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 titanium and/or stainless steel cases have a brushed finish to reduce glare and the appearance of small scratches, and are carefully designed and intended to have these effects. The pieces fit very closely in these cases as a lot of effort goes into the assembling of components and cases, meaning they are milled, drilled, and turned instead of being stamped. For example, the crown is a very tight fit so that it will never wobble in any given situation or setting.

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.

Movement, Bezel, and Band 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 Aquatimer watches are made differently from ones made specifically for a line of watches by adding kits with their own parts so that you do not have to replace or buy a whole new watch if something gets missing. This is also done to ensure that the dive watch you purchased maintains its quality features and to make sure it can endure the same conditions the rest of the watch was made to withstand.

Tear resistant Velcro and metal link bracelet are the two bands that are common for diving which IWC makes. With the bracelet, you can add or remove links, but the only downfall is that it is easy to scratch. However, apart from these two common dive bands, the rubber bracelets which they manufacture make superb dive bands as well. The Aquatimer 2000 has a design where the bracelet tapers off as it nears the clasp so that it doesn’t interfere with wrist movement. You can purchase the diving strap directly from IWC, and, unlike other straps, it doesn’t rub the skin.

To Conclude

Comfort and strength is what the IWC Aquatimer watches are designed for. Some people think the watch could use a modification or two, but most believe that IWC dive watches have already obtained this goal. It is not hard to see why IWC has remained a pioneer in watch manufacturing because of their ground-breaking designs and technologies.

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