Top 5 Divers

[intelboy1]

1) Panerai Pam25
2) Rolex Submariner
3) Kremke Subzilla
4) Blancpain Fifty Fathom
5) Doxa - any model

I think each one of these has a history that says classic dive watch ...and with the Kremke I think it represents the best Flicker case I have seen and is a perfect all around dive watch.

[celter]

1. AP RO Diver
2. JLC NS Automatic
3. BP FF
4. Rolex Submariner
5. IWC AT 2000

....and by the way, here are 2 of them:

[Stensbjerg]

I went the free divers list.

Jacques Mayol & Enzo Maiorca (my fave movie Le Grand Bleu/The Big Blue)
William Trubridge
Guilliaume Nery
Franciso Pipin Ferraras
Mateusz Malina
Jacob Hansen

How high do you put Carlos Coste?
he have some nice records.

[iinsic]

I went the free divers list.

Jacques Mayol & Enzo Maiorca (my fave movie Le Grand Bleu/The Big Blue)
William Trubridge
Guilliaume Nery
Franciso Pipin Ferraras
Mateusz Malina
Jacob Hansen

How high do you put Carlos Coste?
he have some nice records.

What's with the fascination with male divers? How about Sara Campbell (familiar to Bremont fans), who only a year after taking up the sport broke three women's world records: Free Immersion Apnea (81m); Constant Weight Apnea (now 96m); and Constant Weight No Fins (56m). I'd much rather look at underwater pictures of her....

[BA211]

I think my top 5 would look something like this (in no particular order):

Rolex DSSD
JLC Master compressor Diving GMT
IWC Aquatimer 2000
Benarus Megalodon
Panerai 305

[Nalu]

In order:
1. Omega SMP600 'Ploprof'
2. Omega SMP1000 'Grand'
3. Citizen 1000m Pro 'Autozilla'
4. Sinn EZM-1
5. IWC 3529 'Bund'

HM goes to the PRS-2 Dreadnought (an emotional choice moreso than the rest of the list)

I'd like to think the list has changed over the years, but I answered this question about 7 years ago on another forum with mostly an identical list.
Interesting that some folks have rated watches they don't own - how do you know it's a top-5 dive watch if you haven't lived with it?

[iinsic]

Interesting that some folks have rated watches they don't own - how do you know it's a top-5 dive watch if you haven't lived with it?

Excellent point, Colin! Perhaps the OP should have specified the top five desk divers. While some claim the SMP bezel is hard to turn, I never have encountered that problem on dozens of dives, most wearing thin reef gloves. The PO definitely is a step up, though. Good grippy bezel, a double-AR crystal that disappears underwater, and lume that is so bright you can see it's working in even marginally dim light. But the 5000T is my favorite ... I wish I'd had this watch 40 years ago (and I had a SM300 back then!). Admittedly, I've never dived with the DSSD, but on paper - and on my wrist - it is the closest to the 5000T in both form and function, albeit for almost five times the price. I must confess that the 42mm Sub might not be a great diver - mostly because it does not exist yet - but I've been underwater so many times wearing older model Submariners that I cannot imagine it disappointing.

Rob

[fidelio]

From current models:

1)Rolex Sub ND(i don't have it)
2)Omega Ploprof Co axial(i don't have it/don't like it)
3)Seiko ceramic shrouded Tuna,Quartz or Auto(i don't have it/don't like it)
4)Breitling Seawolf(the first ''extreme'' diver AFAIK,i don't have it)
5)Citizen Auto Zilla(Citizen knows better,i don't have it/don't like it)

[peacemaker885]

Interesting that some folks have rated watches they don't own - how do you know it's a top-5 dive watch if you haven't lived with it?

These were the words of the OP:

"I would like top hear your top 5 of diver you would like to own without any limit"

[LGH]

1. Blancpain Fifty Fathoms (issued!)
2. Rolex Milsub
3. Seiko 6105-8110
4. Omega Seamaster 300m "Big triangle"
5. Jenny Carribean 1000m Model 702

Or was the point to list the most expensive divers? :-o