THE DIVE MASTER

Whenever a new trend emerges it is hard to resist the temptation to accuse the watch brands of some form of “collusion”. When we remind ourselves how long it takes the molasses-slow organism that is the Swiss watch industry to put things into production, we have to ask ourselves: how do so many brands arrive simultaneously at Baselworld or SIHH with blue/green/brown dials? Big dates? Over/under straps? Bronze cases?

We also know, it must be emphasised, that the watch