WatchTime and Citizen Watch Co. recently co-hosted a virtual event in which professional divers Mike Coots, Brent Durand, and Yovan Sanchez engaged in a wide-ranging discussion with WatchTime Editor-in-Chief Roger Ruegger. Read on for more on the panelists, highlights from the conversation, and to discover Citizen’s new Aqualand Diver collection.

Mike Coots is a surfer, photographer, and shark attack survivor who performs his aquatic activities with a prosthetic leg. An advocate for sharks and marine conversation, Mike has been featured on CBS News, Discovery, National Geographic Magazine, the BBC, and numerous other media outlets and has written for CNN.com and the Huffington Post.

Mike Coots

Brent Durand is a California-based scuba diver, surfer, writer, photographer and marketer. A diver for almost 25 years, Brent produces, directs, and hosts a range of video content for clients and occasionally writes for scuba publications. His clients include top scuba brands, dive resorts, tourism boards, and underwater camera equipment manufacturers, and he has led underwater photo workshops around the world.
Brent Durand

Yovan Sanchez is a member of the elite dive team of Lifeline Tactical Rescue Tools, which manufactures high-performance rescue devices for military and underwater applications. He is an experienced free diver and a seasoned fire rescue professional.

Yovan Sanchez

RR: Can each of you tell us a little bit about how you started diving, ...