Overengineered Titanium?

Rolex is not a watchmaker who likes to do things by halves. After losing the title of the world's deepest dive watch in 2019 to Omega by 12 meters (a record Rolex held for nearly 60 years), Rolex decided to launch the Sea-Dweller Deep Sea in his Challenge ref 126067. I'm back to challenge the world at Water resistant to a whopping 11,000 meters. There's only one catch...and it's a big one.

For a brief history lesson in the watchmaking race to the seabed, Captains Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard carried his custom Rolex 10,916 meters to the seabed in 1960. This was only overshadowed in 2019 when Viktor her Vescovo submerged her Professional in the peerless Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep at 10,928 meters below the surface, beating out a Rolex just 12 meters below her.

None of the bespoke watches used by Rolex and Omega in this record-breaking effort made it to mass production, but the more commercially viable Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea (3,900 meter dive depth) and Created the Omega Ultra Deep (depth rating of 6,000 meters). Collections currently available. Unsatisfied with Omega's offering, which is 2,100 meters deeper than his own collection, Rolex announced today that the Sea-Dweller Deep Sea, which can handle 65 meters deeper than the known point of the ocean at 10,935 meters, is his challenge. Announced.

The new Deepsea 50mm Full Titanium Watch What's the point of a watch being able to handle water pressure that doesn't naturally occur on this planet?

With such a level of over-engineering, the Sea-Dweller Deepsea Challenge has several drawbacks, almost all related to its size. At 50mm in diameter and 23mm thick (61mm lug to lug), a gigantic size wrist could look like a grade schooler's wrist unless you're doing the same routine as Chris Hemsworth before extraction. .

Both the case and bracelet are made from Rolex's new RLX titanium alloy, a grade 5 titanium that is approximately 30% lighter than 904L stainless steel. This goes a long way toward offsetting a watch that can do bicep curls, but it's still a 251g watch rather than a 350g watch. Nevertheless, Rolex used titanium in its first mass-produced watch. This is exciting in terms of what it means for future releases (especially the back of Tudor's new Pelagos 39).

Another point of contention is the War and Peace-like amount of text on the dial of this Deep Sea Diver, enhanced by the faceted 9.5 mm thick crystal that covers the dial. Everyone counted the dial and the ring surrounded by the 22 words written on its face. This could be another record Rolex has been chasing. The Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea Challenge certainly has an appealing factor, including a sleek lug his profile with polished facets that go a long way to softening the apparent thickness of the case. Another is the use of brushed titanium for the case and bracelet. This behemoth is powered by Rolex's in-house caliber 3230, featuring a highly reliable paramagnetic blue his Parachrom his hairspring, a guaranteed accuracy of -2/+2 seconds per day and a power reserve of 70 hours. I have it. The bracelet hides a trick or two for everyday comfort and diving practicality using Rolex's Glidelock extension system and Fliplock extension links respectively.