San Martin SN042 Bronze Diver

San Martin is a Chinese maker, and the SN042 is a military-style diver in CuSn8 tin bronze, used for the case, the screw-in caseback, the crown with its embossed shark logo and the buckle, so the metal touching the skin is bronze throughout. It is 41 mm across without the crown and 12.5 mm thick, with a sapphire crystal under anti-reflective coating and retro yellow lume, and it is rated to 200 m. The dial comes in black, green or blue. There is a choice of movement, the Chinese PT5000 automatic or the Swiss Sellita SW200, and the price runs from $335 by configuration. It comes on a 22 mm leather strap, or fluoro rubber, and weighs about 91 g.

Written 28 September 2026 from San Martin.