u/Henderson35 — reddlx

Well, here it is…
Everything I’ve collected over 12 years — many have come and gone, but these ones have stayed.

Yes, a lot of dive watches. Yes, too many in fact. Here are extremely brief anecdotes behind each watch:

The Peter Blake 2254.50 was my father’s and is entirely sacred to me.
The Gen 2 Planet Ocean is peak Omega to me, especially with that 8500 movement. I grew up loving bond & Daniel Craig’s PO(s) really represented his robust take on the character.
Rolex 226570 — bought this after a long abusive relationship with Rolex which apparently is called “the list”.
The Grand Seiko SBGM221 — I purchased to this to celebrate my sobriety.
The current no-date Diver 300m — I bought this because it was specifically similar to my father’s & it seemed like an identical, father son combination to me. His version from his time, my version from mine.
A 39mm small seconds Tag Heuer that also belonged to my father — it was his first “nice watch”.
Tudor FXD GMT - I bought this watch to celebrate my engagement with my wife — I wanted something durable to represent the fortitude of my wife. I swim with this on every morning.
Hamilton Jazzmaster Viewmatic — my first nice watch — I worked at a silver diner in high school and saved everything I could for this.
AP 15202 — I bought this because I love the design philosophy and the (intended) aquatic relevancy of the port-hole design by Genta. I bang this up, work out in it, and have heavily abused it. I love that it drives people crazy to see it used as such & I simply do not care.
The Caliber 5 Aquaracer — first dive watch I bought myself.
I love Casios — I have many that are not pictured.
Rolex 124060* — I bought this for my wedding.
The Longines Legend Diver 42 — this watch occupies a legendary sliver of dive history and I would encourage anyone to own one. The value to heritage ratio is incredible.