Timex Quietly Drops an Affordable Dive Watch with Iconic Omega Looks

Planet Deepwater?

Close-up of a Timex Deepwater watch with a blue bezel, silver case, and water droplets in the background.

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Published April 7, 2026

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It wasn’t that long ago when one wouldn’t even think to look to Timex in search of a dive watch. But my, how things have changed.

In 2024, Timex launched the Deepwater, an ever-expanding collection of dive watches with classic looks, impressive specs and, since this is Timex we’re talking about here, budget prices.

We’ve seen both automatic and quartz-powered Deepwater models released over the past two years, with disparate models seemingly drawing design inspiration from iconic divers made by heavy hitters like Omega and Seiko.

Now, Timex adds to the collection again with the new Deepwater Arctic, a quartz-powered diver with some luxury touches and a look that’s highly reminiscent of an Omega legend.

Silver Timex Deepwater wristwatch with black dial and rotating bezel splashing in water. — The Planet Ocean called…

Arctic blast

The Deepwater Arctic introduces Arabic numeral indices to the dial of Timex’s diver line for the first time, with thickly applied Super-LumiNova markers appearing at the four cardinal points. These are accompanied by applied trapezoidal indices with polished surrounds and Super-LumiNova infills at all 12 hours, making this one well-lumed dial.

The handset features a broad-arrow minute hand, trapezoidal-arrow-tipped seconds hand and cut-off obelisk hour hand. The bezel features a ceramic insert with a luminescent pearl at the pip and engraved, non-luminous markers elsewhere.

Arabic numerals at the cardinal points, trapezoidal applied indices, arrow handset, ceramic bezel … if you’re thinking all of this sounds awfully familiar, that’s because the Deepwater Arctic is almost a dead ringer for the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean. The dial is extremely similar in its layout, as are two of the three hands in the handset.

Close-up of a Timex Deepwater watch with black dial, luminous hands and markers, and stainless steel bezel and bracelet. — Omega’s fan-favorite diver clearly provided some design inspiration to Timex here.

Still, despite its obvious Omega inspiration, the Deepwater Arctic isn’t a copy. The 40.5mm stainless steel case is more generic, with straight, chamfered lugs that lack either the twist of the classic Planet Ocean or the angularity of the 2025 reinvention. It’s also a lot thinner than a PO at 11.5mm.

The biggest difference from Omega, though, is the bracelet. Here, Timex has opted to go with a Jubilee, something you’re more likely to find on a Seiko diver or Rolex GMT. The five-row bracelet features brushed outer links and polished center links and is secured via a butterfly clasp. It’s also equipped with quick-release spring bars to make strap changes easy.

The watch has a solid screw-down caseback featuring the Deepwater logo, and the watch is water resistant to 200m. Behind the caseback sits a nondescript quartz movement, which allows this watch to come in with a price tag below $300 despite the higher-end materials used, such as the ceramic bezel, Super-LumiNova lume and AR-coated sapphire crystal.

Silver stainless steel Timex Deepwater wristwatch with blue dial and bezel worn on a wrist. — Unlike the Planet Ocean, the Deepwater Arctic is paired with a Jubilee-style bracelet.

Availability and pricing

The Deepwater Arctic comes in three colorways, one of which is both highly unexpected and surprisingly attractive.

The unsurprising colors are a version with a black dial and black bezel and one with a blue dial and blue bezel. Both look a lot like a Planet Ocean and should satisfy anyone interested in a classic-looking budget diver. Both are priced at $299.

Close-up of a Timex Deepwater watch with a black dial, gold and silver two-tone metal bracelet, and a brown bezel. — OK, now I want Omega to make a “Root Beer” Planet Ocean.

The other is a two-tone variant more akin to a classic Rolex GMT-Master “Root Beer” than any dive watch I’ve ever seen. It has a black dial with yellow gold-tone hands and indices, applied gold-tone Arabics, and a gold-tone crown, bezel and center links.

It also features a seldom-seen but always-welcome brown polished ceramic bezel that looks very high-end for a Timex. This more luxe version comes in with a slightly higher price tag of $319. All versions of the Deepwater Arctic are available now from Timex.

Silver stainless steel Timex Deepwater watch with black dial and luminous hands and markers.

Timex Deepwater Arctic

Specs

Case Size	40.5mm
Movement	Quartz
Water Resistance	200m

$299 at Timex

About the Author:

Johnny Brayson is an editor at Gear Patrol mostly covering watches. He enjoys watches that are packed with blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em details and believes nearly every watch could stand to be a tad smaller.

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