Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller 4000 116600 Luxury Watch Review

Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Shop our Rolex Selection here: https://goo.gl/Xj6YRv This Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 (Ref. 116600) was among the most warmly received debuts at Baselworld 2014. Having been supplanted in the Rolex catalog by the 44 mm DeepSea in 2009, the older 16600 Sea-Dweller has remained a firm favorite on the pre-owned watch market since that time. Rolex, sensing an opportunity to pick low-hanging fruit and generate some buzz, reintroduced the 40 mm model with little advance notice at the 2014 Baselworld trade show. Initially rated to 1,650 meters (quickly revised to 2000m), the first reference 1665 Rolex Sea-Dweller officially was an extension of the Submariner line, and it was only available to COMEX personnel in prototype form. A thicker crystal that omitted the Rolex “Cyclops Eye” date magnifier, special case construction to survive extreme depths, and a helium-release valve at 9 o’clock on the case flank were to become iconic of the model. In 1971, the Sea-Dweller (Ref. 1665) joined the Rolex public catalog as a production model in its own right, and 1978 brought the introduction of the original Sea-Dweller 4000 meter (Rolex Ref. 16660). This model's successor, the much-loved 16600, remained in production until the 2009 arrival of the DeepSea. As of March 2014, Rolex has yielded to those customers seeking a link to the Sea-Dweller heritage without the mass and dimensions of the DeepSea. The new Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 features the same compact dimensions