Five hundred meters is a lot of meters
By Dave Kowalski, Chicago ยท
I'm an electrician. The deepest I go is a crawlspace. This Squale is rated to 500 m. But I still think it's cool, because Squale has been making dive watches since the late 50s and they've earned it.
The case is a cushion shape, 42 mm by 13.5 mm with 22 mm lugs. Looks super vintage and kind of chunky in a good way. Black dial, date, rotating bezel, sapphire. Comes on rubber, which is the right call for a diver, thank you Squale.
The SW200-1 inside is the Swiss workhorse with 38 hours. Fine, reliable, easy to service. Not much else to say.
$895 to $995. The 500 m thing is kind of overkill but it means the case is built like a tank. My only complaint: the cushion case wears bigger than 42 mm suggests, and it's tall. If you've got a skinny wrist, it's going to be a lot. Otherwise this is an honest Swiss-Italian diver for a fair price.