I'm on a thin watch kick. Recently bought a vintage handwind Longines and it upended my whole view of watch thinness as THE spec for me.
But it's tough with a dive watch, obvs.
So, what are the thinnest legit dive watches (and by legit, I mean at least 300m -- Edit: okay, fine, 200M, see below) WR)?
Some other ground rules (although this is really meant as more of a pile-on list thread, not a recommendations thread):
1. Automatic (obviously)
2. Current or recent production
3. Assume price is no object, just for fun ;-)
4. No limits on provenance -- Asian, Japanese, Swiss, British, Italian, whatever
5. To re-iterate, 300m WR minimum (more is obviously better).
Here are some starters - can we beat them?
1. Longines HydroConquest - 39mm
Some sources put the 39mm version of the HydroConquest at 11.85mm, which is pretty darn thin. But it's not a current model and I can't find an official spec, so I'm a little skeptical.
2. Sinn EZM3
500m WR, and only 12.3mm
3. Hamilton Khaki Frogman - 42mm
According to Amazon, anyway, the new 42mm Frogman gets down to an even 12mm. Hamilton doesn't seem to publish the spec, and we all know how reliable Amazon spec sheets can be for watches. It looks pretty chunky in general, so again, I'm skeptical.
4. Crepas Cayman 3000
Just kidding. (17mm plus crystal, baby!)
What else we got?
But it's tough with a dive watch, obvs.
So, what are the thinnest legit dive watches (and by legit, I mean at least 300m -- Edit: okay, fine, 200M, see below) WR)?
Some other ground rules (although this is really meant as more of a pile-on list thread, not a recommendations thread):
1. Automatic (obviously)
2. Current or recent production
3. Assume price is no object, just for fun ;-)
4. No limits on provenance -- Asian, Japanese, Swiss, British, Italian, whatever
5. To re-iterate, 300m WR minimum (more is obviously better).
Here are some starters - can we beat them?
1. Longines HydroConquest - 39mm
Some sources put the 39mm version of the HydroConquest at 11.85mm, which is pretty darn thin. But it's not a current model and I can't find an official spec, so I'm a little skeptical.
2. Sinn EZM3
500m WR, and only 12.3mm
3. Hamilton Khaki Frogman - 42mm
According to Amazon, anyway, the new 42mm Frogman gets down to an even 12mm. Hamilton doesn't seem to publish the spec, and we all know how reliable Amazon spec sheets can be for watches. It looks pretty chunky in general, so again, I'm skeptical.
4. Crepas Cayman 3000
Just kidding. (17mm plus crystal, baby!)
What else we got?