Great video! Would be nice to make it a series where you invite professionals to talk about their profession and the watches they use (pilot, explorer, soldier, mountain climber, racer etc...)
@@BatCountryAdventures I USED TO GO DIVING I would take off my Rolex Submariner and put on a dive watch about 3" x 4" - digital made of rubber with brass pins that could detect my touch.
Are dive watches useful for diving? Short answer: NO! Reason: Diving is equip intensive, and equipment should be redundant (especially cave diving). Watches tell time; dive computers tell time, depth, dive profile, dive history, temperature, etc (essential information). I've been a diver for 27 years, commercial diver for 16 years, total of over 15000 dives.
Last month I wore my Omega Seamaster 300 on a Greek beach. As I dog paddled 20 meters from shore, I looked at my wet watch and knew my $6,000 had been well spent. Even the seagulls squawked their approval at my delusion.
Unfortunately no mention of the Nectar of the Gods that is known by Mankind as 'Invicta'.. And that Cave Diver DARES to class Himself as a Pro-Diver... whilst Wearing Panerai?.. unfortunately with that state of mind "Grand Diver" status will stay forever out of reach...
Most of my dive watches are iso certified, some are capable of more than the standard 200/300 meters. My bathtub is deep and I need the best equipment. 👌 Great video lads.
Yep, I'd like to see more in-depth professional watch users discussing their trades: Polo players - do they all wear Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso? Lawyers - which chronograph to bill by the minute? F1 drivers - is Richard Mille more useful than Casio?
Hip Hop "artists" - was it necessary to ice out this Patek ? Tiktokers - who will be the first to dare other brands than Rolex and AP ? Dentists - was your career choice based on healing people or purchasing a Daytona ? Soccer Player - How much is Hublot paying you to ashame youself ?
This was very good but strange video. On one hand, the soothing music and Andy's voice describing his love of cave diving. On the other hand, you have Tom showing cave diving and spelunking videos, making my claustrophobia and anxiety go off the charts.
Great video! What cool extreme cave exploration experience shared by a really experienced person. However, long duration cave exploration is not typical diving. No current watches are designed for modern recreational open water diving. A dive watch is only useful for a square dive profile when you know the dive table, that is designed for 1-2 dives a day. If you are doing multiple dives with non-square profiles, a dive watch would be pretty useless. I used to use a dive computer about the size of a dive watch as a backup for my main dive computer on the other wrist, but it really is not very practical except to confirm that your main dive computer has not gone insane. BTW I was lucky enough to spend a whole week with the guy that did the research to produce the original UK navy dive tables as my dive buddy and companion. He had many great experiences he shared.
@@TomJones-tx7pb There are a few watches that are designed for modern recreational open water diving. for example the: SUUNTO D5. but a dive watch is only useless beside your diving computer. By the way. you could use your dive watch for non square dive profiles and multiple dives a day if it has a depth gauge and you plan the dives beforehand and do the calculations. its just not practical.
Are dive watches useful for diving? Short answer: NO! Reason: Diving is equip intensive, and equipment should be redundant (especially cave diving). Watches tell time; dive computers tell time, depth, dive profile, dive history, temperature, etc (essential information). I've been a diver for 27 years, commercial diver for 16 years, total of over 15000 dives.
I have recently had my desk diving watch back from periodical service and re- adjustment. Together with replacement of all gaskets and the test for 30bar water resistance, although it will never experience even a splash of any water. 🙂
I had always thought of cave diving as an insane sport, way more so than parachuting, flex wing flying and BASE jumping. This has not changed that view but has instilled in me the courage, professionalism and dedication required to make it appealing and survivable. I have a feeling about the watches that would be good for the sport which would not include £5000 Panerais, but more like $800 CWC and Seikos, but each to their own. Great video nevertheless.
A raindrop hit my new Superocean last Friday on my way to the pub. I turned around and went home and swapped it for my Citizen promaster ecodrive before starting my rainy adventure back to the pub. Better to be safe than sorry I say..
That watch needs a good rain/waterfall/anything which contains water so you can feel comfortable wearing it everywhere. It’s a beautiful watch, wear it with pleasure!
Stephen, after hearing the cave diving expert, now we know that next time it rains you should take *two* water resistant watches, for redundancy, of course
Fascinating discussion, and great insights from a true pro. However I question whether any mechanical watch is truly a good choice over a g-shock, in tight rocky caves. A g-shock's battery will last the duration of any dive...
Excellent video chaps. Really enjoyed this. Please keep this type of thing going. Pilots, racing drivers, astronauts there’s so much that could be looked into. Well done guys
Very interesting video full of perspective and insight into a world most watch enthusiasts will never put their pieces though! I work in the maritime sector; a navigator by trade and I've just passed my master's ticket. I wear a Citizen Skyhawk at work. The multi time zone display, UTC dial (all navigation is planned in UTC) and slide rule (speed, distance, time calculations) are all very useful tools for my job, as per the watches original design brief for the air environment.
Loved this content! Andy is a fascinating guy. Unfortunately had to come here after the 'We Have To Change Because Of Rolex' video as otherwise it didn't show in my feed. I think it great to see watches 'in their element' so to speak, focus more on their use opposed to seeing them just as luxury items. Think of all the divers, sailors, explorers wearing Rolex (yes naming that brand again...) because they were simple reliable watches. I have been working for several years in the dive business, albeit in warm clear waters in Asia and the Caribbean. Cave diving for sure is another ball game, but keen to try it out one day. Probably starting with some cenotes in Mexico, clear water and a big bigger inside! Also got started with some hours on a rebreather, that really is fun and added a new dimension to my diving. In all my diving I always took my Sea Dweller 16600 (and again that brand...) with me, mainly for fun, but also as back-up timer in case it was needed (never). And it is easy to have the time quickly available as dive boats usually run a tight schedule so you need to know when you need to have your divers back on the boat. It has seen about 1200 dives or so, it is pretty banged up but that is the way it should be! Think I even dived with it once with the crown unscrewed by accident and all the triplock crown saved it that day! Looking at the watch now it reminds me of all the cool places it accompanied me to - a great memory bank. Keep up the great content!
Utterly spellbound for the whole video. I’ve been underwater once in a cave. That was a very rewarding experience, but I chose not to repeat it. Let’s have more of this please.
I’ve got a man cave and a Sea Dweller Deep Sea; will the watch cope or should I get something better? Great interview, and a really interesting guest, but I grew a little weary of the repetitive Panerai advert; I mean, how many times did he have to check the time in front of his GoPro? Was the bus late?
One of the best long form episodes yet! Most of us watch collectors who pretend to live the lives of experts such as this by wearing watches he would wear, gives a lot of meaning to this hobby. I think I need an exp2 now…
Thank you for this video, it has been very fascinating to hear Andy's experiences of his adventurous journeys. It would be great to have him again on the show to talk about his watches and/ or to share more of his stories and amazing footages,
Great video! I echo most of the comments this is so hard core 🤯!!! More of these please, regular divers, military divers, pilots, special ops…Pilots, etc….professionals and their watches!
Very interesting! I would never ever ever ever ever cave dive, but I'm glad someone does! I'm surprised the talk wasn't more focused around watches. Also, please do like two more hours of this. Thanks! Great vid.
Man this was thoroughly captivating. Great, great content. I recently got into the Rolex Explorer ii because of this newly found curiosity about spelunking. I really want more of this kind of content. Also great to get visuals. Thanks boys.
I've learnt a lot from this video, no way am I going cave diving. I'm too old, I'm unfit and I don't want to risk reducing the time I have left on this ball trying to read the time in a cave hours away from the surface. I do however take my hat off to those who do this stuff as there is so much to learn. 30 years ago I may well have loved the chance to give it a go, today not so much. Anyway a great video and thank for sharing.
I’ve wreck dived across the Pacific and Caribbean but would never consider cave diving. Super dangerous. I have always dived with a watch. When I started, there were no dive computers, just gauges. My citizen aqualand was my first dive computer
What an informative video! Also an important vindication for mechanical dive watches (more specifically the ones that are ISO-certified and made for actual divers I suppose).
My old aqua racer had been in a few oceans, lots of rivers and creeks. On lots of coasts... when i got rid of it I remember saying to myself, what a ride, and thanks. On to the next
wow... it's been a long time since i have hang to somebody's word telling somethin so interesting. deep respect for the man, and everyone who does cave diving. i think when you are a cave diver, you are no different then an astronaut.. wow.
Loved it. Mesmerising. Word for word. Felt that breathtaking experience just by watching this amazing video sitting comfortably on my sofa here in Melbourne. Lesson: when faced with very little options, in some cases literally none, it's always best to take a moment to take a few steps back and relax your mind to drain it off all panic attacks and negative thoughts to work out your solution with a clear conscious. Got it. Thanks guys. Have already shared it with a few other people.
That was fascinating, and i also live near wookey hole so big plus :) for me there seems to be a massive mental state to overcome, ex military must prepare you a lot but without that i think that would be a big thing to learn to deal with. Loved this chat. I am guessing an aliexpress rebreather homage is not the place to start :)
Cave diving? Absolute madness. I'm not easily phased by commonly scary things, like heights, or even tight spaces, but I cannot imagine anything worse than cave diving.
It's nice to see the dive watches still getting some professional use as the backups for dive computers. Cave diving being one of the niche uses where one still could justify using a diver's watch, but oh well. the other wrist usually still isn't reserved for something more important use. 😉
Really interesting conversation... I learned a lot! But...is it me or they forgot to talk about the actual dive watches...( what features, brands divers prefer, what is best technique of using a dive watch...) ???
Very cool video! a real change of pace and a great interviewee. Anyone arguing about the "utility" of dive watches needs to, as Andy put it, "get a grip."
How do you personally check and then service at the store for the dive watch? A normal watch store probably say that we don’t guarantee its ability for dive but time function only.
Most watch manufacturers will re-certify the water resistance rating if you send your watch for service to them. And if it's a tool you really rely on when doing something more dangerous maybe it's for the best, so you don't have to put your safety in hand of your local shop. Who may or may not know what they are doing. Most watch service places don't even have an equipment to do a pressure test. Some fancy ones do.
I can't decide if I enjoyed this or not, but it was fascinating to hear about the process, the equipment, the mentaility etc. I'm a diver, but strickly open ocean. I have no interest in cave diving at all. Watching him basically crawl through (pitch black) tunnels barely large enough to squeeze through was very uncomfortable, can't imagine actually doing it myself. This guy has some serious stones on him! I have some genuine questions though. He talks about 5-6 hours like it's a short dive. A recreational diver will tell you 40 mins is a pretty average tank dive. Can you go longer? Sure. But after an hour or so, you're more or less sucking fumes. He's got rebreathers etc, but he was talking DAYS. I have so many logistical questions at that point. All of these are based on the footage of him crawling through super small tunnels. I'm assuming most of the asnwers here are "hope for an opening with access to air." You could be going through a cave system that opens up into a much larger space that is still completely submerged. With that in mind: How do you eat? Like maybe some sort of gel pack that you take out your regulator and take squeezes of food? How do you sleep? If there's no opening with air, do you just keep going and hope for something? Is it possible to sleep with a regulator on? That would be an insane experience! Can you imagine waking up underwater, pitch black, no sense of time etc. I would hit the panick button immediately. How do you go to the bathroom? It's no secret that divers pee in their wetsuits all the time BUT he's talking dry suits. No one wants to be sloshing around in a plastic bag of pee for hours on end, let alone if you have to back one out. The impression I got was that some of these are very much unexplored tunnels. You have no idea if it's going to open up into a larger space with access to air. Let's say you are 5 or 6 hours into a dive, and there's no sign of an opening. How do you get out? I know he's got line, and maybe some of the footage was edited for maximum drama, but how do you turn around? Obviously either keep track of your surroundings, take rough measurements of landmarks etc. sort of a "about 200m back there was an opening" sort of thing I would imagine. Keep going forwards hoping for a larger space? Crawling backwards through a tunnel would be so nerve-racking (for me). Some of my reservations are based on what I consider to be a healthy respect for the dangers involved with diving, but I also know people who have died diving. I have been to Saipan, and there's an amaxing spot called the grotto. You start out at the top of basically a cliff, climb down 100 or so stairs carrying all your equipment and come to a pool of water blocked off by a sheer wall of rock. You dive into the pool, enter a large cave, swim down maybe somewhere between 15-30m through a hole and come out on the ocean side. It's absolutely stunning. Amazing coral, fish etc and the experience of getting down to the water, getting out through the cave into the pacific etc is absolutely stunning. Sometimes there are sharks in the cave. It's an amazing experience. That said, one of my dive instructors died there guiding a group. No one knows what happened, but the general consensus is she was taking a group, someone panicked in the cave and the instructor and one of the divers disappeared. They were found the following day on the ocean side. It wouldn't make sense to me that anything happened anywhere other than the cave, because (worst case scenario) you just surface, end of story. People aren't allowed to dive there until they have a certain number of dives. Who knows how strictly that's enforced, or if it's more of a guideline than a rule. In any event, ever since then I've been warry of caves. UFC fighter Donald "the Cowboy" Cerrone has a wild, terrifying story about cave diving with a buddy and getting separated that makes my hair stand on edge. Not a story I need to hear twice, that's for sure.
Na, cave diving is definitely not for me, and I'm a recreational diving instructor. As such I dive with one, or occasionally two computers because I can, but my Seamaster 300m stays safe and dry in the house, or in the car.
Cave diving... just watching this video gives me a creeping feeling of an upcoming panic attack. Bonkers ;) Luckily there is also interesting talk about watches!
Great interview. Scuba diving has always appealed not sure about cave diving since I went down an old abandoned lead mine and learnt I suffer from claustrophobia. Now, do you know any astronauts?
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Great video! Would be nice to make it a series where you invite professionals to talk about their profession and the watches they use (pilot, explorer, soldier, mountain climber, racer etc...)
I feel like most people in that category would say “g-shock”
If you ever need a rep for “couch potato” or “desk diver” just call me!
@@tsuihintree Yeah... Either that or it will just be a roster of professionals who have brand sponsorships. :D
@@BatCountryAdventures I USED TO GO DIVING I would take off my Rolex Submariner and put on a dive watch about 3" x 4" - digital made of rubber with brass pins that could detect my touch.
Are dive watches useful for diving?
Short answer: NO!
Reason: Diving is equip intensive, and equipment should be redundant (especially cave diving). Watches tell time; dive computers tell time, depth, dive profile, dive history, temperature, etc (essential information).
I've been a diver for 27 years, commercial diver for 16 years, total of over 15000 dives.
Last month I wore my Omega Seamaster 300 on a Greek beach.
As I dog paddled 20 meters from shore, I looked at my wet watch and knew my $6,000 had been well spent.
Even the seagulls squawked their approval at my delusion.
With a Planet Ocean you could have paddled 30 meters away from shore 😄
A Citizen Promaster for 200 Bucks does the same....so apparently you wasted $5800 ;D
@@enasnI127
A Citizen only lasts for the warranty period. After that they're junk that doesn't work.
Yet to see the video, but I hope the treasure they're gonna talk about is Invicta
😂
Unfortunately no mention of the Nectar of the Gods that is known by Mankind as 'Invicta'.. And that Cave Diver DARES to class Himself as a Pro-Diver... whilst Wearing Panerai?.. unfortunately with that state of mind "Grand Diver" status will stay forever out of reach...
Those divers didn’t make it back
They are talkng about Parnis Marina Militare.
And Bobs your uncle!
Most of my dive watches are iso certified, some are capable of more than the standard 200/300 meters.
My bathtub is deep and I need the best equipment. 👌
Great video lads.
Yep, I'd like to see more in-depth professional watch users discussing their trades:
Polo players - do they all wear Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso?
Lawyers - which chronograph to bill by the minute?
F1 drivers - is Richard Mille more useful than Casio?
Hip Hop "artists" - was it necessary to ice out this Patek ?
Tiktokers - who will be the first to dare other brands than Rolex and AP ?
Dentists - was your career choice based on healing people or purchasing a Daytona ?
Soccer Player - How much is Hublot paying you to ashame youself ?
Funny thing is Casio used to sponsor F1 team, and no their F1 Limited watches were not digital 🤣🤣🤣 (EQB-1200AT and EFS-S580AT)
@@NickABQQm Didn't know that.
I “would like to see more of this, this kind of stuff, the exploration, the use of watches where they’re supposed to be used” please 🙂
This was very good but strange video. On one hand, the soothing music and Andy's voice describing his love of cave diving. On the other hand, you have Tom showing cave diving and spelunking videos, making my claustrophobia and anxiety go off the charts.
This was a bloody brilliant video. I’d love to see this become a series with other adventuring types and which tool watches they wear!
I would love to see some more of the tool dive watches. The ones really designed for diving.
Citizen and seiko comes to mind specially citizen their eco drive watches are great
Great video!
What cool extreme cave exploration experience shared by a really experienced person.
However, long duration cave exploration is not typical diving.
No current watches are designed for modern recreational open water diving.
A dive watch is only useful for a square dive profile when you know the dive table, that is designed for 1-2 dives a day. If you are doing multiple dives with non-square profiles, a dive watch would be pretty useless.
I used to use a dive computer about the size of a dive watch as a backup for my main dive computer on the other wrist, but it really is not very practical except to confirm that your main dive computer has not gone insane.
BTW I was lucky enough to spend a whole week with the guy that did the research to produce the original UK navy dive tables as my dive buddy and companion. He had many great experiences he shared.
@@TomJones-tx7pb There are a few watches that are designed for modern recreational open water diving. for example the: SUUNTO D5. but a dive watch is only useless beside your diving computer. By the way. you could use your dive watch for non square dive profiles and multiple dives a day if it has a depth gauge and you plan the dives beforehand and do the calculations. its just not practical.
@@TomJones-tx7pb Citizen makes an ISO diver with the recreational dive table on the watchstrap
Are dive watches useful for diving?
Short answer: NO!
Reason: Diving is equip intensive, and equipment should be redundant (especially cave diving). Watches tell time; dive computers tell time, depth, dive profile, dive history, temperature, etc (essential information).
I've been a diver for 27 years, commercial diver for 16 years, total of over 15000 dives.
Wow, Kudos to the gentleman. I got claustrophobic anxiety just from watching that exceptional footage.
I have recently had my desk diving watch back from periodical service and re- adjustment. Together with replacement of all gaskets and the test for 30bar water resistance, although it will never experience even a splash of any water. 🙂
And there is me who never serviced his promaster, but diving with it time to time.
Your best video. Someone who uses a dive watch in these incredibly taxing scenarios puts it into a different perspective. More of this please
I had always thought of cave diving as an insane sport, way more so than parachuting, flex wing flying and BASE jumping. This has not changed that view but has instilled in me the courage, professionalism and dedication required to make it appealing and survivable. I have a feeling about the watches that would be good for the sport which would not include £5000 Panerais, but more like $800 CWC and Seikos, but each to their own. Great video nevertheless.
A raindrop hit my new Superocean last Friday on my way to the pub. I turned around and went home and swapped it for my Citizen promaster ecodrive before starting my rainy adventure back to the pub. Better to be safe than sorry I say..
That watch needs a good rain/waterfall/anything which contains water so you can feel comfortable wearing it everywhere.
It’s a beautiful watch, wear it with pleasure!
Stephen, after hearing the cave diving expert, now we know that next time it rains you should take *two* water resistant watches, for redundancy, of course
Congrats on 800K subscribers!
Fascinating discussion, and great insights from a true pro. However I question whether any mechanical watch is truly a good choice over a g-shock, in tight rocky caves. A g-shock's battery will last the duration of any dive...
Great video it shows watches in their real enviroment something mine will never get a chance of seeing. Its nice to hear from a real diver too.
Excellent video chaps. Really enjoyed this.
Please keep this type of thing going.
Pilots, racing drivers, astronauts there’s so much that could be looked into.
Well done guys
Wow, what a fascinating episode! Thank you. Nice to see a dive watch being used for that purpose and love that Tom asked about treasure 😂
Very interesting video full of perspective and insight into a world most watch enthusiasts will never put their pieces though!
I work in the maritime sector; a navigator by trade and I've just passed my master's ticket. I wear a Citizen Skyhawk at work. The multi time zone display, UTC dial (all navigation is planned in UTC) and slide rule (speed, distance, time calculations) are all very useful tools for my job, as per the watches original design brief for the air environment.
This was fantastic! I love interviews with folks who are really putting themselves out there, and using their gear the way it was intended.
Loved this content! Andy is a fascinating guy. Unfortunately had to come here after the 'We Have To Change Because Of Rolex' video as otherwise it didn't show in my feed.
I think it great to see watches 'in their element' so to speak, focus more on their use opposed to seeing them just as luxury items. Think of all the divers, sailors, explorers wearing Rolex (yes naming that brand again...) because they were simple reliable watches.
I have been working for several years in the dive business, albeit in warm clear waters in Asia and the Caribbean. Cave diving for sure is another ball game, but keen to try it out one day. Probably starting with some cenotes in Mexico, clear water and a big bigger inside! Also got started with some hours on a rebreather, that really is fun and added a new dimension to my diving. In all my diving I always took my Sea Dweller 16600 (and again that brand...) with me, mainly for fun, but also as back-up timer in case it was needed (never). And it is easy to have the time quickly available as dive boats usually run a tight schedule so you need to know when you need to have your divers back on the boat. It has seen about 1200 dives or so, it is pretty banged up but that is the way it should be! Think I even dived with it once with the crown unscrewed by accident and all the triplock crown saved it that day! Looking at the watch now it reminds me of all the cool places it accompanied me to - a great memory bank.
Keep up the great content!
Utterly spellbound for the whole video. I’ve been underwater once in a cave. That was a very rewarding experience, but I chose not to repeat it. Let’s have more of this please.
Please keep posting these! The algorithm was trying to keep this from me.
I’ve got a man cave and a Sea Dweller Deep Sea; will the watch cope or should I get something better?
Great interview, and a really interesting guest, but I grew a little weary of the repetitive Panerai advert; I mean, how many times did he have to check the time in front of his GoPro? Was the bus late?
Really enjoyed this and have always been a fan of when you go long form. I’d like to see similar videos in the future
This is the best episode and podcast episode in a long time, great work!! From someone who loves dive watches this is amazing
One of the best long form episodes yet! Most of us watch collectors who pretend to live the lives of experts such as this by wearing watches he would wear, gives a lot of meaning to this hobby.
I think I need an exp2 now…
Thank you for this video, it has been very fascinating to hear Andy's experiences of his adventurous journeys. It would be great to have him again on the show to talk about his watches and/ or to share more of his stories and amazing footages,
I will now associate Panerai with panic attacks. Thanks Watchfinder!
This was one of the most interesting interviews I have viewed. Thank you:)!!
My Vostok has survived bashes on rocks while rafting. Love it!
I agree, I have a Volstok and have taken it diving and swimming with zero issues! Cheers mate
Great video! I’m a diver myself but not crazy enough to go into a dark cave 😄!
Fascinating video, but I really couldn't think of a more terrifyingly activity than cave diving 😬
Cave diving is on another level of crazy. Great respect Andy.
That Panerai looks extremely serious for that business, en par with the looks of a G-Shock. Nice tool watch.
Great video! I echo most of the comments this is so hard core 🤯!!! More of these please, regular divers, military divers, pilots, special ops…Pilots, etc….professionals and their watches!
Very interesting! I would never ever ever ever ever cave dive, but I'm glad someone does! I'm surprised the talk wasn't more focused around watches. Also, please do like two more hours of this. Thanks! Great vid.
Man this was thoroughly captivating. Great, great content. I recently got into the Rolex Explorer ii because of this newly found curiosity about spelunking. I really want more of this kind of content. Also great to get visuals. Thanks boys.
Utterly fascinating.
Andy is articulate, descriptive and engaging. A superman.
I've learnt a lot from this video, no way am I going cave diving. I'm too old, I'm unfit and I don't want to risk reducing the time I have left on this ball trying to read the time in a cave hours away from the surface. I do however take my hat off to those who do this stuff as there is so much to learn. 30 years ago I may well have loved the chance to give it a go, today not so much. Anyway a great video and thank for sharing.
I agree ! The only diving i do now is muff diving 🤗
@@juniorjohnson5961 your mums?
@@mbal4052 Maybe when she was young
I’ve wreck dived across the Pacific and Caribbean but would never consider cave diving. Super dangerous. I have always dived with a watch. When I started, there were no dive computers, just gauges. My citizen aqualand was my first dive computer
A fantastic episode, really interesting.
I’d love to see more like this.
Keep it up chaps.
What an informative video! Also an important vindication for mechanical dive watches (more specifically the ones that are ISO-certified and made for actual divers I suppose).
Hope to see another episode soon. I'd love to see another dive watch series talking with a underwater welder or something.
More of this please! Maybe I missed it but I didn't get which beands and models he is using?
Very interesting video, would love to hear more about it, thanks.
Cave diving is about as hardcore as it gets. It must take great mental fortitude to enact.
My old aqua racer had been in a few oceans, lots of rivers and creeks. On lots of coasts... when i got rid of it I remember saying to myself, what a ride, and thanks. On to the next
Fascinating, would love to see more of this 👍
wow... it's been a long time since i have hang to somebody's word telling somethin so interesting.
deep respect for the man, and everyone who does cave diving.
i think when you are a cave diver, you are no different then an astronaut..
wow.
This was a fun one, thanks
Loved it. Mesmerising. Word for word. Felt that breathtaking experience just by watching this amazing video sitting comfortably on my sofa here in Melbourne. Lesson: when faced with very little options, in some cases literally none, it's always best to take a moment to take a few steps back and relax your mind to drain it off all panic attacks and negative thoughts to work out your solution with a clear conscious. Got it. Thanks guys. Have already shared it with a few other people.
Great episode! Already looking forward to the next part!
Cave diving is incredibly scary.. Let's get more of this type of stuff.
That was fascinating, and i also live near wookey hole so big plus :) for me there seems to be a massive mental state to overcome, ex military must prepare you a lot but without that i think that would be a big thing to learn to deal with. Loved this chat. I am guessing an aliexpress rebreather homage is not the place to start :)
It would be nice if you could also display the boxes and packaging these watches come in. Thanks.
I like the way you produce your videos, they are much more interesting than watching talking heads.
Cave diving? Absolute madness. I'm not easily phased by commonly scary things, like heights, or even tight spaces, but I cannot imagine anything worse than cave diving.
Awesome video! Love the "watches out in the wild" concept.
I thought that was G Shock! Great video and very nice Panerai.
Amazing! Thank you for these insights into cave divining. Great content and topic.
My dudes this was awesome!
Long time watcher first time commenter. More of these please.
Great video! Would love to see more of this!
It's nice to see the dive watches still getting some professional use as the backups for dive computers. Cave diving being one of the niche uses where one still could justify using a diver's watch, but oh well. the other wrist usually still isn't reserved for something more important use. 😉
Really interesting conversation... I learned a lot! But...is it me or they forgot to talk about the actual dive watches...( what features, brands divers prefer, what is best technique of using a dive watch...) ???
now all we need is a pilot to talk about pilot watches and an astronaut to talk about moon phase watches, shouldn't be too hard to arrange...
Have you found the cave that Michael Bublé lives in between Christmas’s?
200 meters is good enough to dive into a bag of chips.
Brilliant video, well done guys!
Very cool video! a real change of pace and a great interviewee. Anyone arguing about the "utility" of dive watches needs to, as Andy put it, "get a grip."
Probably the coolest podcast thus far
As a recreational diver, I'd personally never dive caves. They are scary and I stay away from them.
How do you personally check and then service at the store for the dive watch? A normal watch store probably say that we don’t guarantee its ability for dive but time function only.
Most watch manufacturers will re-certify the water resistance rating if you send your watch for service to them. And if it's a tool you really rely on when doing something more dangerous maybe it's for the best, so you don't have to put your safety in hand of your local shop. Who may or may not know what they are doing. Most watch service places don't even have an equipment to do a pressure test. Some fancy ones do.
Happy to see a pro diver rocking a panerai.
Cave divers use special smaller flippers to minimize the chance of kicking up silt which can be deadly.
Brilliant. Please do more!
FACINATING!!! Thank you for sharing!
Fascinating. I never thought I'd hear you talk about a Pro Diver, but here we are. 😀🤣😂
I can't decide if I enjoyed this or not, but it was fascinating to hear about the process, the equipment, the mentaility etc. I'm a diver, but strickly open ocean. I have no interest in cave diving at all. Watching him basically crawl through (pitch black) tunnels barely large enough to squeeze through was very uncomfortable, can't imagine actually doing it myself. This guy has some serious stones on him!
I have some genuine questions though. He talks about 5-6 hours like it's a short dive. A recreational diver will tell you 40 mins is a pretty average tank dive. Can you go longer? Sure. But after an hour or so, you're more or less sucking fumes. He's got rebreathers etc, but he was talking DAYS.
I have so many logistical questions at that point. All of these are based on the footage of him crawling through super small tunnels. I'm assuming most of the asnwers here are "hope for an opening with access to air." You could be going through a cave system that opens up into a much larger space that is still completely submerged. With that in mind:
How do you eat? Like maybe some sort of gel pack that you take out your regulator and take squeezes of food?
How do you sleep? If there's no opening with air, do you just keep going and hope for something? Is it possible to sleep with a regulator on? That would be an insane experience! Can you imagine waking up underwater, pitch black, no sense of time etc. I would hit the panick button immediately.
How do you go to the bathroom? It's no secret that divers pee in their wetsuits all the time BUT he's talking dry suits. No one wants to be sloshing around in a plastic bag of pee for hours on end, let alone if you have to back one out.
The impression I got was that some of these are very much unexplored tunnels. You have no idea if it's going to open up into a larger space with access to air. Let's say you are 5 or 6 hours into a dive, and there's no sign of an opening. How do you get out? I know he's got line, and maybe some of the footage was edited for maximum drama, but how do you turn around? Obviously either keep track of your surroundings, take rough measurements of landmarks etc. sort of a "about 200m back there was an opening" sort of thing I would imagine. Keep going forwards hoping for a larger space? Crawling backwards through a tunnel would be so nerve-racking (for me).
Some of my reservations are based on what I consider to be a healthy respect for the dangers involved with diving, but I also know people who have died diving. I have been to Saipan, and there's an amaxing spot called the grotto. You start out at the top of basically a cliff, climb down 100 or so stairs carrying all your equipment and come to a pool of water blocked off by a sheer wall of rock. You dive into the pool, enter a large cave, swim down maybe somewhere between 15-30m through a hole and come out on the ocean side. It's absolutely stunning. Amazing coral, fish etc and the experience of getting down to the water, getting out through the cave into the pacific etc is absolutely stunning. Sometimes there are sharks in the cave. It's an amazing experience. That said, one of my dive instructors died there guiding a group. No one knows what happened, but the general consensus is she was taking a group, someone panicked in the cave and the instructor and one of the divers disappeared. They were found the following day on the ocean side. It wouldn't make sense to me that anything happened anywhere other than the cave, because (worst case scenario) you just surface, end of story. People aren't allowed to dive there until they have a certain number of dives. Who knows how strictly that's enforced, or if it's more of a guideline than a rule. In any event, ever since then I've been warry of caves.
UFC fighter Donald "the Cowboy" Cerrone has a wild, terrifying story about cave diving with a buddy and getting separated that makes my hair stand on edge. Not a story I need to hear twice, that's for sure.
Awesome video. Brilliant footage
I took my SLA047 up to 9 meters while snorkeling... Surprisingly it held up well 😂
Great video guys!! 👍🏼👍🏼
I never thought about it until watching this video, but apparently lume is totally unnecessary when diving.
Does he say that in the video? You aren't always pointing your torch at your watch. And torches can fail.
Na, cave diving is definitely not for me, and I'm a recreational diving instructor. As such I dive with one, or occasionally two computers because I can, but my Seamaster 300m stays safe and dry in the house, or in the car.
Exactly. 2 computers for Redundancy plus your buddies'!
Excellent video and idea for the future
Cave diving... just watching this video gives me a creeping feeling of an upcoming panic attack. Bonkers ;) Luckily there is also interesting talk about watches!
I get lost even with gps on, in an aiconditioned car. Nevermind navigating underwater in the dark.
Great series can’t wait to see more, maybe some aviators would like to share what they wear?
Amazing share Andy!
Oh my 😂😂😂 this was amazing as always.
Fantastic! A real diver with a real dive watch. Absolutely brilliant!
That was amazing. I think hes mad. But amazing.
great episode lads :))
Great show, fascinating look at Cave Diving Andy's awesome!
Feeling really claustrophobic just watching him do his cave dives.. 😵💫
Great interview. Scuba diving has always appealed not sure about cave diving since I went down an old abandoned lead mine and learnt I suffer from claustrophobia. Now, do you know any astronauts?
Interesting chat, but I don’t think I have had as many mental ‘Nopes’ watching a video before. 😬