Details

Brand

Rolex

Model

SeaDweller

Reference

116660

Movement

Automatic cal. 3235

Case

43 mm

Metal

Stainless Steel

Circa

2019

Dial

Black

Bezel

Black Ceramic (Diver's)

Condition

Very Good

Box/Papers

Box, White Swing Tag, Card & Bezel Protector

About this watch

Band: Steel (Oyster) Clasp: Steel Glass: Sapphire crystal Water Resistant: 120 Bar/1220 m (Diving OK) Rolex launched the Sea-Dweller in 1967 as a deeper-rated big brother to the Submariner, built for saturation divers working in pressurised habitats. It was the first commercially available Rolex fitted with a helium escape valve. Fifty years later, in 2017, Rolex marked the anniversary with the reference 126600. It revived the line of red “Sea-Dweller” text on the dial, a nod to the extremely sought after first “Double Red” models, and collectors quickly nicknamed it the “Single Red”. It was also the first Sea-Dweller to have a Cyclops lens and the first to grow to 43 mm. The Oystersteel case measures 43 mm across, about 50 mm lug to lug and 15.5 mm deep, with a 21 mm lug width. It is pressure-resistant to 122 bar (1,220 metres), with a helium escape valve and a Triplock crown, and it is a genuine dive watch that can be used as one. The glossy black dial has applied 18K white gold hour markers, filled with Chromalight lume that glows blue in the dark. There is a date aperture at three, magnified by the Cyclops lens on the sapphire crystal. The unidirectional black Cerachrom bezel has a fully graduated 60-minute dive scale, with platinum-coated numerals and a luminous pip at twelve. The Oyster bracelet secures with an Oysterlock safety clasp. It has Rolex’s Glidelock system, with a built-in extension that allows it to fit over a wetsuit. Inside is the calibre 3235, Rolex’s own automatic movement, introduced in 2015 as the successor to the 3135. Rolex says around 90 per cent of its components are new, and it is covered by 14 patents. It uses Rolex’s Chronergy escapement and a blue Parachrom hairspring, which resists…