However, it turns out that 316L is sufficiently harder than the mild steel used to make the chain mail, so there were no scratches whatsoever, even after two days of moving around with these sleeves.

Just in the unlikely case you were wondering how watches and chain mail would go together..

I only use it as a reference to set my regular mechanical watches, though. Because, who cares? I clearly don't need second accuracy in daily life, so I don't really care that much. But I'm happy to play along..

Well, to be honest, I was just playing around with the camera this weekend and I'm just looking for some excuse to post these..

Like the title says, I might be interested in a dive watch for under 1k€, at least 42mm diameter and mechanical movement with a bright, "lagoon" blue or turquis-ish dial. Here's one that could come close..

..except that the dial color looks rather differently in real life photos and videos…

Dive watch >=42mm, <1k€, mechanical with bright, lagoon blue dial?

Let's just start with some pics..

It's 40.3mm in diameter and 10.0mm thin, so it's quite light and comfortable to wear. The lugs have two sets of pin bar holes each, which is a detail I really…

Venetian Bronze