Best automatic dive watch homages

Top pick: Seiko Prospex "Samurai" SRPL15. Seiko is the real brand most homages are chasing, and this is its own modern diver — 4R35 automatic, 41.7mm, sapphire, and a case that wears smaller than the numbers suggest. It's the one you can wear daily and still hand down.

Who the others suit:

• Seiko Prospex SRPL13 / SRPL51 / SRPE37 — same 4R35 heart, different dials and cases; pick whichever look you like best.
• Seiko PADI SRPL53 — if you want the blue-and-red dive-instructor look.
• Invicta Pro Diver 18508 — the classic Submariner-style homage, Swiss Sellita automatic; the cheapest way into the look.
• Addiesdive / Berny 200m divers — budget microbrand homages; fine as a beater, but no heritage and thinner resale.

Skip the plain Addiesdive dress models — they aren't dive watches.