Rolex Deepsea Sea-Dweller 126660 ‘Black Dial’ Watch Hands-On
The traditional black dial for the 126660 Deepsea is not identical to the D-Blue (blue to black gradient dial) in terms of text. The primary difference (in addition to colors) is the placement and size of “Deepsea.” On the D-Blue 126660 the word is placed right above “Sea-Dweller” under where the hands connect. On the the black dial, “Deepsea” is smaller and placed just over where the hands connect under “Oyster Perpetual Date.” I happen to prefer the black dial myself, as part of that is the placement of the text. Yes, we aren’t even talking about the functionality, construction, or comfort of the watch, but rather, where a small term is placed on the dial. Welcome to being a watch nerd.
The Ring Lock System case is part of the reason it can withstand such massive pressures. The sapphire crystal alone is 5.5mm thick and the caseback is produced from grade five titanium. For 2018 Rolex will no longer really be using the “904L steel” designation to refer to the steel they use. They are still using 904L steel for their watches, but they just won’t call it that. Rolex has introduced “Oystersteel” as the preferred term, which makes their special 904L alloy blend unique to them.
It is true that Rolex does have their own particular alloy blends made for them all the time. It is also true that until recently, really no other watch brand used 904L stainless steel. 904L is harder to machine, polishes up better, and has some corrosion resistance properties that make for a good diving watch.
Rolex uses its recently debuted in-house “Superlative Chronometer” certified calibre 3235 automatic movement inside of the Deepsea. This plus/minus 2 seconds accuracy per day movement operates at 4Hz (28,800 bph) with three days of power reserve. This is the same movement currently inside of the Rolex Datejust 41. The movement features the time and date, with a window at 3 o’clock.
The automatic helium release valve is a feature Rolex originally invented in the late 1960s for serious professional divers who didn’t want their watch to break when helium attempted to escape from it while the diver was spending time in a decompression chamber. This is an extremely niche purpose by today’s standards and most people agree that watch brands who continue to implement these features do so only because it is one more technical story to tell about the watch. In any event, the automatic helium release valve is on the left-side of the case and of course, you get that handy text on the Ring Lock reminding you about it.
Rolex’s most wild deployant clasp comes with Glidelock, which is on the Deepsea bracelet. In addition to the Fliplock extension link, the deployant offers a long travel of opening and closing thanks to Glidelock. It is different from the system on the Submariner, and involves pulling the deployant open like a lever and moving teeth along a small rail. It’s cool and offers a great level of wearing comfort – as well as expansion room if you want to wear the watch over a jacket or wetsuit.
Watch dial
Rolex of course tweaked the dial of the Deepsea in a good way with better sized elements and overall more perfection. If you like the idea of an almost (but not) comically-sized, yet super classy sports watch, the Deepsea is hard to beat. And those white gold hands (which are on all Rolex dive watches), always look great and offer excellent legibility. As I said from the start, Rolex didn’t reinvent anything but simply made a classic watch an even better buy. I don’t think the price went up either.
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