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HiDive · 3 October 2019, 02:02 PM

I like the review and the pictures were very nice. In the article you state the following which is incorrect.

"The Rolex valve is automated: when the watch reaches the designated pressure differential, the valve releases the gases that have become trapped during prolonged underwater exposure."

This is not quite correct. Only one type of diving require this HEV / HRV valve, saturation diving. The gas is specific, Helium, and it does not enter the case "during prolonged underwater exposure". Helium only enters the case during saturation diving and only during the time that the Diver's watch is in the hyperbaric chamber which is dry. No gas of any type enters the case when the watch is in the water.

3 October 2019, 02:02 PM	#15
HiDive "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Real Name: Vincent Location: Pittsburgh, PA Watch: Rolex Seadweller50 Posts: 361	Nice review but I have one technical comment.... I like the review and the pictures were very nice. In the article you state the following which is incorrect. "The Rolex valve is automated: when the watch reaches the designated pressure differential, the valve releases the gases that have become trapped during prolonged underwater exposure." This is not quite correct. Only one type of diving require this HEV / HRV valve, saturation diving. The gas is specific, Helium, and it does not enter the case "during prolonged underwater exposure". Helium only enters the case during saturation diving and only during the time that the Diver's watch is in the hyperbaric chamber which is dry. No gas of any type enters the case when the watch is in the water.