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> A real Rolex dive watch The "dive" part is a red herring these days, as the use of watches to manage decompression strategies has declined since the 90s, and
by manarth 2y ago
> A real Rolex dive watch
The "dive" part is a red herring these days, as the use of watches to manage decompression strategies has declined since the 90s, and by early 2000s dive computers became the default tool. Use of a dive-watch for diving is almost non-existent these days.
Some example dive computers, for those interested:
- Suunto Zoop [1]
- Shearwater Perdix [2]
- Garmin Descent [3]
[1] https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Products/dive-computers-and-instruments/suunto-zoop/suunto-zoop-yellow/ https://www.suunto.com/en-gb/Products/dive-computers-and-ins...
[2] https://shearwater.com/products/perdix-2 https://shearwater.com/products/perdix-2
[3] https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/632320 https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/632320
- cjpearson 2y agoIt's simply a description of the style of the watch. Just as most people wearing a bomber jacket aren't flying B-52s, and most trench coat wearers aren't fighting in trenches, most dive watch wearers aren't diving. They are still useful terms, despite their relative professions moving on to newer tech.