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We're spending the last long weekend of summer underwater, and we invite you to jump in with us. All the way through Labor Day, we'll be filling the site with the best, most hard-core HODINKEE dive watch stories from the past 10 years. This is one.
"The Seamaster Professional," Jason Heaton reminds us, "started life as a shiny accessory made to slide under Pierce Brosnan's cuff in the mid-90s, when James Bond was a well-coiffed dandy. It's the archetypal 'dress diver' – the exact opposite of a tool watch, with a glittery multi-link bracelet, scalloped bezel, skeleton hands, and stylized wave dial."
Three years ago Jason wondered, as countless others undoubtedly have, how the watch would perform if someone dared to take its name seriously. The result? You'll have to read to find out.
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