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== ~~Start here~~ ==

== Common entry points ==

~~If you only read three articles in the line, read these.~~

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| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:1665|1665]]''' — ~~the original Sea-Dweller. Acrylic crystal,~~ caliber 1575 without quickset, three dial generations — Single Red prototypes, Double Red Mk I–IV, Great White Mk 0–IV — and the COMEX 300-unit run ~~from 1976 to 1981~~.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Identifying a vintage acrylic-crystal SD?''<br/>'''[[Reference:1665|1665]]''' — caliber 1575 without quickset, three dial generations — Single Red prototypes, Double Red Mk I–IV, Great White Mk 0–IV — and the 1976–1981 COMEX 300-unit run.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16660|16660]]''' — ~~the Triple Six. First~~ sapphire-crystal Sea-Dweller~~, first unidirectional bezel~~, depth ~~rating~~ doubled to 1,220m, ~~and~~ Andrea Piccinini's eight-tier dial taxonomy ~~that the modern auction market reads against~~.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Researching a Triple Six?''<br/>'''[[Reference:16660|16660]]''' — first sapphire-crystal Sea-Dweller, depth doubled to 1,220m, Andrea Piccinini's eight-tier dial taxonomy.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16600|16600]]''' — the long-run ~~Sea-Dweller. Twenty years of continuous production~~ on caliber 3135, three lume eras (tritium, Luminova, Super-LumiNova), and the last Sea-Dweller with an aluminum bezel insert.

| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Cross-checking a long-run modern SD?''<br/>'''[[Reference:16600|16600]]''' — the twenty-year long run on caliber 3135, three lume eras (tritium, Luminova, Super-LumiNova), and the last Sea-Dweller with an aluminum bezel insert.

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 [[File:Sea-dweller vintage poster.webp|thumb|center|400px|alt=Rolex Sea-Dweller 1979 magazine advertisement|Rolex Sea-Dweller 1979 magazine campaign: "Why the Rolex Sea-Dweller never gets the bends"]]
-== Start here ==
+== Common entry points ==
-If you only read three articles in the line, read these.
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-| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:1665|1665]]''' — the original Sea-Dweller. Acrylic crystal, caliber 1575 without quickset, three dial generations — Single Red prototypes, Double Red Mk I–IV, Great White Mk 0–IV — and the COMEX 300-unit run from 1976 to 1981.
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Identifying a vintage acrylic-crystal SD?''<br/>'''[[Reference:1665|1665]]''' — caliber 1575 without quickset, three dial generations — Single Red prototypes, Double Red Mk I–IV, Great White Mk 0–IV — and the 1976–1981 COMEX 300-unit run.
-| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16660|16660]]''' — the Triple Six. First sapphire-crystal Sea-Dweller, first unidirectional bezel, depth rating doubled to 1,220m, and Andrea Piccinini's eight-tier dial taxonomy that the modern auction market reads against.
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Researching a Triple Six?''<br/>'''[[Reference:16660|16660]]''' — first sapphire-crystal Sea-Dweller, depth doubled to 1,220m, Andrea Piccinini's eight-tier dial taxonomy.
-| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Reference:16600|16600]]''' — the long-run Sea-Dweller. Twenty years of continuous production on caliber 3135, three lume eras (tritium, Luminova, Super-LumiNova), and the last Sea-Dweller with an aluminum bezel insert.
+| style="width:33%; padding:14px; background:#f8f8f6; border-left:3px solid #555; vertical-align:top;" | ''Cross-checking a long-run modern SD?''<br/>'''[[Reference:16600|16600]]''' — the twenty-year long run on caliber 3135, three lume eras (tritium, Luminova, Super-LumiNova), and the last Sea-Dweller with an aluminum bezel insert.
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