Wolbrook is one of the more interesting heritage brands to resurface in the last few years, a period during which all manner of historic Swiss manufacturers have returned from the proverbial woodwork. We covered Wolbrook?s initial release here, which was a relaunched version of a skindiver worn by none other than Neil Armstrong. Wolbrook, like so many other Swiss brands, succumbed to the quartz crisis in the 1970s after several decades of producing the type of honest and humble sports watches that a test pilot and future astronaut/American hero might choose for himself as his own personal watch. Wolbrook?s newest watches, the Skindiver Automatic and Skindiver Professional, don?t stray too far from the aesthetic of their debut, and if anything offer a more stripped down, vintage inspired skindiver experience. 
The Skindiver WT that we profiled in 2019 was a somewhat curious watch, combining the sleek and compact proportions of a classic skindiver with a bezel that gives the user some quick and dirty worldtime functionality. That bezel layout was true to the historic watch worn by Armstrong, but might not be as desirable to a dive watch shopper looking for something practical for use in a modern environment. The Skindiver Automatic and Professional are a corrective or sorts, offering a more traditional dive timing bezel, which of course is also perfectly appropriate for timing a steak, your laundry, or virtually anything else that takes less than 60 minutes to comp...