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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.

Regulating My Mechanical Watch

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:04:50 +0000

For Christmas last year, my wife bought me a Seiko SKX-009 which I absolutely love. Even though I love it, I looked at a bunch of higher end Swiss watches but found that even though many of them look really great (I came pretty close to buying an Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Chrono), but realized that when it came to the features I use on the SKX, the number of Swiss watches that actually fulfil them is very few. Like the Fortis Marine Master and Cosmonaut were the only two I could find - but while they fit what I want, I don’t care so much for the styling. But the accuracy of a Swiss watch was appealing as the SKX had settled to losing 15 seconds a day, which isn’t wonderful. But at least it was a very consistent 15 s/d.

The Marvels Of A Mechanical Watch

Sat, 03 Oct 2015 12:39:00 -0400

I’ve been interested in timekeeping devices for many years, and have generally been facinated with watches, and in the last year or so, I’ve become I big fan of mechanical ones.

I’ve been particularly interested in the Seiko automatics. I’ve not seen a better quality automatic watch anywhere in the price range, both in terms of the movement, and the case. The Seiko movements have proven, for the two of them that I’ve owned, to be very reliable and satisfyingly accurate.