Divers' Pleasures

October, 2000

So what if you haven't explored the wreck of the Andrea Doria. Dive watches are red-hot status symbols, and wearing one says you've at least considered going below. The best dive watch endorsement, of course, came from the underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau. He and his film crew wore Blancpain Fifty Fathoms watches during the filming of his deep-sea documentary The Silent World. Today's model is just as resilient but can go three times as deep. An Omega watch is the one favored by James Bond,...