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16 February 2019, 10:01 PM | #1 |
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Sea Dweller sequence and timeline?
I'm trying to research the Sea Dweller history. Can anyone help fill in some gaps in my knowledge? While Mr Google has been helpful, I'm getting some inconsistent and sometimes contradictory results.
Does this sequence and timeline look right? 1665 Single Red - 1575 -500m/1,650ft - 1960s - ?? WHEN ?? 1665 Double Red - 1575 - 610m/2,000ft - 1967 - 1977 1665 Great White - 1575 - 610m/2,000ft - 1977 - 1983 16660 Triple 6 matte - 3035 - 1,220m/4000ft - 1978 - 1989 16660 Triple 6 gloss - 3035 - 1,220m/4000ft - 1985 - 1989 16600 ?? AKA?? 3135 - 1,220m/4000ft - 1989 - 2009 116660 Deepsea - 3135 - 3,900m/12,800ft - 2008 - 2014 116660 Deepsea D-Blue - 3135 - 3,900m/12,800ft - 2012 - ?? WHEN ?? 116600 Sea-Dweller 4000 -3135 1,220m/4,000ft 2014 - 2017 126660 Deepsea - 3235 - 1,220m/4,000ft - 2017 - Present #1 When did the ref 1665 Single Red production end? #2 Was there a 3rd ref 16600 that went until 2009? #3 When was the ref 116660 Deepsea D-Blue (James Cameron) discontinued? #4 When or which ref saw the hyphen ("-") dropped from the name "Sea-Dweller" to become "Sea Dweller"? If anyone can help salve my OCD and fill in some gaps in my knowledge, I'd be really grateful. Thanks |
16 February 2019, 10:39 PM | #2 |
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1 1665 sr started in 1967
2 16600 went out of production in 2008 with V serial 3 the Sea Dweller Deepsea D-Blue ref. 116660 was introduced in August 2014, not in 2012. When he did the solo dive in 2012, Cameron worn a black 116660. Both the 116660 Sea Dweller Deepsea, Black and D-Blue, went out of production in 2018. 4 No Sea Dweller has the "Sea-Dweller" without "-" ps the last you wrote is wrong and is "126600 Sea Dweller", not "126660 Deepsea". 126660 Sea Dweller Deepsea, Black and D-Blue, was introduced in 2018, 3235 - 3,900m/12,800ft
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Here is an excellent source for the earlier Sea-Dwellers (1665 - 16660).
www.drsd.com |
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I'm still a bit confused with this though... 126600 Sea-Dweller 1,220m/4,000ft 2017 - ???? 126660 Sea-Dweller Deepsea 3,900m/12,800ft 2018 - Present Which was the 50th Anniversary version? Do I have this right? |
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I'm aware of 4 variations of the 16600 (open to correction and addition to this, particularly regarding dates!)
Tritium Dial - marked 'T<25' Luminova Dial - marked 'Swiss' - around 1998 Super Luminova dial with lug holes - marked 'Swiss Made' - around 1999 - 2002/3 Super Luminova dial no lug holes - marked 'Swiss Made' - 2002/3 on |
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Any idea which were matte versus gloss? Presumably only tritium would have been matte? Sent from my cracked, broken hand wound phone. IG @morning_tundra |
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https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/re...ex-sea-dweller
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The 50th anniversary Sea Dweller is the reference 126600 ;)
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If you want, check the ‘Banda Della Valvola’ link in my signature. In the first post of the BDV topic you’ll find Sea Dweller knowledge at its best, a topic about 16600 dials has been made by my friend Pierre ESA 2A/Rilogi and published here on TRF also
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Are you sure the 116660 was discontinued in 2014? So there were no black dial Deepsea for 3 years? That is news to me
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