The Durable Dive Watch with State of the art Features

IWC Aquatimer watches are designed to balance a comfortable design with a sturdy and stylish casing. These quality dive watches are made of lightweight yet very strong materials, either titanium or stainless steel. Heavier watches tend to cause some muscle fatigue, which most people who regularly wear watches are used to and don't notice. However, once you try out an Aquatimer watch, you will realize just how heavy your old watch is.

The Features and Components

The cases are built from either titanium or stainless steel with a brushed finish that helps reduce the appearance of small scratches and cuts down on glare. A lot of effort goes into the components and casings, since they are turned, milled, and drilled instead of stamped. This allows for a closer fit of the pieces; for instance, the crown, which fits snugly and doesn't wiggle regardless of what setting it's in.

Easy to Read

Another interesting feature of this watch is the way in which the steel indices and hands combine with the convex crystal sapphire to make the watch extremely easy to read. No holes, blotches, or bleeding through the watch will occur with this luminescent material. Aquatimer watches may use certain materials like super Luminova, tritium, or sometimes both. Tritium always glows but contains radioactive traits and hence should be used very sparingly. Super Luminova will glow for only about five hours maximum, but emits no radioactivity. It is a good idea to use both materials for different needs. The dial is large enough to be accurately read what the exact time is, however, it is not oversized.

Bezel, Movement, and Bracelet Features

IWC introduced an interesting feature to their 2000m watches. The bezel must be pushed down on both sides before it will turn. This lowers the chance of something accidentally turning the bezel. Another feature of the bezel is the ability to remove it to clean it. Since the course of normal wear material is inevitably going to build up under the bevel making it hard to turn. Now all you need to do is remove the screws holding the bezel in place and clean it yourself, instead of having to send your watch to be repaired.

The movement mechanisms in the Aquatimer dive watches vary from ones made specifically for a line of watches to kits bought and augmented with their own parts. Take for example, the 2000m Aquatimer Automatic, which uses a 2892 KIT and replaces certain components to make sure it can withstand the conditions the rest of the watch was designed for.

IWC makes two types of bands: tear resistant Velcro, and metal link bracelet. The bracelet is well designed and comes with a nice set of tools to add or remove links, the set back of the bracelet being that it is somewhat easy to scratch. In some models, such as the Aquatimer 2000, the bracelet tapers off as it nears the clasp so that it doesn't interfere with the movement of the wrist. The diving strap can be purchased from IWC and is designed so as not to rub the skin like some other straps.

Conclusion

IWC Aquatimer watches are the leaders in the dive watch industry. Satisfied customers describe them as sleek, strong and comfortable. IWC has truly met and exceeded expectations with the design and technology applied to their watches. It is easy to see why when customers want to choose a stylish yet dependable underwater watch, they choose IWC. The main purpose of the design of the watch was durability as well as comfort, and the Aquatimer watches have managed to attain exactly that and more.

Ed J Price has had a marked interest in the sport of scuba diving for several years. For more information, particularly on the IWC Aquatimer and other diving watches, check out his online resource site today.