Model case

Crystal

Domed, 5 mm-thick scratch-resistant sapphire

Water-resistance

Waterproof to 3,900 metres / 12,800 feet, helium escape valve

Model case

Oyster, 44 mm, steel

Bezel

Unidirectional rotatable 60-minute graduated, scratch-resistant Cerachrom insert in ceramic, numerals and graduations coated in platinum

Diameter

44 mm

Winding crown

Screw-down, Triplock triple waterproofness system

Oyster architecture

Monobloc middle case, screw-down case back and winding crown. Rolex Ringlock System case architecture with Helium escape valve

Material

904L steel, case back in grade 5 titanium

Movement

Calibre

3135, Manufacture Rolex

Model case

Perpetual, mechanical, self-winding

Oscillator

Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring

Winding

Bidirectional self-winding via Perpetual rotor

Precision

Officially certified Swiss chronometer (COSC)

Functions

Centre hour, minute and seconds hands. Instantaneous date with rapid setting. Stop-seconds for precise time setting

Bracelet

Clasp

Folding Oysterlock safety clasp with Rolex Glidelock extension system. Fliplock extension link

Bracelet material

904L steel

Bracelet

Oyster, flat three-piece links

Dial

Details

Highly legible Chromalight display with long-lasting blue luminescence

Dial

Black

The Rolex Deepsea is water resistant to a depth of 3,900 metres (12,800 feet) and built to meet the exacting demands of professional divers. This robust, precise and reliable Professional model unveiled in 2008 illustrates Rolex’s mastery of waterproofness, acquired over decades of real-life experience stretching back to the heyday of underwater exploration. It is steeped in the pioneering spirit that led Rolex to invent the Oyster and develop, in the 1950s and 1960s, divers’ watches like the Submariner and the Sea-Dweller. The Rolex Deepsea owes its name to the Deep Sea Special, the experimental Rolex watch that in 1960 successfully travelled to the deepest point in the oceans, a depth of 10,916 metres