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<small>[[Reference:sea-dweller|Sea-Dweller]] → '''1665'''</small> | <small>[[Reference:sea-dweller|Sea-Dweller]] → '''1665'''</small> | ||
[[File:Ref 1665 hero.webp|thumb|right|360px|alt=Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665 Double Red Mk II|Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665 Double Red Mk II — 40mm steel Oyster with helium escape valve, the canonical 1970s Sea-Dweller configuration.]] | |||
The 1665 is the first Sea-Dweller. It begins with a handful of Single Red prototypes hand-made in Geneva for SEALAB 3 and Tektite I aquanauts in 1967, runs through a sixteen-year civilian production cycle in three named dial generations, and finishes in 1983 when the Triple Six 16660 takes over. Inside that span sit the references that anchor saturation-diving collecting: the patent-pending caseback batch, the COMEX-numbered run, the Sultan of Oman crests retailed through Asprey, and the Great White rail dials whose typography matches the COMEX 600m print. Everything modern Rolex calls a Sea-Dweller traces back to this watch. | The 1665 is the first Sea-Dweller. It begins with a handful of Single Red prototypes hand-made in Geneva for SEALAB 3 and Tektite I aquanauts in 1967, runs through a sixteen-year civilian production cycle in three named dial generations, and finishes in 1983 when the Triple Six 16660 takes over. Inside that span sit the references that anchor saturation-diving collecting: the patent-pending caseback batch, the COMEX-numbered run, the Sultan of Oman crests retailed through Asprey, and the Great White rail dials whose typography matches the COMEX 600m print. Everything modern Rolex calls a Sea-Dweller traces back to this watch. | ||
==Core facts== | ==Core facts== | ||