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horseco · 29 March 2012, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by witch watch

Obviously this was not possible otherwise they'd have done so perhaps in the next deep dive in 'x' years they'll have perfected manufacturing learned from this dive and be able to produce a more pleasing to the eye watch.

I hope you are right, but I cant shake the feeling Rolex has been able to accomplish the DSC depths for at least a decade or more, & this was simply a publicity stunt...

witch watch · 29 March 2012, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by horseco

I hope you are right, but I cant shake the feeling Rolex has been able to accomplish the DSC depths for at least a decade or more, & this was simply a publicity stunt...

Of course publicity,the so-good-we-did-it-again/no one else has done it(AKA the 'halo effect' as previously mentioned) is a part of it and to be fair why on earth if you had done it before allow another company to get in their and steal some of your shine. Do you honestly think Omega would just sit back if NASA announced a trip back to the moon?? And i'd bet my last penny that if a Mars landing happens in my lifetime they (Omega) will be front of the queue to say 'Me First'.

Porsche · 29 March 2012, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by aeon888

I doubt if he ever even spent a penny in the expedition. I bet National Geographic, Rolex and some other big companies like Virgin Group sponsored the event and maybe even paid JC a big lump sum of cash.

I believe it was only National Geographic and Rolex (no, Virgin did not contribute)

here is the banner from the top of the website
and the sponsors and contributors banner from the bottom of the website

There would obviously also be a very tight commercial arrangement between James Cameron and National Geographic for the rights (and profits!) to the footage.

I am proud to be a National Geographic member and subscriber if this is what they do with my money

Boothroyd · 29 March 2012, 10:18 AM

I think this link is worth posting to this thread for reference. Details on the 1960 Trieste dive: http://bjsonline.com/watches/articles/0022_3.shtml

Boothroyd · 29 March 2012, 10:20 AM

Note there are pages at the bottom. Here's a look at the innards of the Rolex watch that made the dive: http://bjsonline.com/watches/articles/0022_4.shtml

Boothroyd · 29 March 2012, 10:27 AM

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_04kZGR_ltm...EEP-SEA-Ad.jpg One last post of a Rolex ad I haven't seen heralding the accomplishment. Note they didn't accurately measure the depth at time.

JohnEaton · 12 May 2014, 02:02 PM

VERY COOL! I got the booklet from an AD in Vegas, heard there is a limited run of 500 soon and put my name on the list. I usually wear a DSSD 10 months out of the year and on the bottom of the Bering for sometimes 70 hours a week. I get this monster I guarantee I'm wearing on the bottom of the Bering Sea :D :D

JohnEaton · 12 May 2014, 02:10 PM

Oh, and it was 12 kilometer or 39370ft=12000m not 35,756ft/10,898m

A Beautiful HUGE wristwatch

skprd13 · 12 May 2014, 04:49 PM

Wow talk about an old thread! 4 yrs.!

Sorry bad in math or at least to many Sam Adams! LOL

Baselman · 12 May 2014, 04:57 PM

Whose dragged this nonsense back up again lol

psv · 12 May 2014, 09:44 PM

Has the movie of the project been released yet?

kilyung · 13 May 2014, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnEaton

VERY COOL! I got the booklet from an AD in Vegas, heard there is a limited run of 500 soon and put my name on the list. I usually wear a DSSD 10 months out of the year and on the bottom of the Bering for sometimes 70 hours a week. I get this monster I guarantee I'm wearing on the bottom of the Bering Sea :D :D

Hey John, good to see you back mate! You've kind of lost 2yrs. Get stuck in the ice and only recently thawed?

JohnEaton · 13 May 2014, 03:31 AM

member #104,893 I've been gone about 2 to 4 years, there's not much about this on the net. nice meeting you

Yeah Mike, Way too many irons in the fire (OR ICE) I can't keep up with everything and TRF kinda took a backseat when Redshirt, Ashley, Leo and others left and we lost JJ. with 100,000+ members it just didn't feel the same. Thanks, headed back to Nome in two days, the sea ice is rotting, time to get back to blowing bubbles and sucking gold :D

tkerrmd · 13 May 2014, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnEaton

Oh, and it was 12 kilometer or 39370ft=12000m not 35,756ft/10,898m

A Beautiful HUGE wristwatch

does this come in platinum

kilyung · 13 May 2014, 07:01 AM

I wonder if platinum could withstand the pressure at that rated depth without imploding or at least serious deformation?

kilyung · 13 May 2014, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnEaton

Yeah Mike, Way too many irons in the fire (OR ICE) I can't keep up with everything and TRF kinda took a backseat when Redshirt, Ashley, Leo and others left and we lost JJ. with 100,000+ members it just didn't feel the same. Thanks, headed back to Nome in two days, the sea ice is rotting, time to get back to blowing bubbles and sucking gold :D

Yeah it has changed quite a bit. Any chance of some pictures of gold on the seabed?

psv · 13 May 2014, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnEaton

member #104,893 I've been gone about 2 to 4 years, there's not much about this on the net. nice meeting you

Yeah Mike, Way too many irons in the fire (OR ICE) I can't keep up with everything and TRF kinda took a backseat when Redshirt, Ashley, Leo and others left and we lost JJ. with 100,000+ members it just didn't feel the same. Thanks, headed back to Nome in two days, the sea ice is rotting, time to get back to blowing bubbles and sucking gold :D

Good of you to check in, John. Stick around!

IAN1 · 13 May 2014, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by tkerrmd

does this come in platinum

Make mine in YG and im sold sold sold!!!

HogwldFLTR · 13 May 2014, 08:08 AM

Clearly the best for styling in Mariana. Very great accomplishment; the watch wasn't bad either.

Racerdj · 13 May 2014, 08:23 AM

Interesting!

AJAX · 13 May 2014, 09:05 AM

I couldn't afford the watch even if it did come out. I'm just waiting to see if I can get a base ball cap celebrating the event.

JohnEaton · 13 May 2014, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kilyung

Yeah it has changed quite a bit. Any chance of some pictures of gold on the seabed?

This is a six day clean up... bottles are kilos, vial is ten ounces of nuggets

JohnEaton · 13 May 2014, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by psv

Good of you to check in, John. Stick around!

Thank you

JohnEaton · 13 May 2014, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

Clearly the best for styling in Mariana. Very great accomplishment; the watch wasn't bad either.

best styling for Nome

AND a Nome Omelet

tkerrmd · 13 May 2014, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kilyung

I wonder if platinum could withstand the pressure at that rated depth without imploding or at least serious deformation?

Let's not over think this!

Starbucksboss · 13 May 2014, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by xxthe_remedyxx

Oh My God.

Yes

BNA/LION · 13 May 2014, 01:36 PM

IMHO: That prototype in the article doesn't look like a watch that will sell well to the general public. Professional divers, oceanographer, underwater welder, Navy Seal, etc. maybe.

29 March 2012, 10:18 AM	#364
Boothroyd 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Daniel Location: Minneapolis, MN Watch: Wilsdorf(s) Posts: 10,259	I think this link is worth posting to this thread for reference. Details on the 1960 Trieste dive: http://bjsonline.com/watches/articles/0022_3.shtml __________________ Explorer 214270 MK I/Datejust II Black 116300/Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black 79220N

29 March 2012, 10:20 AM	#365
Boothroyd 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Daniel Location: Minneapolis, MN Watch: Wilsdorf(s) Posts: 10,259	Note there are pages at the bottom. Here's a look at the innards of the Rolex watch that made the dive: http://bjsonline.com/watches/articles/0022_4.shtml __________________ Explorer 214270 MK I/Datejust II Black 116300/Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black 79220N

29 March 2012, 10:27 AM	#366
Boothroyd 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Daniel Location: Minneapolis, MN Watch: Wilsdorf(s) Posts: 10,259	http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_04kZGR_ltm...EEP-SEA-Ad.jpg One last post of a Rolex ad I haven't seen heralding the accomplishment. Note they didn't accurately measure the depth at time. __________________ Explorer 214270 MK I/Datejust II Black 116300/Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black 79220N

12 May 2014, 02:02 PM	#367
JohnEaton "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: John Eaton Location: Nome Alaska USA Watch: Red1680 metres 1st Posts: 1,869	VERY COOL! I got the booklet from an AD in Vegas, heard there is a limited run of 500 soon and put my name on the list. I usually wear a DSSD 10 months out of the year and on the bottom of the Bering for sometimes 70 hours a week. I get this monster I guarantee I'm wearing on the bottom of the Bering Sea :D :D __________________ Perfection lies not in the organic whole but in the isolated fragment

12 May 2014, 02:10 PM	#368
JohnEaton "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: John Eaton Location: Nome Alaska USA Watch: Red1680 metres 1st Posts: 1,869	Oh, and it was 12 kilometer or 39370ft=12000m not 35,756ft/10,898m A Beautiful HUGE wristwatch __________________ Perfection lies not in the organic whole but in the isolated fragment

12 May 2014, 04:49 PM	#369
skprd13 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Real Name: Tom Location: Kauai Watch: 1675-1680-16750 Posts: 3,346	Wow talk about an old thread! 4 yrs.! Sorry bad in math or at least to many Sam Adams! LOL Last edited by skprd13; 12 May 2014 at 04:50 PM.. Reason: Bad math

12 May 2014, 04:57 PM	#370
Baselman "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Switzerland Watch: 1665 GreatWhite SD Posts: 1,527	Whose dragged this nonsense back up again lol

12 May 2014, 09:44 PM	#371
psv 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA & France Posts: 11,078	Has the movie of the project been released yet?

13 May 2014, 03:31 AM	#373
JohnEaton "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: John Eaton Location: Nome Alaska USA Watch: Red1680 metres 1st Posts: 1,869	member #104,893 I've been gone about 2 to 4 years, there's not much about this on the net. nice meeting you Yeah Mike, Way too many irons in the fire (OR ICE) I can't keep up with everything and TRF kinda took a backseat when Redshirt, Ashley, Leo and others left and we lost JJ. with 100,000+ members it just didn't feel the same. Thanks, headed back to Nome in two days, the sea ice is rotting, time to get back to blowing bubbles and sucking gold :D __________________ Perfection lies not in the organic whole but in the isolated fragment

13 May 2014, 07:01 AM	#375
kilyung 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cave Watch: Sundial Posts: 33,940	I wonder if platinum could withstand the pressure at that rated depth without imploding or at least serious deformation?

13 May 2014, 08:08 AM	#379
HogwldFLTR 2024 ROLEX SUBMARINER 41 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Real Name: Lee Location: 42.48.45N70.48.48 Watch: Too many to list! Posts: 33,697	Clearly the best for styling in Mariana. Very great accomplishment; the watch wasn't bad either. __________________ Troglodyte in residence! https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=808599

13 May 2014, 08:23 AM	#380
Racerdj 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Indianapolis Watch: Patek-Philippe Posts: 16,832	Interesting! __________________ Rolex and Patek Philippe

13 May 2014, 09:05 AM	#381
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13 May 2014, 01:36 PM	#387
BNA/LION 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Larry Location: San Diego, CA Watch: ROLEX Posts: 25,661	IMHO: That prototype in the article doesn't look like a watch that will sell well to the general public. Professional divers, oceanographer, underwater welder, Navy Seal, etc. maybe. __________________ ✦ 28238 President DD 18K/YG ✦ 16610LN SS Sub ✦ 16613 18K/SS Serti ✦ 16550 Exp II Non-Rail Cream Dial ✦ Daytona C 116500 ✦ 126710 BLRO GMT-Master II ✦ NEXT-->? ⛳ Hole In One! 10/3/19 DMCC 5th hole, par 3, 168 yards w/ 4-Iron.

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