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Jake B · 10 October 2012, 10:11 PM

Awhile ago, I set out on a quest to find the "right" Sea Dweller, since I've been crazy about this watch for some time now, and now that they're discontinued, not only are they getting more and more expensive, but also scarcer on the 2nd hand market around here as people seem to be holding onto them. Somewhere along the way, though, my efforts were derailed by the release of the new, upgraded Submariner...

Recently, I got back out on the hunt. After hunting down and checking out more examples than I care to admit to, I finally ran into this one...

It's a P series, placing it's production date somewhere around 2000, and with an original date of sale, as per it's chronometer certificate, in 2001. It's old enough to have lug holes, but new enough to have a Superluminova dial that still glows, albeit not fantastically, but I live in Hong Kong anyways, and it's never truly dark here.

Got home, and gave the watch a quick check up on the timegrapher. As the watch has recently been serviced, it came as no surprise that dial up, it's rate is steady, and +/- 0 seconds, with 298 degrees amplitude...nice n' healthy.

Time to ease back and enjoy, with a nice Gin 'n juice. Cheers, boys!

angd5791 · 10 October 2012, 10:15 PM

Congrats. One of the best watches ever produced.

nauticajoe · 10 October 2012, 10:17 PM

Very nice.

Congrats!

unlisted · 10 October 2012, 10:18 PM

Congratulations! Wear it in good health!

polarinda · 10 October 2012, 10:22 PM

great!

did you get it above USD 5k or below? can PM me if you're comfortable.

Speed · 10 October 2012, 10:57 PM

Very nice indeed. That's one to keep.

kilyung · 10 October 2012, 11:16 PM

Love the lug holes!

ommsen · 10 October 2012, 11:16 PM

Lug holes, Superluminova and SEL is a very tempting combination...
Congrats!

Kingair · 10 October 2012, 11:21 PM

Nice

Congrats & enjoy

HAGOne

Watchmutt · 10 October 2012, 11:42 PM

Congrats!

Jake B · 11 October 2012, 12:23 AM

Thanks, fellas!

Frogman4me · 11 October 2012, 12:25 AM

Congrats Jake, you picked an awesome watch!

bungcarlo · 11 October 2012, 12:28 AM

Looks really nice. Lug holes rocks!

cdweller · 11 October 2012, 12:31 AM

Nice pick-up!

ecsub44 · 11 October 2012, 12:34 AM

Excellent watch!

sea-dweller · 11 October 2012, 12:39 AM

Congrats!

Jake B · 11 October 2012, 01:01 AM

Wrist-shot!!!

JP Chestnut · 11 October 2012, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ommsen

Lug holes, Superluminova and SEL is a very tempting combination...
Congrats!

I agree with you.

Psmith · 11 October 2012, 01:11 AM

Congrats - looks great

Vincent65 · 11 October 2012, 01:14 AM

cool - nice find

Hairdude1 · 11 October 2012, 01:39 AM

Congrats

Chris B · 11 October 2012, 02:00 AM

Many congratulations

sdwtchlvr · 11 October 2012, 02:15 AM

The lug-hole + SL dial is the best combo...only produced for a few years. Congrats on the purchase. Your dial glows as bright as the day it was made...SL doesn't break down over time like tritium...or at least not that we can tell yet.

Jake B · 11 October 2012, 02:24 AM

After allowing it to settle into position, dial up, amplitude is actually better than I thought when I'd done my quick, excited reading earlier on, and is actually at 309-10 degrees...

JJL · 11 October 2012, 02:32 AM

awesome, love it! Congrats

Jake B · 11 October 2012, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdwtchlvr

The lug-hole + SL dial is the best combo...only produced for a few years. Congrats on the purchase. Your dial glows as bright as the day it was made...SL doesn't break down over time like tritium...or at least not that we can tell yet.

Thanks, man..Yeah, it doesn't run through it's life and then break down like radioactive based paints do, but it can definitely be corrupted by time+humidity+degradation of the binder, depending on the material mixed with the Superluminova powder as binder. I'd guess though, that Rolex uses the best binding agent available that wouldn't contribute to premature corruption of the SL. That said, I don't feel that the SL on this watch is as strong as it would have been 12 years ago, nor is it as strong as the paint on my 114060, but it does the job for the window between when the lights go out and I'm still awake to tell the time, and I crash until the 'morrow.

Roller07 · 11 October 2012, 02:41 AM

looks awesome, enjoy

Jake B · 11 October 2012, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ecsub44

Excellent watch!

Thanks...Read your sig, and I think that mine's pertinent to yours

Brushpup · 11 October 2012, 02:48 AM

Hey Jake congrats on the SD. I really like that watch. IMO, the SD is the best Diver ever made by anyone. Love the lug hole and Luminova combo. Cool thing on that to me is you can get a new dial and hands without destroying history as with old divers having Matte/Tritium etc.

Good for you man.....!

Jake B · 11 October 2012, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brushpup

Hey Jake congrats on the SD. I really like that watch. IMO, the SD is the best Diver ever made by anyone. Love the lug hole and Luminova combo. Cool thing on that to me is you can get a new dial and hands without destroying history as with old divers having Matte/Tritium etc.

Good for you man.....!

Thanks, and I agree...It took me well over a year (plus or minus a month or two when I blew my disposable cash on Omegas or an ND sub

) to find the one that was going to make me feel happy walking out the door, so I'm stoked.

10 October 2012, 10:11 PM	#1
Jake B "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hong Kong Watch: Gold Sub 116618LN Posts: 2,820	My new P series SEA-DWELLER... Awhile ago, I set out on a quest to find the "right" Sea Dweller, since I've been crazy about this watch for some time now, and now that they're discontinued, not only are they getting more and more expensive, but also scarcer on the 2nd hand market around here as people seem to be holding onto them. Somewhere along the way, though, my efforts were derailed by the release of the new, upgraded Submariner... Recently, I got back out on the hunt. After hunting down and checking out more examples than I care to admit to, I finally ran into this one... It's a P series, placing it's production date somewhere around 2000, and with an original date of sale, as per it's chronometer certificate, in 2001. It's old enough to have lug holes, but new enough to have a Superluminova dial that still glows, albeit not fantastically, but I live in Hong Kong anyways, and it's never truly dark here. Got home, and gave the watch a quick check up on the timegrapher. As the watch has recently been serviced, it came as no surprise that dial up, it's rate is steady, and +/- 0 seconds, with 298 degrees amplitude...nice n' healthy. Time to ease back and enjoy, with a nice Gin 'n juice. Cheers, boys! __________________ Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

11 October 2012, 12:23 AM	#11
Jake B "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hong Kong Watch: Gold Sub 116618LN Posts: 2,820	Thanks, fellas! __________________ Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

11 October 2012, 12:31 AM	#14
cdweller "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: PA Watch: SubLV, 1665 Rail Posts: 1,054	Nice pick-up! __________________

11 October 2012, 12:34 AM	#15
ecsub44 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: US Watch: Sub Posts: 3,175	Excellent watch! __________________ *侘寂 -- wabi-sabi --* acceptance of transience and imperfection by finding beauty in that which is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete Commissioner of WEIRD POLICE , Badge # ecsub44

11 October 2012, 01:01 AM	#17
Jake B "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hong Kong Watch: Gold Sub 116618LN Posts: 2,820	Wrist-shot!!! __________________ Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

10 October 2012, 10:15 PM	#2
angd5791 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: CT Watch: SD, TT DJ, EXP II Posts: 122	Congrats. One of the best watches ever produced.

10 October 2012, 10:17 PM	#3
nauticajoe "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Real Name: Joe Location: PA Posts: 14,774	Very nice. Congrats!

10 October 2012, 10:18 PM	#4
unlisted "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: California Posts: 101	Congratulations! Wear it in good health!

10 October 2012, 10:22 PM	#5
polarinda "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Real Name: Trav Location: singapore Watch: it Posts: 2,312	great! did you get it above USD 5k or below? can PM me if you're comfortable.

10 October 2012, 10:57 PM	#6
Speed "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 19,706	Very nice indeed. That's one to keep.

10 October 2012, 11:16 PM	#7
kilyung 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cave Watch: Sundial Posts: 33,873	Love the lug holes!

10 October 2012, 11:16 PM	#8
ommsen "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: DE/SA Posts: 1,792	Lug holes, Superluminova and SEL is a very tempting combination... Congrats!

10 October 2012, 11:21 PM	#9
Kingair "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Real Name: Marc Location: SoCal Watch: Not enough ;-) Posts: 21,232	Nice Congrats & enjoy HAGOne

10 October 2012, 11:42 PM	#10
Watchmutt "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bay Area, CA Watch: 116600 Posts: 724	Congrats!

11 October 2012, 12:25 AM	#12
Frogman4me Banned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 6,268	Congrats Jake, you picked an awesome watch!

11 October 2012, 12:28 AM	#13
bungcarlo "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Real Name: Erwin Location: usa Watch: Sea Dweller Posts: 685	Looks really nice. Lug holes rocks!

11 October 2012, 12:39 AM	#16
sea-dweller "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: Dennis Location: Bay Area - 925 Posts: 40,018	Congrats!

11 October 2012, 01:11 AM	#19
Psmith "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Real Name: Clive Location: Exoplanet Watch: spring-driven Posts: 38,856	Congrats - looks great __________________

11 October 2012, 01:14 AM	#20
Vincent65 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Switzerland Posts: 14,297	cool - nice find

11 October 2012, 01:39 AM	#21
Hairdude1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Real Name: Alex Location: Chicago Watch: AP,PP, Rolex Posts: 37,156	Congrats

11 October 2012, 02:00 AM	#22
Chris B "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Peterborough Posts: 9,627	Many congratulations

11 October 2012, 02:15 AM	#23
sdwtchlvr "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: SoCal Watch: Rolex Posts: 1,308	The lug-hole + SL dial is the best combo...only produced for a few years. Congrats on the purchase. Your dial glows as bright as the day it was made...SL doesn't break down over time like tritium...or at least not that we can tell yet.

11 October 2012, 02:24 AM	#24
Jake B "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hong Kong Watch: Gold Sub 116618LN Posts: 2,820	After allowing it to settle into position, dial up, amplitude is actually better than I thought when I'd done my quick, excited reading earlier on, and is actually at 309-10 degrees... __________________ Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

11 October 2012, 02:32 AM	#25
JJL "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: US Watch: 1680 Red & 16622 Posts: 2,449	awesome, love it! Congrats

11 October 2012, 02:41 AM	#27
Roller07 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: GMT -5 Watch: HulkPepsiCoke Posts: 2,364	looks awesome, enjoy

11 October 2012, 02:48 AM	#29
Brushpup "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Real Name: Patrick Location: Texas Watch: what I'm wearing Posts: 5,943	Hey Jake congrats on the SD. I really like that watch. IMO, the SD is the best Diver ever made by anyone. Love the lug hole and Luminova combo. Cool thing on that to me is you can get a new dial and hands without destroying history as with old divers having Matte/Tritium etc. Good for you man.....! __________________ *TRFs "AFTER DARK" Bar & NightClub Patron-Founding Member* PClub # 10 74,592 The safest place for your watch is on your wrist.

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