Deepsea Challenge Pics

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Quite a beast!

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[Andad]

Looks bullet proof Bo.

Excellent pix.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Looks more like a crystal prone to chipping at the edge to me!

[Watchmutt]

Wow that's massive. I like it though.

[Explorer 2011]

Unbelievable...I think I'm happy with 100m for now though. Certainly enough for my weekly swim!

Thinking actually if a watch that size would just make you sink!

[Passionata]

is it built w/o He valve?

[MonBK]

All yours?

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by MonBK

All yours?

I was nearly gonna say "Up..."

Sorry, I'm already spoken for! It's flattering that you like me, though.

There's a source after the pics, if you hadn't noticed it....

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Passionata

is it built w/o He valve?

There would be no need of any HEV on such watches, one at the depth its rated too no man would need to use it.Two the HEV valve is designed to release the high content helium breathing gas while breathing under pressure that can pass though the crystal and seals and get into the watch case in dry chamber .So when the divers are returning to normal above surface atmospheric pressure over many hours in the dry chamber first they would be breathing high helium mix gas . The helium gas can get into watch case because the gas molecules are so small.So the watch case would expand as watch and divers returns to normal air breathing surface pressure so its released via the one way HEV,without this one way valve the crystal one of the weakest points would blow and crack.And the watch worn inside the Deepsea Challenge Dive submarine, the operator was breathing all the time air at normal surface atmospheric pressure so again no need of a HEV.

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by padi56

There would be no need of any HEV on such watches, one at the depth its rated too no man would need to use it.Two the HEV valve is designed to release the high content helium breathing gas while breathing under pressure that can pass though the crystal and seals and get into the watch case in dry chamber .So when the divers are returning to normal above surface atmospheric pressure over many hours in the dry chamber first they would be breathing high helium mix gas . The helium gas can get into watch case because the gas molecules are so small.So the watch case would expand as watch and divers returns to normal air breathing surface pressure so its released via the one way HEV,without this one way valve the crystal one of the weakest points would blow and crack.And the watch worn inside the Deepsea Challenge Dive submarine, the operator was breathing all the time air at normal surface atmospheric pressure so again no need of a HEV.

Exactly!

Plus, 3) the Deepsea Challenge was attached to the robotic arm on the outside of the Deepsea Challenger submersible... in other words IN the water where no HEV is needed.

[dcvelo]

Would this beast be available for purchase in the near future? Just wondering how the pictures were obtained.
Cheers!!

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by dcvelo

Would this beast be available for purchase in the near future? Just wondering how the pictures were obtained.
Cheers!!

It's said to be an "experimental" watch, yet there are (at least: pics) two of them...

Furthermore, in this video near the end you see a Deepsea Challenge watch being put in the kind of box a normal customer would get his (normal) Rolex watch in... so who knows if the DSC is gonna be for sale or not? Yes, only Rolex.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okSkPBaWkas

[masterserg]

Originally Posted by padi56

There would be no need of any HEV on such watches, one at the depth its rated too no man would need to use it.Two the HEV valve is designed to release the high content helium breathing gas while breathing under pressure that can pass though the crystal and seals and get into the watch case in dry chamber .So when the divers are returning to normal above surface atmospheric pressure over many hours in the dry chamber first they would be breathing high helium mix gas . The helium gas can get into watch case because the gas molecules are so small.So the watch case would expand as watch and divers returns to normal air breathing surface pressure so its released via the one way HEV,without this one way valve the crystal one of the weakest points would blow and crack.And the watch worn inside the Deepsea Challenge Dive submarine, the operator was breathing all the time air at normal surface atmospheric pressure so again no need of a HEV.

VERY interesting Peter! The DSSD is way beyond diveable depths as well, so you can hopefully assume that if somebody buys this beast they will dive with it so again I would guess the lack of the HEV makes it a purely experimental watch (unless you have a submarine in your backyard ... and of course talking about intended purposes as most people can dive to their depths with a DJ).

The watch is a cool experiment but I would leave it at that. I'd say unwearable unless you are one of those 6' 5" 250 lbs. characters ... and even then...

[Vincent65]

Hey Bo great to see you again - awesome pics, thanks for sharing mate. I love the beast! Hope you're doing OK - been thinking of you. BTW, I thought the same about the edge of the fat crystal!

[How]

I'm pretty sure I'll sink to the bottom of the Mariana Trench with that thing on my wrist

How did you get your hands on those badboys Bo?

[Vincent65]

Originally Posted by How

I'm pretty sure I'll sink to the bottom of the Mariana Trench with that thing on my wrist

How did you get your hands on those badboys Bo?

I don't think even the venerable Bo can get one of these (yet). The pics are marked 'Oceanic Time,' if you look closely

[bayerische]

Very nice pics, but that watch looks ridiculous.

I hope they'll never produce it.

[Tony-GB]

That would look perfect next to my 60mm Panerai. I could wear one on each wrist for different timezones.

I wonder how it would look with a diamond dial and bracelet?

Thanks for the superb pics, Bo.

[Xenophon]

Blimey, that is a beast. But can I wear it in the shower ?

[bottom of the ninth]

WoW!

[mjclark32]

Massive!

[RolexDivers]

The unprotected lens protruding looks really terrible. Otherwise, the watch is pretty thick.

[gpfps]

The late Andre the Giant could wear this watch. Andre had 12'' writs and you could a put U.S silver 1 D inside his ring and the coin didn't touch the sides !!!!! He was on sports Ill. years ago. He was 7'9'' approx. and 500 pounds.

[Brushpup]

Originally Posted by RolexDivers

The unprotected lens protruding looks really terrible. Otherwise, the watch is pretty thick.

I could not disagree more. It's what makes it cool. It makes it look so much more like an Older Sub or SD. Awsome to see that crystal sticking up like a top hat model.

[Vincent65]

wonder how much it would retail for...

$20-$25K I reckon.

[Langleyz]

That's insane. Makes the dssd look quite small...

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Looking at the pics again, it seems that the links count on both sides of the bracelet (6 + 12 side) exceeds the standard DSSD links count...I seem to be able to count 9 (?) links on the 6 side and 10 (plus 2 inside the clasp, makeing 12 in total) on the 12 side?

So I would say it has no divers extension link.

Still leaves the question what that hole is for...

[TLex]

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[SennaFan]

Love the Crystal....looks old school

[TLex]

Many thanks!

Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

Quite a beast!

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