It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been into watches or how many you’ve owned, taking delivery of a new one is a special moment. Maybe you’ve tried it on before. Perhaps you’ve been flirting with it for years before taking the plunge. Or there’s a chance you’ve only seen it in videos and pictures. In any case, as you open the packaging for the first time and see it there, perched on its little cushion, that’s the moment you should find yourself slowly cracking a wide grin.

Diving watches have been so popular since their invention in the 1950s that, to a lot of people, the basic dive watch look defines what a watch is. Big hands, luminous hour markers, a sturdy case. And many’s the man or woman who falls hard for the dive watch’s charms without ever wanting to squeeze into a wetsuit. But what if you want a dive watch that does things just a little bit differently? Something that retains the practicality, but adds a layer of personality that you won’t see everywhere else. We’ve picked out three that fit the bill.

Diving watches have been so popular since their invention in the 1950s that, to a lot of people, the basic dive watch look defines what a watch is. Big hands, luminous hour markers, a sturdy case. And many’s the man or woman who falls hard for the dive watch’s charms without ever wanting to squeeze into a wetsuit. But what if you want a dive watch that does things just a little bit differently? Something that retains the practicality, but adds a layer of personality that you won’t see everywhere else. We’ve picked out three that fit the bill.

Dr David Ellis used to wear a traditional mechanical watch, but now wears a fitness tracker so he can record his daily runs. Indeed, Dr Ellis, associate professor of information systems at the University of Bath, has examined our attachment to fitness trackers, looking at whether wearing one encourages us to become fitter – “The evidence for that isn’t good, I’m afraid,” he says – or whether it’s fit people who tend to buy fitness trackers. As if simply wearing something on our wrists could change our behaviour…

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been into watches or how many you’ve owned, taking delivery of a new one is a special moment. Maybe you’ve tried it on before. Perhaps you’ve been flirting with it for years before taking the plunge. Or there’s a chance you’ve only seen it in videos and pictures. In any case, as you open the packaging for the first time and see it there, perched on its little cushion, that’s the moment you should find yourself slowly cracking a wide grin.

Diving watches have been so popular since their invention in the 1950s that, to a lot of people, the basic dive watch look defines what a watch is. Big hands, luminous hour markers, a sturdy case. And many’s the man or woman who falls hard for the dive watch’s charms without ever wanting to squeeze into a wetsuit. But what if you want a dive watch that does things just a little bit differently? Something that retains the practicality, but adds a layer of personality that you won’t see everywhere else. We’ve picked out three that fit the bill.