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Rolex. A stainless steel automatic wristwatch with date and bracelet, Ref. 116600, Sea-Dweller, circa 2015.
Movement: cal. 3135, automatic, 31 jewels.
Dial: black, applied dot, baton and triangular indexes, date aperture, centre seconds.
Case: stainless steel Oyster case, screw-down back and crown, unidirectional calibrated ceramic bezel, helium escape valve, stainless steel Oyster fliplock bracelet
Signed: case, dial, movement and bracelet.
Dimensions: diameter 40mm, bracelet circumference approximately 210mm.
Accessories: guarantee, leather wallet, booklet, tags, protective bezel cover, presentation case.
£7,000-£10,000

The Rolex Sea-Dweller was developed in the 1960’s to meet the needs of professional divers working at greater depths. Helium particles that accumulate within a watch case of a diving watch would brutally expel the glass as the helium gas forced its way out during decompression. So Rolex invented the helium escape valve on the side of the case, this would allow the helium particles to escape through a controlled mechanism.
Rolex introduced the reference 116600 in 2014, produced for only three years this model is very desirable within the collectors market.
This ref. 116600 was sold in 2015 and is in perfect unused condition, still retaining the original protective stickers to the case and bracelet.