The Oceaneva Deep Marine Explorer Pro is a watch that is a bit of a behemoth of a thing. It does sit at a manageable diameter of 42mm, however, it’s right on the edge of what I’d call wearable with a lug to lug length of 49.5mm. In my opinion, the lug to lug length is a far more important measurement when it comes to selecting a watch. With my 7″ wrist I generally stick to a lug to lug length of 48mm but as previously mentioned, I can pull off this Oceaneva, but only just. I’m actually wearing the Deep Marine Explorer while I write this review and I have to say, it is very comfortable and not top-heavy at all as my initial impressions thought it would be.
The case, bezel and crown are all stainless steel of the usual 316L variety. The overall height, with the inclusion of the domed sapphire crystal I measured at 14.8mm. The signed crown at the 3’oclock position has a great feel to it, nice and smooth when in use with no cross-threading. There’s also a helium escape valve at 9 o’clock. Normally these are pointless, especially when added to a “desk diver” but on a 1000m pro diver it is definitely a useful addition.
The case itself is entirely brushed with only the bezel being polished. It is quite slab-sided though with not much curve to the lugs. There is no chamfered edges either, nothing fancy like that on this watch, but that’s the point, it’s 100% designed to be a diver / toolwatch first and foremost. Nothing more.
This watch looks great, in fact it appears to be a clone of my Neymar with some minor modifications to the clasp. That said, my Neymar has the ETA movement instead of the SW200. The band has push pins like the Neymar and for a$399 watch that is fine, but for $700+ it seems a bit much. I’d love to know if this watch is indeed any different than my Neymar.
Hello Jonh,
The Neymar does not use ETA movement, it uses Seiko NH35. The Oceaneva has more built quality in my opinion.
I need another watch like I need a case of the clap (know what I’m sayin here guys?)
I just purchased a NOS one on greedbay for $395 (too good a deal to pass up), haven’t gotten it yet but am certainly looking forward to receiving it!
I have several different Japanese dive watches, a Rotary Super 7 (my main go to), as well as several TAG/Heuer & Seamasters and although this is pretty much a different kind of tool than the TAGs and Omegas I’m looking forward to comparing this to my current stable.