RolexSea-Dweller
The Sea-Dweller is Rolex's saturation diver, made in 1967 with a helium escape valve and a 610 m rating. It has since grown to the 3,900 m Deepsea and the 11,000 m Deepsea Challenge. This library holds 28 references.
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Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue
126660-0002 · 44 mm
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Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue
136660-0003 · 44 mm
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Sea-Dweller 116600 4000
116600-0003 · 40 mm
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Sea-Dweller 16600T
16600T · 40 mm
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Sea-Dweller Deepsea
126660-0001 · 44 mm
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Sea-Dweller Stainless Steel / Black
126600-0002 · 43 mm
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Sea-Dweller Deepsea Challenge
126067-0002 · 50 mm
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Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue
136660-0005 · 44 mm
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Sea-Dweller 16660 Matte Mark 1
16660 Matte MK1 · 40 mm
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SuperLuminova Sea-Dweller 16600 SuperLuminova
16600 SuperLuminova (aka: Seadweller) · 40 mm
About the Rolex Sea-Dweller
The 1665 of 1967 was built for Comex's saturation divers, whose helium-rich habitat gas seeped into a watch and could blow its crystal off on decompression; the valve, developed with Doxa, vents it, and the glossary explains the helium escape valve. The 16660 of 1978 took the rating to 1,220 m with a sapphire crystal, the 16600 of 1988 carried it on the 3135, and the Deepsea 116660 of 2008 reached 3,900 m with a 44 mm Ringlock case and a titanium back. The 2017 Sea-Dweller 126600 at 43 mm added a Cyclops lens for the first time, and the Deepsea Challenge of 2022, in RLX titanium at 50 mm, is rated to 11,000 m, the depth of the Mariana Trench.
The 3135 and 3235 power 10 references each, the 3035 of the 16660 6 and the no-date 3230 of the Deepsea Challenge 2. The 40 mm case of the 16660 and 16600 accounts for 14 references, the 44 mm Deepsea for 9, the 43 mm for 3 and the 50 mm for 2. Steel is the material of 18 cases, steel with a titanium back of 6, and the Challenge's titanium of 2; one is yellow Rolesor. Black dials lead at 23, with the D-Blue of the James Cameron edition on 5. Water resistance is 1,220 m on 17 references, 3,900 m on 9 and 11,000 m on 2. The 16660 and 16600 families, with their Comex and Tiffany variants, are the largest.
The Submariner is the 300 m diver the Sea-Dweller was built from, and the Yacht-Master the Oyster made for the surface.
All models in this collection28
- Comex Matte Sea-Dweller 16660 Comex Matte 16660
- Comex MK1 Sea-Dweller 16600 Comex Mark 1 16600
- Comex MK2 Sea-Dweller 16600 Comex Mark 2 16600
- Comex Sea-Dweller 16660 Comex 16660
- Comex Service Sea-Dweller 16600 Comex Service 16600
- Gloss Sea-Dweller 16660 Gloss 16660
- Matte MK2 Sea-Dweller 16660 Matte Mark 2 16660
- Polizia di Stato Sea-Dweller 16600 Polizia di Stato 16600
- Sea-Dweller 16600T 16600T
- Sea-Dweller 16660 Matte Mark 1 16660
- Sea-Dweller 116600 4000 116600-0003
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea 116660-0001
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea 126660-0001
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea 136660-0004
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea 136660-0006
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea Challenge 126067-0001
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea Challenge 126067-0002
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue 116660-0003
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue 126660-0002
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue 136660-0003
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue 136660-0005
- Sea-Dweller Deepsea Yellow Gold 136668lb-0001
- Sea-Dweller Stainless Steel - Yellow Gold 126603-0001
- Sea-Dweller Stainless Steel 126600-0001
- Sea-Dweller Stainless Steel 126600-0002
- SuperLuminova Sea-Dweller 16600 SuperLuminova 16600
- Tiffany Sea-Dweller 16660 Tiffany 16660
- Tritium Sea-Dweller 16600 Tritium 16600