As its name states, STEELDIVE is a brand mainly produces diver’s watches, they are one of the earliest custom-made watch brands in China, now STEELDIVE has earned a high reputation all over the world, when people talking about dive watches, one of the models must be from STEELDIVE. We know diving watches have been the mainstream in recent years, you can find a lot of niche dive watch brands in various forums, most of them come from China and have three common features, big case, strong dial lume and cheap price. Just like this diver’s watch from STEELDIVE, it is a big watch and looks strong, not everyone likes such watch.
This is the biggest watch I have ever seen, the case of the STEELDIVE is 46mm in diameter, not including the crown, I heard that the biggest Panerai Submersible has a 47mm case, but I haven’t been fortunate to see that Panerai. The STEELDIVE also has a very thick case, which is nearly 14mm. The watch is fully made with 316L stainless steel, because it has a big case, the watch feels very heavy, about 210 grams. Actually, I was not firstly attracted by the watch’s big size, but by its water resistant depth, STEELDIVE claims that the watch is 1000m waterproof, this is a big depth, I have never heard that a Chinese watch can dive to 1000 meters under water, however, please see the strong solid case and thick sapphire crystal, plus the screw-in crown and case back, perhaps this STEELDIVE has a breakthrough diving record, which is 100m at least. The black bezel is not ceramic made, each marker on the bezel is applied with luminous material, they will emit a green lume light in dark places.
Black dial has a simple design, just like the big hour markers, the sword-shaped hour hand and minute hand are also wide so that they can be applied with more luminous material, so at night or in deep sea, you can still read the time clearly. Different from other diver’s watches, this STEELDIVE has a white second hand that is fully coated with luminous material, so you will see that the whole second hand emits a lume light in dark conditions. By the way, seeing from the lume picture below, the dial has a blue lume light, while the bezel markers have a green lume light. One thing I can not understand, the logo on the dial is different from the logo on the case back.
For such a big and heavy case head, this steel bracelet is a perfect fit, I do not think a rubber band or a nylon band is a good match for this watch, it will not hold the heavy case on your wrist in a comfortable way. The watch is equipped with a Japan NH35 automatic movement, which has 24 jewels, 41-hour power reserve and 21,600 bph. I believe in Japanese movements, they usually have fewer issues than movements made in China, most Japan automatic movement are very durable. I just received this watch three days ago, now it is about 5 seconds faster each day.
Buying advice:
It is too big and heavy, not a few people will like this watch. If you are looking for a diving-style watch that can be worn regularly in your daily life, this is not the right one.
Well, if you have a large wrist size and need a watch that can give your friends a big shock when surfing or doing diving activities with them in the summer, then this STEELDIVE will be a good option, not expensive and use a very stable movement. Besides this black, STEELDIVE also offers green and blue dial colors for this watch.