watch. British brand, Swiss made, donates to charity in an ethical way and is helping to keep watch making alive in the UK.
I agree the skx case size (39ish to 41 ish) is definitely the best size for small wrist. But seiko watches make it possible to wear 45 ish without looking like a wall clock.
So happy to hear that , I'm not watch collector, but wanted a strong good swimming/diving watch that's not an Omega or Rolex. This Tudor is perfect for me. Usually I keep a watch 10years...last one was a Breitling so I'll update how he's doing in 10 years 😅. For now it's perfect .
Mine is my Doxa Sub 800TI. I’ve wanted an orange faced dive watch ever since I read my first Clive Cussler novel when I was 16. Great looks, great pedigree, and always gets noticed by watch nerds (which I am proud to be).
I agree with the Tudor BB58 OG, however on a leather strap. I also equally like the Doxa Sub 300T Professional with rice bead bracelet and the Sinn U50 on the red rubber strap. These are all perfection for me.
Sea-gull Ocean Star in blue. Perfect for my seven and a quarter inch wrist. Seagull 1963 38mm sapphire perfect dress and pilot watch. Loreo 40mm blue diver for work on the building sites. Seagull ST16 movement inside. All 3 for under £300
Also have the BB58 and it’s my perfect diver for the reasons you stated. Also have the 54, and it wears awesome, but feels more vintage and less sporty. IMO, they are both iconic!
I own the BB58 blue since over a year and I love it! I own a few Rolexes which are spectacular but the BB58 is just soooo cool! Try to put a blue vanguard rubber strap on you blue bay. It will feel even better:) Greetings from Switzerland!
Glycine Combat Sub checks all your boxes (wears smaller) and is value beyond compare. Best part is unlike the Tudor, you don’t have to pay $3500 for it.
I scoured every shop imaginable looking for my perfect dive watch. I bought a Tag Heuer Aquaracer Chronograph Calibre 16 day date. Lovely weight 300m water resist automatic movement. Absolutely love it.
0:43 the one on the left: the most perfect (dive) watch since I'm into watches. Absolutely stunning and unique. But only for mature gentlemen, not for bling/trend seeking influencers.
I hear you. Believe it or not the most difficult decision i've ever had to make regarding a watch purchase was whether to buy the burgundy or blue Black Bay Smiley. Thankfully i made the right call & still wear it to this day.
Glad to see someone who embraces what he already has, unlike those getting prematurely excited about BB54 and selling their BB58. They are often the kind of people that will never feel happy about anything in their life.
I wore the 62MAS-homage Seiko SPB143, and it was literally perfect (for me). I ended up getting an Islander Northport ISL-154 which hits those exact same beats and dimensions (without advertising it) & it is the perfect desk diver. Both sporty and dressy with 200M water resist. In fact, its Miyota hi-beat, light-changing ripple dial, and 6 o'clock date window (symmetry!) make it even better .. with better specs.
Agree the 62MAS is the Holy grail diver, I have a Fifty-four homage, after a long search, this was as close as the original you can get, without paying a fortune for an original.
I like your channel. I appreciate your production value and the entire DNA of what you do.Fantastic. If you click bait me again and scare me that there is some overly generalized "end to your journey", I will unsubscribe, stop watching and cease promoting your channel to anyone. You are quality and better than the low hanging fruit of the algorithm.
Yep I went to the shop on the intention of buying another omega SMP ( sold an older one ) but kept seeing the Tudor on the internet so had a look and wow it looked like old school dive watches not like the bling omega , the black dial with gold gilt and like you say the red triangle somehow works to give it a vintage vibe , the movement so far is great time keeping and I don’t mind the thickness of the full size BB as my wrist are 7 1/2 inch so you don’t notice it on the wrist. I find myself grabbing this watch most of time even my speedmaster pro as been in the box more after buying this .
As much as this hobby is it can sometimes feel like we’re all stuck on a bit of a treadmill and constantly looking for the next watch 😂 There’s something so fulfilling about realising that the watch you’ve already got is that one you’ve been searching for all along! Fantastic show as persusual MWC 🙌
I can see it. I have never seen or handled the black bay in real life, but I love a dive watch for my daily use. It does everything I need it to. My current daily watch is an Orient ray 2 with the black dial. And while very very (very) different in fit and finish and in just about every way money can buy, the lug to lug is the same as the BB58 and about 1mm thicker. Aside from what Orient gives you for your money, I absolutely love how the ray 2 wears on my wrist. I can 100% see myself falling in love with the black bay.
For me the perfect dive & watch is the seiko turtle Srpe93. It has a screw down crown, day date, great lume, it’s affordable, & it can take a beating. I’d like to add a Tudor bb Red at the end of the year. Imo those are the 2 perfect dive watches
For a few moments there I thought you were retiring from RU-vid, I'm glad you're not! Keep on with the overall journey now that you have dive watches all sewn up.
You are a great dude is all I have to say. Thanks for making me giggle. I too prefer the BB58 to BB54...I have an average wrist and just over 6 ft tall. Thanks for bringing sunshine into a sometimes dark world.
I don't want much just a watch with all the features I want, and long lasting everything so I never have to replace it. Affordable. Yeah, it's simple really. Why is that so hard to get right?
Have had my BB58 Blue for just over a year now. Got it on a MN style nato strap and it fits absolutely perfect on my 6.5” wrist. Have a rather modest collection of watches and this gets the most wrist time. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
Just got a Tudor Pelagos FXD and I fricken love it. Wearing it more than my Omega SMP300 - it’s just more versatile in a casual setting, is a strap monster and I love the military/tool background.
My automatic Britling Cole Ocean with Blue face. I bought it in 2001and it's been the prefect dive and everyday wear watch. After 22 years it's stunning and accurate to within 2 seconds per day. I doesn't get any get than that.
I have a BB58 Blue but find I love the SLA017 more. Then I went mental and bought the SLA043 with the deep blue dial, everbrilliant steel etc and it is my all time fav. Similar in price to the Tudors, but the design and execution just hits that sweet spot for me :-) Thanks for a great vid as always.
WR 200 m plus, (means also a screwdown crown), Date, betwenn 40 and 43 mm, Hacking, Saphire Glass and unidirectinal bezel, indicators for the minutes and in ss or ti.
My dive watch pursuit was over as soon as I got my Omega Planet Ocean with the white dial and fully loomed orange bezel. Ticks all the boxes of a dive watch for me. But it is a purely personal choice and I still love my Oris Aquis too with no intentions of selling it.
For myself, the dive watch I aspire to get is the Ball Roadmaster Marine GMT, black dial, green bezel. I know it's not strictly a dive watch, but I love it. I also love the recent Ultra Deep release from Omega, however I'll never be able to afford one of those.
I own a Ball Fireman Enterprise. As soon as first saw this watch, I made it my goal to own one. OK it's not a diver, but it was my Grail and sorry folks it knocks the spots off a lot of the higher priced watch, including Rolex! I have more Divers more than any other types of watches, but the Ball still gives me goosebumps when I place it on my wrist.
@@stevenaston249that's ALL that matters bro!!! I buy watches for ME, not to impress other people. Now if that ends up happening anyway, well, icing on the cake 😁🎂
@@diskobean That's how it should be. I feel the opposite is often true for Rolex owners. I know someone who bought one last year, but they don't know a thing about watches. It's nothing more than a status symbol to that particular person.
100% with you dude. Favourite in my collection and love the rivets too. Although I still disagree on the Ranger. It just works...for me. And they look great together.
For me, right now, the Marathon GSAR Artic in white 300 mm is the perfect watch for me at 41 mm case,with does interesting tubes my kind Diver Military grade ,I like the Black Bay 58 great everyday watch, great content as always, until then peace ❤✌️ all way from St George Utah..
I love my black 58 such an enjoyable watch to wear for cumfort and sizing, probably the best looking tudor with character, and i have 3 Tudors. And its definitely a keeper :)
The BB58 is my grail watch… but for now I’m on my Seiko kick. My turtle mini is my cheapest Seiko, but my favorite dive watch (even on my 7 1/2” wrist). I was worried for sec… thinking you were quitting!
I own a Grand Seiko SBGX261 and an Oris Divers 65, but wanted a cheap diver to take to the beach. I bought an Invicta 8926OB for 65 euros during Prime Day. I expected to go straight to hell and possibly throw it in the bin after my holiday. I brushed out the polished centre links with scotch brite (very easy to do), sized it up, drew breath and put it on. You know what. I have sinned, for it has become my guilty pleasure and I’m keeping it. It’s actually rather good. Kill me now.
I'll see your BB58 and I'll raise you a Seiko SJE093. Quite frankly I am of the opinion that a toolwatch should not be expensive. Because it's a tool. So I've got a collection of some Superman, a Serica 5303 and a Seiko SPB317, and all of those are nice small skin divers, but honestly.... Seiko's heritage is unbeatable. And they are sympathetic. So the one watch I would trade my SPB317 for is the limited SJE093, even if it's too much for a tool watch. They have beautiful handsets, they are nicely proportioned and they are built like a tank. For me, those are the best dive watches. So I appreciate your BB58 for what it is, but Tudor is Swiss, which continues to be its Achilles heel in my book: I simply prefer to sponsor Japan. I like the culture, the designs and the attitude.
For me: Agree 100%. For sports watch I would say, Omega Aqua Terra. For Flieger, Fortis Aeromaster Chrono 2018 model. For Seiko, 62Mas or mm200 reduced ice blue and 140th Anniv., respectively. G-shock: Eric Haze 40th Anniv Metal, Field: Timex Titatanium Auto or Hamilton Bronze or Titanium. Casio: World Time. Dress TBD Ani-Digi: Seiko Arnie. Quartz: Longines Conquest VHP GMT. Tritium: Anything Ball.
TMWC! I can relate to this as “my” perfect watch is the bb54, no longer do I need to look for another diver. Congratulations I am happy for both of us.
I am glad you have found your perfect dive watch, I do love both of those Tudors. For me it is a first generation Omega Planet Ocean 42mm 2501.50, and I adore it!
The Tudor Black Bay 58 might be my grail watch as well. I've not worn one though and my wrist is 8 inches. So I'm not certain and the price, while I can afford it, I'm not sure I want to. But I've been thinking about selling a bunch of watches and narrowing things down to 3-4 favorites and then I just may go for it. So far, my favorite watch (for me) is a Le Jour SeaColt Brown dial. 42mm is what I consider the perfect size. I know that's an odd watch from left field but I stumbled on it at a watch show here in Chicago last week. I can't stop looking at it throughout the day. The color is fascinating. It's one color in regular light and a more colorful watch in the sun.
Congrats!!! It is an awesome watch. Don´t care for comments that this is not a perfect dive watch. It is. I wish to get one. But I'm a chronograph collector and spending so much money in a dive watch is not in my short-term planning. However, we are changing creatures in a dynamic world.
SEIKO Prospex turtle 4R36 Model: SRPD46J I purchasaed New 12 months ago and lover it Black face gold little bits, averages +1.7 seconds a day, I wear it on a Black Nato, I paid $399 Australian dollars. I wear it in the ocean daily........... Renewed my faith in SEIKO quality products which began with an 18th Bday present in 1978 7548-7000 SEIKO diver quartz which still runs like a train.
I have a perfect two watch collection. Tudor Black Bay Fifty Eight and a Grand Seiko SBGA 283. Tudor is a fine brand. The "poor man's" Rolex is just silly. Poor people aren't spending $3500 for a watch. That said, today's wrist check is the Seiko SPB185 or "Steelmaster" or "MM reduced." Really pulls my wrist together.
Spot on all your points here. This kicked every goal over the last 3 years. The 54 isn't better, just smaller, and Pelagos 39 feels and sounds like it's made of plastic.
GS Evolution 9 Spring Drive SLGA015. Only problem it’s big and costs £10,600 and I do like vintage smaller watches. Love your Tudor and I might have to get it 🙈
Tudor BB Good - No date, red triangle, thin bezel, no guards, bracelet, better than almost all Rolexes Meh - hour hand like a warclub, overlong triangle at 12. Blue looks best. I prefer my Zenith Defy Classic with a non adjustable clasp and cutaway hands with limited lume for my very rare 2metre snorkel dives in the sun despite its date and internal cyclops.
I adore my Sinn U50. Technology beats heritage in this particular case. And I'm 🇩🇪 But, the Tudors are definitely awesome. My secret little love affair is with the Tissot Seastar 1000 from the early 20s, tho. Totally different price range but just so gorgeous.
Congrats you Mad egit, as we say in N.Ireland. You are the most genuine watch tuber out there, and I love your enthusiastic videos, on all sorts of watches.
Back in the 80’s i had a Omega Seamaster 120m. Thin and perfect for all day wear. Sadly I don’t have anymore. My new diver thats on my hit list is Ball skindiver
When I saw the thumbnail I went straight into panic mode - no more Mad Watch Collector videos?!!! It took three minutes of breathing into a paper bag before I was sufficiently recovered to watch the video. The BB58 is gorgeous and I have to agree ... the perfect diver.
The 58 is truly stunning, and maybe one day! However until that day my PADI Pepsi turtle has scratched the divers itch for now and I love my Seitona for a Chrono
I found the perfect dive watch for me & my skinny wrist & budget: the Tissot seastar 40mm quartz. There's not many grab & go quartz dive watches that fit my skinny wrist but that one fits perfect, looks classy looks great in blue 👍
I totally get you.....they are super beautiful watches and with your wrist size they must be perfect for you.....I also had both the black and blue BB58.....and then I bought the very first generation BB, burgundy with smily face.....and that size was just better for me (7 inch wrist)....so I sold my 2 BB58s.
I'm good with the Doxa 300T. Why? Well you don't have to baby it. You can bash the hell out of it and it just looks better. It's not perfect but I love it. I'll keep it cos like all my more expensive watches I saved up two years for it.
For the past 20 years, I've wanted a Breitling. Last month, I finally got a Breitling Superocean. I've not wanted to wear any of my other watches since. I think that's it for me.
I made my own, but not from a company, i baught a 70s Rotary with a 2824 -0 from 72 with gold date wheel and baught a 36mm dive case with sapphire crystal, bracelet J and O, a matt black dial and a lovely set of lumed dauphine hands, serviced the moment (myself, training watchmaker) and put together, after regulation it's under +-1 s/d on wrist constantly, my wrist is 7.5" but it's not too small i have alot of vintage watches i often wear 34 - 40mm watches, that's my perfect watch i do have alot and i find myself choosing it more, it just feels right on the wrist.
