Reference Points: The Rolex Sea-Dweller 

Tanner Murdock look at bens face

LOL right?? Ben's face said it all.

I guess he was trying to say: "Fifty years of FUCKING great watches!"

hard to argue with that, the 116600 had all the features of a modern Rolex diver like the ceramic bezel, maxi dial, solid bracelet and clasp with glidelock but retains the 40mm size and near-perfect proportions. On top of that, the general consensus is that the reference was only produced between 2.5-3 years which is absolutely short for Rolex.

@@lettuce1305exactly

50 years of milking a gimmick.

I had this experience plenty of times at the Paris-based business school where I studied.

50 years of fuckus

Came to the comments section for this one … :)

What was he thinking?

Nothing wrong with a twotone DJ in my mind either. I dig em all.

yep. A real man's watch.

116600 is now deemed a rare Rolex.

@@sirhodl5945 well the 116600 was only produced between 2.5-3 years which is a ridiculously short production run for any Rolex reference and on top of that the replacement aka ref 126600 looks nothing like the 116600. Contrary to what people say regarding the discontinuation of 116600 was because the reference didn't sell well, I think Rolex planned the discontinuation and the 116600 was a trial-run before the SD43 126600 was introduced in 2017 which was the same year the 116600 was discontinued.

Collecting Vintage Watches agreed

Why is that a big deal ?

@RolexReplicaReview Judging from your username, I guess it's a replica?!

a dive watch with a date window ? what would that have been needed for ? 😄

@@phmwu7368 Saturation diving? You might very well need a date window in a decompression chamber also.

The SD4K was the last true and the best Sea Dweller ever made. I do absolutely agreed with you. It’s 40mm with elegant lugs, a very unique case only designed for the SD4K, ceramic fully graduated bezel, non- cyclops and Matt dial … what else you could ask for… it’s perfection … unfortunately discontinued after less than 3 years

Extremely rare. You're ever so lucky.

@@sirhodl5945 thank you! Fortunate to just purchase the final yr (2008) Sea Dweller 16600…very special as well. I’m not enamored with the cyclops.

@@racebannon2332 Very nice. That 116600 is special though! :)

@@racebannon2332 the 116600 and the prior generation like the 16600 and 16660 are the perfect Sea-Dwellers, the 126600 is unwearable unless you are as big as Sylvester Stallone.

Fifty years of FUCKING great watches!

Did you see Ben almost lose it! LMAO!!!

He’s probably Swiss....

fucus =)

He sounds Swiss so he is an expert? What about the Comex heritage and Doxa link.

pantomimoistrionic05 agree , i just got one yesterday and is way more comfortable than the deepsea, stands out from the submariner , and i think its a instant hardhitting watch , it will kill the deepsea , have the best of both worlds red letters , cyclops , better thickness , no big letters of the deepsea , its like a corrected version ,and more user friendly deepsea , and stands apart from the outgoing sea dweller 40mm , wich 👀 looks a lot like a submariner 👍🏻

Absolutely agree. Got mine yesterday. Traded my Sub date and some cash for it. Next level awesome! This watch is permanent in my collection. Watch the value sky rocket in a few short years. I love the cyclops because I can't see the date without. Its subjective for sure, but before I knew anything about watches the sub date was THE watch.

Matt Peters how can one go about finding one of these watches without resorting to the gray market?

I'm sure the 126600 is a great watch but between that and the 116600, it's hands down the 116600 for me.

Adrien Lacombe funny thing is: if you watch some interviews with the actors of Blade Runner 2049, they mention how they always lost it when Denis Villeneuve (the director) said “focus” on set, for the same reason people are making fun of Louis here. I guess it’s just the french accent, you really can’t do much about it. But yeah it made me smile.

I work for a French company and that word is always problematic! Check out Ben's face... he looks like he is about to crack up. Anyway, the presenter did a magnifique job!!!

Vadim Don totally agree the cyclop is unnecessary. You don’t need to know the date when you are diving. The submariner is more of a fashion piece so obviously the date is important hence the cyclop. I hope Rolex isn’t trying to dilute the Sea-Dweller.

The cyclops can be removed. Doh!

This is not a mistake. This is opportunity for people who has big wrist to have they own perfectly fitted “subbies”

the cyclops isn't a mistake but I agree with you, I'd pick the 116600 all day every day.

Yes, I was excited to see the red line... don’t like the wider bracelet... don’t like the cyclops. I’ll pass and go back to an 116600 or the Cameron.

they should have also kept it 40mm... Rolex is destroying the rich history of the SD. now we got 43mm, cyclops lens which should not be on a SD, and two tone version... why? Rolex lost their minds.

officialMainspring I agree totally. If it’s not broken don’t fix it. The watch is timeless. No need to combine features and erase the specifics which identifies the models.

call me crazy but I like it.

Also ....43mm. What the fuck were they thinking?

I’ve had mine for 20 years for me it’s the best of the bunch. Got the original tool kit Anchor calendar box etc. Less than 4000 us new. Now it’s worth double and running like a champ

hope you keep the 116600, it's becoming collectible and probably will be even more so in the future.

The Submariner reference video is sooooooo good

valebliz he back now bro!

Glad he is, I like him. Surely I like him way more than Clymer...

lmao

Sock it to us one more time ...

Probably not the vintage submariners but yeah I agree they would be collectible but I do think that one ceramic Seadweller would be more valuable, and that is the 116600. If Rolex doesn't make anymore 40/41mm seadweller, the 116600 would be super collectible.

bean 1 Haha seriously. It’s a beefed up, robust dive watch. That’s it.

Yep

So according to you : 14 new patents alone for the 12660 aren't enough innovations ? You must be an amazing inventor that gets at least 15 patents for one product, congratulations for your awesomeness :-)

Stupid, immature comment. Grow up or else shut up.

From my understanding, the only reason they've put a cyclops on this one is that they now have a type of glue strong enough to withstand the pressure of the depths it's rated for

That's a reasonable technical limitation.

Neverokful : don't let the Cyclops blind you. the Deepsea had deviated a lot more, so why picking on the SD43 and not on the Deepsea? Also, the first Sea-Dweller was actually a Submariner, so we're back to our roots in a way as this Sea-Dweller is like a big 5 digits Sub. Indeed the new Sea-Dweller retains nice tapered lugs of its SD predecessors, away from the fat lugs and maxi case of the six digits Sub, so not that much ressemblance there. The Sea-Dweller 126600 is a super Sub from a technical perspective (goes four times deeper) but doesn't look like the 16610LN at all. It's a unique beast.

I'm not "picking" on the SD43, it's just my opinion of this newest version of the SD. I can't stand the DS or the SDc, as the ill fitting SEL's are dreadful and poorly designed. Knock yourself out mate and enjoy it, no problem, it's just not to my taste, which is ok.

JBOsurf I think this latest Seadweller at 43mm is meant to please the people who wanted bigger Submariner. That way Rolex makes a bigger one without changing the Submariner.

JBOsurf yea, I mean like if you went diving you don’t need a cyclops lenses. It sort of takes a way a all purpose tool watch, specifically for diving.

Completely agree and HATE what they did with this watch. The 116600 is truly a great watch and they completely ruined it with this oversized waste of a watch.

Armani Nguon then why is there a Cyclops on the Submariner date? Or why is there even a date in the Sub , the Sea-Dweller and the Deepsea? Well, saturation divers who spend several days in a bell actually need to know the date. Why the lens? Because its convenient. It makes it easier to see the date at a glance.

Divers use dive computers now. There is no need for a cyclops on a rolex that will never see anything other than the bottom of a swimming pool.