Among these homage watches, Steeldive is the one that has a good finish but also with much more affordable prices. I introduced several Steeldive watches before, some are homages of Seiko, one is a black Submariner homage and one is a pilot watch, today, I will introduce another good quality Steeldive watch, which has a very similar outlook to Rolex Datejust, there are a lot of dial colors available, I chose the black one.
It is a black Datejust homage watch, but the size is different, this Steeldive has a case diameter of 39mm, Rolex Datejust does not have this size, however, 39mm is also a very suitable size for men, 41mm is too big, while more suitable for men than the 36mm ones. The watch is made with solid 316L stainless steel and measured to be 12.3mm in thickness. The entire watch is about 163 grams, a little heavy even it only 39mm. The crown is a little small, it will be more convenient to rotate if has a bigger size.
The black dial has very good finished details, the unique brand logo printing is more acceptable for me than the one piece of metal on the dial of San Martin. The bar-shaped hour markers and numeral minute markers refer to the design of that on Datejust. The central second hand runs smoothly but does not look that slender like it on the 41mm Datejust. Steeldive claims the watch is 200m waterproof, it is hardly believable.
The bracelet is fully brushed, the buckle has Steeldive logo engraving, the satin finish on the bracelet looks very nice, the brand also offers a rubber band option for this watch. By the way, the watch is driven by a Japanese NH35 automatic movement that has 21,600VPH, 24 jewels and 41-hour power reserve, most importantly, this movement has stop seconds feature. Except its elegant dial design, the watch looks like having more features which a diver’s watch should have.
Conclusion:
The quality is solid and movement is very reliable, you won’t have few issues on the movement and the watch can last for more than five years. Please choose the one with stainless steel bracelet, it looks better than the one with rubber strap.
