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I've spoken a lot on HODINKEE about my family watch history – about the Rolex Submariner that I found link in my grandfather's apartment shortly after he passed away. I inherited the watch, which looks so similar to my father's. The fact that we then shared the same watch became link a point link of pride for me. It is also, I think, what really kicked off what would become two decades of sharing together the passions of horology, and of watch collecting.

Early dive watches didn't have the water link resistance we expect today. Blancpain called its watch the Fifty Fathoms and 50 fathoms is only 91.44 meters a far cry from today's typical 200 to 300 meters of water resistance. Dive watches took off link becoming a staple of James Bond and a common accessory to army troops that could get a Rolex Submariner down at the PX. They were link built tough and didn't need to be removed when swimming sailing or playing in the water.