Rolex Rolex - 16600 Polizia di Stato Sea-Dweller 16600 Polizia di Stato
Rolex Rolex - 16600 Polizia di Stato Sea-Dweller 16600 Polizia di Stato
Rolex Rolex - 16600 Polizia di Stato Sea-Dweller 16600 Polizia di Stato
Rolex Rolex - 16600 Polizia di Stato Sea-Dweller 16600 Polizia di Stato
Rolex

Polizia di Stato Sea-Dweller 16600 Polizia di Stato

REF. 16600

1/10

Widely produced

Case

MaterialStainless Steel
Diameter40 mm
Lug width20 mm
ShapeRound
CrystalSapphire
Case backClosed
Water resistance1220 m

Dial

ColourBlack
FinishGloss
IndexesStick / Dot Hands: Mercedes
HandsMercedes

Movement

Caliber3135
Typeautomatic
Reserve48 h
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In Context

At 40 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. At 14.8 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 1220 m is a professional diving rating, far past any demand a wrist is likely to make of it.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 48 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

16600 is one of 6 executions of the 16600 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a black gloss dial and a stainless steel case. It was a limited edition.

The 16600 family

16600 is one of 6 variants sharing the 16600 base reference — same watch underneath, different dial, bezel, or bracelet execution. Browse the others:

Inside: Caliber 3135

Explore this caliber →

The 3135 is the Rolex workhorse of 1988 to 2018. It is the automatic with a date that powered the Datejust 36, the Submariner Date and the Sea-Dweller for thirty years. It powers 421 watches in this library. It is 28.5 mm across and 6 mm high with 31 jewels, a 48-hour reserve and a beat of 28,800 vph, and its full balance bridge, anchored on both sides, is the reason it is regarded as the most robust Rolex movement of its era. The blue Parachrom hairspring, a niobium-zirconium alloy insensitive to magnetism, arrived in the mid-2000s. Every one is a COSC chronometer. The [3235](/calibers/rolex-3235) succeeded it from 2015, and the [3135-to-3235 piece](/blog/rolex-3135-to-3235-what-changed) sets out what the new generation changed and what it kept. In the library it powers 351 [Datejust 36](/brands/rolex/datejust) references, the six-digit 116xxx generation, 39 [Submariners](/brands/rolex/submariner), the 16610 and 116610 generations, 14 of the 34 mm Date, 10 [Sea-Dwellers](/brands/rolex/sea-dweller) and 7 [Yacht-Masters](/brands/rolex/yacht-master). Cases run from 34 mm to 44 mm, with 36 mm at 351 references and 40 mm at 54. The [3130](/calibers/rolex-3130) is the same movement without the date, the [3155](/calibers/rolex-3155) the Day-Date version, and the [3186](/calibers/rolex-3186) the GMT derivative.

420 other watches in the library run the Rolex 3135.

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