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Pre-Owned Rolex Sea-Dweller Watches

The Sea-Dweller is a joint development between Rolex, COMEX and the US Navy Sealab project to adapt the Submariner into a deep-sea diving watch for professional saturation divers. The thicker case and invention of the helium escape valve gave the Sea-Dweller the ability to continue evolving where the Submariner had reached its limits. Read more
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Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

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Year 2025
€13,050
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 1997
€8,715
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2000
€8,745
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2007
€9,105
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2005
€8,910
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2002
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€9,570
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2004
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€10,770
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2008
Product Location
€8,950
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
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Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€12,560
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
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Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2018
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€14,335
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
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Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

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Papers
Year 2023
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€14,500
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2020
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€14,000
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2018
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€13,260
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2008
Product Location
€11,890
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
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Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2021
Product Location
€13,295
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
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Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
€13,015
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2001
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€10,680
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
€12,545
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2004
Product Location
€10,680
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
New Price
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
€8,305
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 1996
Product Location
€8,035
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
1665

Box
Papers
Year 1967
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€22,250
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126603

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126603

Box
Papers
Year 2019
Product Location
€16,590
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
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Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2005
Product Location
€10,770
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2004
Product Location
€10,275
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
New Price

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
€13,710
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 126600
New Price

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
126600

Box
Papers
Year 2020
Product Location
€13,420
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600
New Price

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 2002
Product Location
€9,635
incl. import taxes & duties

Launched in 1967, the Rolex Sea-Dweller was the first wristwatch designed for use in saturation diving and is now a mainstay in the brand’s line-up, alongside the similar Submariner. It was conceived as a solution to a problem faced by commercial and scientific divers, such as those working for the diving agency COMEX (Compagnie Maritime D’Expertises) who worked underwater at depths of several hundred metres.


While spending time in a dive chamber, and therefore avoiding the need to spend valuable working hours decompressing several times a day, these divers would breathe a helium-oxygen mix, allowing their lungs to function under the enormous pressure.


Unfortunately, this often proved catastrophic for their watches, whose acrylic crystals and gaskets absorbed the fine helium molecules. On completing their work underwater, divers would return to atmospheric pressure faster than the helium could escape the watch, and the pressure would build up to the extent that the crystals of their watches would pop off like a champagne cork.


The introduction of the helium escape valve, a spring-loaded valve which appears as a tiny O-ring built into the side of the case, solved that problem.


The very first commercially produced Sea-Dweller model was the reference 1665. This model, which featured a water resistance of 610 metres, is now known among collectors as the “Double Red” on account of the two lines of red text on the lower half of the dial. Unlike the Submariner it didn’t feature the Cyclops magnifier above the date window. This was because adding it would have given the plexiglass an uneven surface, leading to a structural weakness.


Later versions of the same reference featured a dial with all-white text, while models made for COMEX divers featured the company’s logo in place of the word “Sea-Dweller”. These are hugely sought-after among vintage Rolex collectors today.


By the late 1970s, the reference 16660—known as the “Triple Six”—appeared, which doubled the water resistance to 1,220 metres and featured the brand’s newer Caliber 3035 movement, which was equipped with a more convenient quick-set date. Also, the plexiglass lens was replaced with a much more resilient and scratch-proof sapphire crystal.


This watch was succeeded by the reference 16600 in 1989, which had a healthy production run of twenty years before Rolex discontinued the Sea-Dweller. However, after a five-year hiatus, the collection reappeared in 2014 with the reference 116600, which boasted a Cerachrom bezel.


Today, Rolex offers two variations of the Sea-Dweller: the all-steel reference 126600 and the two-tone 126603, which combines steel and yellow gold for a more refined look. With a case size of 43mm, these two contemporary models are significantly larger than the 40mm of previous models and also feature, for the first time in the Sea-Dweller family, the signature Cyclops lens found on most Submariners.


At Watchfinder, you’ll find a range of pre-owned Rolex Sea-Dweller models, from vintage to current models. Whatever version you choose, you’re adding a vital part of modern diving history to your collection, a true tool watch that’s proven its mettle in some of the deepest parts of the world’s oceans.

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