A Milanese mesh bracelet is the classic vintage dive-watch pairing, and it gives the Longines Skin Diver a distinctly 1960s Riviera feel. Supple, breathable and endlessly adjustable, mesh drapes around the wrist in a way that link bracelets cannot, and it looks just as good with a linen shirt as with a wetsuit.

Reference L2.822.4.56.6 is part of Longines' modern take on its late-1950s Nautilus Skin Diver. The faithful details are what make it special: the luminous triangle at 12, period-style fonts and hands on a black matte dial, and a diver with a harpoon engraved on the screw-down back. The bezel turns in one direction only, as any serious dive bezel should.

Behind that caseback sits caliber L888.2, an automatic with roughly 64 hours of reserve. The 42mm by 13.75mm steel case, domed sapphire and screw-in crown provide 300 meters of water resistance, and the mesh bracelet fastens with a secure clasp with safety pushers.

Longines Skin Diver Milanese, Reference L2.822.4.56.6

• Case: 42mm steel, 13.75mm thick, 22mm lug width
• Dial: black matte with luminous triangle, indexes and hands
• Bezel: unidirectional diver's scale
• Calibre: L888.2 automatic, 25,200 vph
• Reserve: approximately 64 hours
• Crystal: domed sapphire
• Water resistance: 30 bar
• Bracelet: steel Milanese mesh, folding clasp with security pushers

Vintage diving style with modern reliability, finished on the most elegant bracelet in the range.