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Fact fix: Berry Cannon died during the SEALAB III helium-leak repair dive, not inside the deck decompression chamber; cause of death is disputed (Navy CO2-poisoning finding vs. Kevin Hardy's 2024 electrocution reinvestigation) — per Wikipedia 'SEALAB III' citing Chamberland (Proceedings, USNI, 1986) and Hardy (InDEPTH, 2024) |
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The Sea-Dweller is the Rolex reference built for saturation diving — the Submariner with a helium escape valve. The line opens in 1967 with a small batch of Single Red prototypes hand-made in Geneva for the US Navy's SEALAB 3 programme and the Tektite I saturation experiment. Civilian retail begins in 1971 with the 1665 Double Red. The line runs through four canonical references over fifty years, with the 116600 closing the pre-2020 small-case era in 2017. | The Sea-Dweller is the Rolex reference built for saturation diving — the Submariner with a helium escape valve. The line opens in 1967 with a small batch of Single Red prototypes hand-made in Geneva for the US Navy's SEALAB 3 programme and the Tektite I saturation experiment. Civilian retail begins in 1971 with the 1665 Double Red. The line runs through four canonical references over fifty years, with the 116600 closing the pre-2020 small-case era in 2017. | ||