The Year’s Hottest Watch Color Is Now Available in Affordable Diver Form

After attending Watches and Wonders Geneva this year, I noticed a new trend in the world of watchmaking. Seemingly every brand, from Rolex and Hublot to Norqain and Moser, had introduced some type of pastel green watch.

I published a story about the trend back in April. Then, in late June, Bloomberg published its own article about the trend, lending further credence to my theory.

So far this year, we’d seen sports watches, chronographs, and dress watches sporting the minty-fresh shade. But no affordable dive watches. Well, now that beloved category has joined the party, too, as microbrand Wren has launched a Seafoam variant of its superb Diver 38.

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Putting the Sea in Seafoam

In case you aren’t familiar with Wren, it was founded by Craig Karger, the guy behind watch blog/social media empire Wrist Enthusiast. The brand name has a double meaning. Most obviously, a wren is a type of bird that serves as the brand’s logo. But Wren is also a portmanteau of Wrist Enthusiast. Get it?

Clever brand name aside, there is a whole lot to like about this watch.

For starters, let’s have a look at the size. The Diver 38 is 38mm across the case — obviously — and measures 45mm from lug to lug. That makes the watch incredibly wearable, but the coup de grâce is the watch’s thickness. Despite boasting a full 200m of water resistance, it measures just 10.7mm thick — and that’s including the tall box sapphire crystal.

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That’s one of the thinnest divers on the market, and Wren achieved this svelte profile thanks in part to its use of an ETA 2892 automatic movement. The 2892 is pretty legendary and until recently was used by the likes of luxury brands such as Omega, IWC and others. My old Seamaster Professional Diver — AKA the Bond Watch — used a modified 2892.

I was under the impression that ETA was no longer supplying its movements to brands outside of its parent company, the Swatch Group, so Wren has pulled off quite the coup here in snagging some for this watch. In addition to its stalwart performance and slim profile, the movement is nicely decorated and features a custom skeletonized rotor with the outline of a wren, all of which is visible behind a sapphire caseback.

The bezel features a gray ceramic insert that is fully lumed with blue-glowing Super-LumiNova, which matches the lume on the hands and indices. The dial glows quite brightly thanks to its sandwich construction, which, when paired with the fumé-style coloring, gives the Diver 38 a unique look that sets it apart from the crowded dive watch field.

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The dial color, of course, is also a standout. It’s a delightfully minty shade of green that Wren has dubbed Seafoam. As mentioned at the top of the article, it’s very on-trend for 2025 and immediately puts the Diver 38 in contention for the title of the dive watch of the summer.

Then there’s the bracelet. It’s a flat link style, brushed on the top with a polished chamfer down the sides. It fully articulates, features a push-button quick-release system and an on-the-fly microadjustable clasp offering 12mm of travel. The watch also includes an FKM rubber strap in black or gray that’s fitted to the case — a feature rarely seen at this price. (Though I wish a matching Seafoam strap were an option.)

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Pricing and Availability

The first thing that drew me to the Wren Diver 38 Seafoam was the color. The minty hue is arriving at the perfect time, and it looks especially good with Wren’s sandwich-gradient dial treatment.

Even looking beyond the color, the Wren Diver 38 is pretty damn compelling. The design doesn’t feel too derivative and is a nice blend of vintage inspiration and modern flair. The size is perhaps the most perfect for a diver I’ve ever seen. And the specs sheet is almost comically overloaded. This thing even carries a Swiss Made designation. In this economy?!

The first 100 examples of the Wren Diver 38 Seafoam will be numbered, and the watch is now available for pre-order with or without a date on the Wrist Enthusiast website. Shipping isn’t expected until September or October of this year, meaning the dive watch of summer 2025 won’t actually arrive until the fall.

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Wren Diver 38 Seafoam

Specs

Case Size	38mm
Movement	ETA 2892 automatic
Water Resistance	200m

• $1,595 at Wren

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