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Sea-Dweller
Ref. 16660 Tiffany / 40mm / 1980 - 1984
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Specifications
Reference16660 Tiffany
BrandRolex
CollectionSea-Dweller
Case Size40mm
MaterialStainless Steel
DialBlack
MovementRolex caliber 3035 Hours, Minutes, Seconds | Date | Chronometer
Year1980 - 1984
About the Sea-Dweller & Deepsea
The Rolex Sea-Dweller, born from a 1960s partnership with French diving company COMEX, was the world's first commercially available dive watch equipped with a helium escape valve. This patented innovation solved the problem of crystal separation that plagued saturation divers during decompression, when helium molecules that had permeated the case during extended deep-sea work expanded faster than …
Buying Highlights
- • Professional and recreational divers who need genuine saturation-dive capability
- • Rolex collectors seeking a less ubiquitous alternative to the Submariner with deeper heritage
- • Helium Escape Valve (HEV) function. The HEV at 9 o'clock should be a precision-machined, spring-loaded component. Not a …