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The watch has slits in case back for air and water to enter to reach the sensors.Lume on the dial is really great. Tissot applied luminant to the dial and bezel, as well as the hands of course. The SuperLumiNova is applied generously which is certainly a benefit to visibility. There is also the nice bright red backlight for the LCD screen that you can use. The hands seem to be the right length, which is really important in a watch that does so much more than tell the time with the hands.From a function perspective you get a lot with any T-Touch family watch. Inside are Swiss quartz movements specially developed for Tissot by ETA. The combine an analog dial with a LCD screen. To operate the movement there are three pushers (rubber coated on this watch) as well as use of the receptive sapphire crystal. Inside the Sea-Touch is the ETA 48.301 movement which is a variation of the other T-Touch movements. To incorporate the diving features, some others have been removed that you can find on other watches such as the T-Touch Expert or T-Touch II. The Sea-Touch features include (in short): the time, second timezone, perpetual calendar, alarm, chronograph, temperature, compass, dive time meter, depth gauge, and logging functions. If you really want to know more about the movement's features and operation you can access the official Tissot Sea-Touch Instruction Manual here.Using the movement is rather straight forward once you get used to it, and people with experience using other T-Touch watches will be right at home. For those who are new to the T-Touch, you need to press the center pusher on the side of the case to active the screen so that you can activate most of the functions. The dive functions are tough to explain thoroughly but make sense. There are two basic dive modes, manual and automatic. In manual mode you tell the watch that you are about to dive by activating the "Dive" function. The watch knows when it touches water and the dive time counter begins. The watch hands turn into the depth gauge using the bezel as a scale. The minute hand will show you your maximum depth while the hour hand indicates your current depth.In automatic dive mode the watch automatically switches to dive mode when you are about one and a half meters under water. This seems to only effect the dive time. You can later use the log functions to recall info about your last dive. Also, while understand some, but not all of the features are usable. I do like that you can use the compass underwater though! For those who dive this info is all great. For those who don't, you can at least be prepared if someone ever pushes you into a pool.Unlike my Tissot T-Touch Expert which is in titanium, the Sea-Touch is in steel. I like having both in my collection and think that a good dive watch should be in steel. The case is about 44.5mm wide and thick at almost 16mm. It is a robustly sized watch with a bold but no obnoxious stance. Comfort is impressive as I enjoy the flat caseback and how it sits on my wrist. In addition to the rubber strap the Sea-Touch has this option metal bracelet which looks very attractive. The links are mostly brushed with but some polished areas on the their bottom which makes for a interesting effect. Like a good dive watch bracelet it has some micro-adjust settings and a diver's extension clasp. The only thing I would ask for different is a milled deployment clasp versus one that is stamped metal.While the Sea-Touch isn't the dive watch to end all dive watches I don't have any complaints with it really. Tissot did a very amicable job of turning the T-Touch into a real diver that goes into the depth and takes a liking. The added benefit is also a T-Touch that is more durable. I think most people can stand behind the design even if you don't agree it is always suitable for suit and tie occasions. Personally I like this one a lot and the price for the Tissot Sea-Touch watches range from $1,150 - $1,250. You can learn more or purchase them from Tissot online here. Thanks to Tissot for the review unit. Opinions are 100% Independent.