A skin diver that knows when to stop
By Sam Okafor, London ยท
The Skin Diver is the quiet member of the Super Sea Wolf family, and I mean that kindly. A thin black bezel, a green sunburst dial, applied triangles at 12, 6 and 9, and nothing at 3. No date window means the dial keeps its symmetry, which is the whole point of this style.
At 39 mm it sits in the sweet spot for a vintage-minded diver. The beads-of-rice-style bracelet adds a bit of 1960s fizz without turning into fancy dress.
Where it slips is the text. There is a lot of script under the logo, Super Sea Wolf in cursive plus 'Automatic' and 'Chronometer' lines, and on a dial this clean it reads like a footnote that went on too long.
STP 1-11 automatic, 44 hours, 200 m. At $1,595 it is good value for the design alone. Think of it as a well-cut suit rather than a showpiece.