The Swatch Scuba 200 was a popular range of plastic quartz dive watches which still have no rival outside of Ice watches and the modern Casio MRW-200H. The Casios (and the new SwatchPain) only have 100m (or less) water resistance though, and this claims 200m.
Measuring 38mm in diameter, 10mm thick, with a lug-to-lug of 42mm, and a paper thin 17mm strap which feels like it was made on one of those home laminating machines, the Swatch "Sailor's Joy" (or "Mermaid") is described as Unisex.
The mermaid on the dial and strap is also somewhat "unisex" and doesn't even have nipples. I know because I checked through a loupe as soon as I got it. It's just like Tarzan from one of those Filmation cartoons from the '80s, half-nude but totally de-sexualised. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
My strap also came with a keeper missing. I bought this watch used from eBay, but it's pretty much in mint condition otherwise, and since missing a keeper halves the price of this collectable, I got a very good deal.
In case you wondered, there is usually a purple keeper as well as a green one on this model, but I don't need it anyway due to the length of the strap being just enough with not much left over. These Swatch straps were clearly meant for skinny teenagers rather than pie-filled middle-aged men.
The Swatch Scuba 200 is light as a feather, like a Casio F-91W, but it's got hands like a real big boy watch not a little kid's digital. You will need to know how telling the time with hands works if you want to rock one of these beauties.
There's not much else to say about it as it's a basic three-hander with no lume. The seconds hand hits every marker dead in the middle every 5 seconds, which is nice, and it seems to keep the time with the precision you would expect from a Swiss quartz movement.
The case is translucent green with a stainless steel battery cover, and for what it's worth, you can see that it does actually have a movement inside rather than tiny elves. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. Some of us like to think watches work by magic.
The 60-click purple plastic bezel does what a bezel is supposed to do, and does it quite well considering that it's plastic and isn't very even. It doesn't bind, but it is easier to turn through some positions than others. This is a "vintage" watch from 1993 though, so it's acceptable.
Obviously, this isn't the new Swatch X Blancpain, but you can get the same experience by camping overnight outside your local corner shop, leaping in on the manager when he opens the shutters, and scream, "I'm first! I'm first! I'll have the Indian Ocean, please!" When he recovers from the shock, works out that you haven't escaped from a mental asylum, and explains that he doesn't have one to sell you so you'll have to buy something else instead, you'll know exactly what it's like to sit outside a Swatch boutique all night to end up with nothing too.
Then, of course, you can buy an old Swatch diver watch like this instead and save yourself nearly 400 quid.
Do I recommend this watch? Yeah, it's okay.