Rolex Sea-Dweller Ref. 126600 box and papers

Hans Wilsdorf looks at the problem of waterproofing his watches from the 1920s. He quickly proposed a model calling "oyster" oyster in English. Which thanks to its crown and its screwed background allows it to obtain a real seal. Mercedes Gleitze promotes it by crossing the Channel to swim in 1927 with a rolex waterproof on the wrist. Then appears a real historic watch Submariner, the first watertight watch to 100m equipped with a 60mn engraved telescope to timed diving or decompression times. In 1967 appeared the natural extension of the submariner, the Sea Dweller, thicker and more waterproof than her little sister. The Sea Dweller is the top of the professional diving watch. It is adulated with divers, who in the 1960s used bells with a gas mixture based on helium, the Sea Dweller has a valve that lets the helium escape during the lifts A unique and timeless timepiece sold with its box and its original papers.