Everyday Carry

Automatica One Dive Watch

Authored by:
Bernard Capulong
Automatica One Dive Watch

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In a sea of clunky, overbuilt tool watches, it’s hard to find a diver that can stand up to daily use and look good doing it. With the Automatica One, Honolulu-based Mansfield Time hopes to make waves by pairing classic diver functionality with a stylish and fresh design. 

They started with a dive watch’s most essential quality: its durability. The Automatica One features 20 atm water resistance, stainless steel construction, heavy duty screw pin lugs, and a domed sapphire crystal. Underneath, the dial is where this watch really sets itself apart. It packs plenty of information from its 24-hour subdial and unique date wheel while its layered construction adds visual depth. With a 43mm case size, high-vis red accents, and lume coating its sword hands and perimeter index markers, legibility is not an issue either. At its core, a Miyota 8217 automatic movement keeps the watch ticking (or more accurately, sweeping)—no batteries necessary.

The Automatica One comes in a variety of color and bracelet options to match your everyday style with its everyday performance. You can find your favorite configuration of this affordable modern diver at its fully funded Kickstarter campaign below.

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Bernard Capulong

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About the Author
Bernard Capulong is an everyday carry (EDC) gear expert, entrepreneur, all-around nerd, and the founder and editor-in-chief of EverydayCarry.com—the largest online community for EDC gear enthusiasts. Since founding Everyday Carry in 2009, he’s built over a decade of experience in the industry, reviewing and highlighting brands and products, including pocket knives, flashlights, wallets, watches, bags, pens, and much more.

Bernard is known for bringing everyday carry out of obscurity and into the mainstream, having been published or featured in various publications such as GQ, TIME Magazine, The New York Times, VICE, HYPEBEAST, Outside, and many others. He has also played a part in curating, designing, and developing digital and physical products, resulting in successful crowdfunding projects or limited edition collaboration products with established softgoods brands. He stays on the pulse of the EDC industry by attending trade shows, participating in online interest communities, and actively engaging with fellow gear enthusiasts on social media.

In addition to being the editor-in-chief and main social media personality for EverydayCarry.com, Bernard is an avid gearhead and collector in general. His personal collections span technical bags, fountain pens, digital cameras, retro gaming hardware, personal hi-fi audio gear, and mechanical wristwatches, to name a few. Bernard Capulong is a prominent figure and trusted authority in the everyday carry industry with a career dedicated to helping people discover this hobby and stay prepared with quality gear.

Discussion (9 total)

Kyle Ward ·
Looks nice, but is this still considered a diver since it's lacking the unidirectional bezel?
Dan Baxter ·
I would vote, "No." The ability to time your dives is part of makes a diver, a diver. That, along with high water resistance and legibility. You could probably further categorize it as low-light legibility.
Allen ·
Yea i would agree, looks more like a pilot style watch to me
Bernard Capulong ·
Personally, I think that might be what they're going for -- ditch the bezel to open the watch up and make it more versatile for day to day wear (stylewise). But if it came down to it--choosing between water resistance and the unidirectional bezel--I'd rather have legit water resistance. No point in having a unidirectional bezel if your watch fails in the shower or something lol (there are plenty of budget watches that have the stylings of a dive watch but not necessarily what counts). Also, if you're not diving often but want dive watches for the durability, I think this one passes. The 24 hr subdial is nice for travelers too.
Kyle Ward ·
I still like the watch, but still definitely think dive watch is the wrong categorization of it. Any ISO certified watch is going to have at least a 20 atm resistance and a unidirectional bezel. And for that price range there are some legitimate dive watch that it contends with. My SKX is a beast.
Dan Baxter ·
Can someone explain to me the benefit of a 24 hour subdial? I can understand a GMT movement, where you can set the 2nd hour hand to a different timezone. However, as I understand it, that is not the case with a 24 hr dial such as this. It is just basically an AM/PM indicator, which would seem to have a very limited application.
Ian Stretch Mansfield ·
Damn you, Everyday Carry! Just pulled the trigger on two of these for our Wedding Anniversary presents later in the year.
Darwin ·
Yep, I agree that it is pretty hard to find a stylish dive watch for daily use. This one looks pretty good for me. I like what they did with the lugs and the case.
wes mantooth ·
This is a "dive watch" how exactly?