Knowledge Center — dive watch

Who was Carl Brashear? Carl Brashear was a U.S. Navy Sailor.  He was the first African American Dive Master.   He was the first African American to attend the U.S. Navy Diving and Salvage School.  Being the first he had to endure constant racism.  Never one to stand down, he continued his career despite having an amputated left leg.  He became the Navy's go to guy when they had problems that needed a salvage diver.  One of his most well known recoveries was the Palomares Incident.  The Palomares Incident is when the U.S. Air Force lost an Atomic Bomb and Carl Brashear...

With more than 100,000 of marine life succumbing to environmental stressors, plastics, and pollution yearly, it's of utmost importance we as earthlings have an organization such as PADI's Project AWARE to aid in clean up the mess. Project AWARE consists of divers around the world cleaning up the oceans, one dive at a time. World-famous watch company Seiko wants to help. To support this partnership, Seiko has launched a new PADI dive watch within its Prospex line. With its signature red and blue PADI colors on the case and PADI logo on its dial, this watch celebrates and honors the legacy...

Show Me The Money After introducing the Oris Diver's 65 watch, it became a huge hit. Oris then decided to expand the vintage-inspired dive line. One of our treats from that expansion is the Green Faced Diver's Sixty-Five watch. This is a bold color choice that might not be as fun as a look-at-me yellow or orange. No, the green is a choice that says you are serious about watches. The green face is affectionately nicknamed the Green Money Diver's 65. The green is a perfect green, not too much yellow and not too much blue. It is a rich,...

You're letting water in the watch? Once in a while, an exceptional professional dive watch comes along with impressive specs and looks to boot. The Oris Aquis Depth Gauge comes with a real-time depth gauge which allows water inside the watch - definitely not something you’d expect.   Here’s how it works: There’s a little notch on the number 12 where a channel is located. The Oris Aquis Depth Gauge is extra thick on the top and although water does enter the channel at depths, it never allows any water to leak into any other part of the watch. As...