Rolex Sea-Dweller wristshot

Return of the Rolex Sea-Dweller at Baselworld 2014

Along with our colleagues from WatchTime.com, the Monochrome team also spent a busy week at Baselworld 2014, and had the chance to see and review a number of new watches introduced at the fair. In this article from our online magazine monochrome-watches.com, we take a closer look at the new Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000, a highlight piece for many Rolex fans.

To be honest, we have missed the Sea-Dweller over the past six years. After the introduction of the Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea in 2008, the existing reference 16600 Sea-Dweller disappeared from the collection. That was one of the reasons to include it in the wish list that we published a few weeks before Baselworld. After several years of absence from Rolex’s collection, the Sea-Dweller is back in a contemporary version, featuring a Cerachrom bezel insert, the Oysterlock safety clasp and the Rolex Glidelock bracelet extension system.

Besides the re-introduction of the Sea-Dweller, we also predicted (and wished for) a GMT-Master II with a blue/red bezel (nicknamed “Pepsi”), a Daytona with a silver dial and black chronograph subdials (nicknamed “Panda dial”) with black ceramic bezel, and a Milgauss with a blue dial. Rolex delivered on the Milgauss and GMT-Master II Pepsi, though not the Daytona. Fortunately, the world’s most iconic dive watch is now available again.

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