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Even More Uses For A Diver's Bezel

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:30:08 -0500

(see here for all the posts about using a diver’s bezel)

I’ve written a few posts about things you can do with a diver’s bezel, and today, I’m adding a few more.

What Day Of The Week Is It?

My current daily-wearer watch doesn’t have a day of the week complication on it, and mostly, this isn’t a practical problem I have. However, when I’m off for a few days, I often don’t know what day it is – first world problem, I know. Fortunately, a diver’s bezel can be used to deal with this.

More Advanced Diver's Bezel Use

Fri, 30 Jun 2017 08:16:08 -0500

(see here for all the posts about using a diver’s bezel)

I previously wrote about things that you can do with a divers watch bezel. Since then I’ve figured out a few things.

It occurred to me that most of the techniques I spoke about in the previous post work best when you have a fully transferred minutes bezel (i.e. a marker on the bezel at every minute), like you find on just about all Seiko Divers, the Rolex DeepSea, newer Omega Planet Oceans, Omega Semaster 300Ms, Fortis divers, as well as many others. If you only have markers every five minutes after the first fifteen or twenty, you can still use those techniques, it’s just harder as you have to mentally interpolate to find the precise elapsed time, or to set the countdown start time.

How to Use a Diver's Bezel

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:35:25 -0500

a.k.a. The Suprising Utility of a Diver’s Bezel

(see here for all the posts about using a diver’s bezel)

I’ve worn a diver’s watch for years, and initially, I got one because I wanted a durable watch that I didn’t have to think too much about. The bezel on the watch was more of a decorative curiosity than something I planned much to use. Then I learned a few things.

Having had a moderately inexpensive diver’s watch for years, I was looking for an upgrade, and was considering a chronograph, and realized that I hadn’t really wanted for one in a situation where I’d wear my diver’s watch. For me anyway, because of the things I’ve discovered I can do with a plain diver’s watch, the only time I found I actually wanted for a chronograph was when I’d go for a run. In that case, I really wanted my Ironman watch which has things like splits and lap times, etc. Not to mention the relative weight of the diver’s watch versus the Ironman.