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Both bezels
: did not have an easy grip (especially with
: wet hands) compared to a Rolex 'saw' tooth
: type bezels. The bezels on the Omegas are
: much harder to turn than the Rolexes.
As far as I understood it, the diving bezel is used as the main part in a diving watch. It is supposed to show the diving time in case the diving computer ever fails. If the bezel is accidently hit or turned (wet suits are quite sticky) the diving time will decrease, because one thinks he dived already for a longer period than he actually did, right ?.
So, the bezel's ability to stay in place is the guarantee for maximum divng time and for the correct judgement of any other decision one might have to take during diving, maybe for the decompression phase, well, whatever, I am not a diver as said. So, I thing the SM smooth bezel, instead of the Rolex jig-saw, can also help not to bump the bezel out of place. It also looks better ;-) IMHO.
My feeling is just that the hard clicks in the Omega give me this precision feel I like (uh, ah...). Of course Titanium is a bit more sticky than steel, so I have never had a problem turning my bezel. When I was at the red sea I even had the feeling once in water it was even easier to turn.
I don't think the sword hands would work in a
: chronograph for legibility reasons. It would
: cover the sub dials.
: -
Concerning the sword hands. I imagine that the skeleton hands work as well for diving. It could be that you then have a simple tie with a Rolex, because of equal super Lumina surface area. I would not use/want the chronograph function for diving anyway, but more for real life. I "especially" like the much thicker case in the chronograph. For my wrists it could be even larger (not thicker), like a 50mm case instead of 42mm (yes, yes, yes). I just like those big watches. I also like the Aquatimer from IWC, although that one is not offering any diving suit extension of any kind at all.
In any situation, one should really look at both watches and his wallet ;-)...
Andreas
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