Continuing with our annual round-up, today we look back at some of the most exciting and innovative debuts that broke onto the scene in 2022. In spite of an ever-changing and increasingly volatile economy, the year saw the expansion of high-profile retailers, the launch of a host of notable timepieces, and the watch industry resumed with large-scale industry events, like our own WatchTime New York. We?re going in head first today with a recap of five dive watches that made a splash this year. 

Tudor Pelagos 39

After a long stint of developing the Black Bay family of watches, this year Tudor introduced a new generation of the Pelagos, making its debut in a satin-brushed, 39mm titanium case. The Pelagos 39 is the first of its kind with such a versatile case diameter, though it maintains all of the functionality of the rest of its family. Tudor opts for an all-black dial and unidirectional rotating bezel, contrasting by white indices and iconic snowflake-style hands. Powering the watch is the self-winding manufacture caliber MT5400 with a 70 power reserve offering 200 meters of water resistance. Available on a non-limited basis, retail for the new Tudor Pelagos 39 is marked at $4,400.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Deepsea Challenge

Rolex is renowned, among other things, for the way it revolutionized water resistant watch technology beginning in the 1950s with the Submariner collection. This year the brand struck again with another revolutionary dive watch rel...