Origin

The Erebus Origin is a straightforward dive watch with an unusually broad choice of dial colours and a bracelet designed around everyday comfort. It was the Australian brand’s debut model, and its attraction is easy to understand: familiar dive-watch proportions, useful details, and room to choose something more personal than another black dial.

The Seiko NH35 inside is a familiar, readily supported automatic movement rather than a reason to choose one version over another. Let the dial lead that decision: the brighter options give the Origin a distinctly different character from its more restrained counterparts. On the bracelet, the clasp’s tool-free adjustment is worth trying for yourself; being able to change the fit as your wrist expands is a practical advantage you’ll appreciate more often than the depth rating.