The original Deepsea Sea Dweller thread. DSSD MEMBERS - OWNERS CLUB

[alixg]

Originally Posted by steveclocks

It's an handsome watch that DSSD Alixg. Love the lume it looks perfect to me! wear it in good health man

Thank you, you guys are the best. Really feel pumped up, and proud of wearing my watch!


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[Gns7]

I love my DSSD but am getting frustrated at not being able to set the minute hand to point exactly to the minute markers on the dial, after a few hours it goes out of position again:S

Any suggestions please?

[alixg]

Do you mean it goes off by a few click it just looks off?


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[Rashid.bk]

Originally Posted by Gns7

I love my DSSD but am getting frustrated at not being able to set the minute hand to point exactly to the minute markers on the dial, after a few hours it goes out of position again:S

Any suggestions please?

Weird, mine is spot on. All mechanical watches I've seen have a little play and can "jump" when you push the crown in. My Rolexes have been the most stable watches I've had.
I set it by hacking the seconds dead at 12, and what ever minute just a hair past it. I make sure to work the play out, I always arrive at my desired time by moving forward to it, not backward.

For example, if my watch says 1515 hrs and I want to reset it to 1415hrs, I go backward to 1415hrs and past it to 1410 or whatever, I wiggle it a little to make sure there's no play and then I work the minute hand forward to 1415hrs.
When it arrives(by moving clockwise/forward) at 15...just a hair past, push the crown in and bam!
There it is. Perfect every time.

[Gns7]

Thanks for the reply:)

I thought I had it spot on but it is still about 10 seconds off when checking today. I've mostly been trying to get it exact by using the anti clockwise method until feeling the minute hand is springy and taking it back to the desired minute.

Will try your clockwise method

[Gns7]

Ok, the problem is with the watch... It cycles through being 10 seconds slow, to exact, to 10 seconds fast over the course of 24 hours. The watch was last set correctly on Wednesday and I have been monitoring it since.

Frustrating to say the least. The only thing I can put this down to, from different topics I have read, is gear play.

[psv]

[JoseD]

Where did you get the endlinks for the Deepsea? Smarty Jones? Does it make any difference in wearing comfort? More pics, please!

[JoseD]

My bad, just saw your other post...Looks great.

[mlotus95]

Originally Posted by psv

looks sweet

[MrFerrier]

A picture of me in my Land Rover with my DeepSea. My two great loves! (Not including my beautiful wife of course)

[Baselman]

[Toivonen]

Ho guys..only a question...
Do the deepsea have bevels in the lower part of the lugs,when the linear satin finish 'turns' in the vertical satin finish of the caseback?i can't understand if there's a thin horizontal polished finished bevel at the intersection of those Two part of the lugs,the lower in the front and the upper in the caseback side.
I don't understand because profiles are 'smooth' and in that part of the lug there's a lot of light reflections

Even in the Rolex tech pages seems there's something like what i'm trying to explain
http://www.watchlinks.net/Rolex/Serv...pseainfo04.jpg
(Look at the visual from the caseback side)

What do you think?
Do someone have some clear macro?

[Pete17]

Originally Posted by Toivonen

Ho guys..only a question...
Do the deepsea have bevels in the lower part of the lugs,when the linear satin finish 'turns' in the vertical satin finish of the caseback?i can't understand if there's a thin horizontal polished finished bevel at the intersection of those Two part of the lugs,the lower in the front and the upper in the caseback side.
I don't understand because profiles are 'smooth' and in that part of the lug there's a lot of light reflections

Even in the Rolex tech pages seems there's something like what i'm trying to explain
http://www.watchlinks.net/Rolex/Serv...pseainfo04.jpg
(Look at the visual from the caseback side)

What do you think?
Do someone have some clear macro?

No, they're not bevelled.

[Toivonen]

Originally Posted by Pete17

No, they're not bevelled.

I mean that...see the Rolex tech page...unfortunately i can't do macro

[Pete17]

If you magnify anything to that degree you'll see where the different finishes start and finish.
The finish I think you're referring to is just a result of taking the burr off the edge.. Microscopic.
As for beveled edges....they are not.

[Toivonen]

Originally Posted by Pete17

If you magnify anything to that degree you'll see where the different finishes start and finish.
The finish I think you're referring to is just a result of taking the burr off the edge.. Microscopic.
As for beveled edges....they are not.

i see that the link that i put in the previous reply doesn't work...
take a look at this..

[Rashid.bk]

No edges on the watch are beveled. Now they did take the sharpness off the edges as Pete stated, which is a must or else it may cause discomfort and any contact would surely create an ugly deformity in what would be something razor sharp.

Not sure what you are getting at. Can't you see it on your Deepsea. No beveling exist.

[Toivonen]

Originally Posted by Rashid.bk

No edges on the watch are beveled. Now they did take the sharpness off the edges as Pete stated, which is a must or else it may cause discomfort and any contact would surely create an ugly deformity in what would be something razor sharp.

Not sure what you are getting at. Can't you see it on your Deepsea. No beveling exist.

just a curiosity
because if you look at the technical page there's something can be confused with a bevel.and in the real watch that part reflects the light.
so...i agree with you

[masterserg]

[Rashid.bk]

Originally Posted by Toivonen

just a curiosity
because if you look at the technical page there's something can be confused with a bevel.and in the real watch that part reflects the light.
so...i agree with you

I actually tried to look at mine but couldn't see it because I have a rubber b on and it blocks that exact part. I mean, to be reeeeeally technical about it, it does have a "bevel" of sorts, but not in the way we understand in the Rolex community and the beveled surfaces of the vintage pieces of old.

Originally Posted by masterserg

Wait, you got one again?
I was sure you left us for the high life that is AP. I'm really curious to know what brought you back.
The Diver has been on my mind a bit lately, so you're perspective will be quite interesting.

[masterserg]

Originally Posted by Rashid.bk

Wait, you got one again?
I was sure you left us for the high life that is AP. I'm really curious to know what brought you back.
The Diver has been on my mind a bit lately, so you're perspective will be quite interesting.

It is actually my third iteration with the DSSD :) And a keeper this time!

It's a good question ... I caught the AP bug, went through a number of them, including the Diver. The Diver is a gorgeous piece, but it was missing something ... I just could not make an emotional connection ... I can't put my finger on it .... and I could not live with the terrible lume (for the purpose). I traded everything I had and moved up to my grail, the FC 26400 ... which is every bit as amazing as I thought it was going to be ... but ultimately I did not feel comfortable with that amount on the wrist. You can't have a Lambo as a daily driver (well, I can't).

AP makes beautiful works of art and I shed a tear or two when I shipped the FC, but as a friend wisely told me "you have to get what you love, and what you love wearing". To me, the DSSD represents just that. There is NOTHING out there like it, I don't care what the price is. I just feel happy wearing it. That's what this passion is all about.

[psv]

There is no wrong road to enlightenment, Serge! Welcome back! :-)

Cheers,

Patrick
(who is not exactly on his first DSSD either...)

[Rashid.bk]

Wow Serge, I am very surprised at this outcome. You speak incredible words of wisdom as I have been on the verge of selling my watches for FC Diver, or just moving from my Deepsea to a ss Diver. But there's something I love about the Diver and something that just at the threshold of deciding, keeps me from committing.

But you sum it up very nicely, with my lifestyle and that I'm just not in a position to have something that valuable on my wrist, FC Diver(which I absolutely love). As it relates to the ss Diver, the lume is def a concern, along with the inner bezel in daily life, that it seems to show wear more due to it's fine broad brushed surfaces as well as it's flexibility. I actually use my watches and it's features so I have to be able to feel comfortable in it's daily use. Unscrewing and re-screwing the bezel every other day I use it just does not sound intuitive. For all intents and purpose, for "me" I could get away with the Deepsea in a suit but the Diver as beautiful and high end as it is just doesn't feel like it would go.

I sure do like the Diver A LOT, but as it seems we have a lot in common with tastes, I believe in your experience is a very good lesson in exactly where I may wind up, back at my Deepsea.
It is my daily wearer and perhaps I need to give it a rest for a few months and use my GMT2c. To be honest it has gotten a bit heavy to me and its on a rubber b right now which I find surprisingly uncomfortable. But there's just no other Rolex like it, thick domed plexi looking crystal and matte dial, and because of the thick crystal and and inner ring lock the dial has a three dimensional type aspect to it that is just stunning to look at.
Very glad to see it back and you truly content. Now get to snapping those awesome pics again.

Thank you for response.

[masterserg]

Unfortunately my friend ... there's only one way to find out. Who knows, your experience might be different and it might be perfect for you :) though in your line of work ... the DS is perfect I think. The finishing on the SS Diver will take a beating, quickly ... and that bezel will not look nearly as nice all dinged up. The inner bezel was not really a problem but I am not sure about its robustness. Crown problems are not unheard of with AP.

The road to enlightenment, to quote Patrick, is not cheap ...

In my eyes (and heart) the DeepSea is a thing of beauty, perfection and extreme function.

Here are a couple old snaps (this was my first one a long while ago):

[kultschar]

Glad you got another Deepsea Serge!

Was wondering if you also replaced back the other watches that you traded for your "grail"

Cheers

Paul

Ps - wearing my DSSD today!

[psv]

Originally Posted by masterserg

Unfortunately my friend ... there's only one way to find out. Who knows, your experience might be different and it might be perfect for you :) though in your line of work ... the DS is perfect I think. The finishing on the SS Diver will take a beating, quickly ... and that bezel will not look nearly as nice all dinged up. The inner bezel was not really a problem but I am not sure about its robustness. Crown problems are not unheard of with AP.

The road to enlightenment, to quote Patrick, is not cheap ...

In my eyes (and heart) the DeepSea is a thing of beauty, perfection and extreme function.

[Pete17]

Originally Posted by Toivonen

just a curiosity
because if you look at the technical page there's something can be confused with a bevel.and in the real watch that part reflects the light.
so...i agree with you

I see exactly what you mean but that is not a bevelled edge by any means.

[Toivonen]

Originally Posted by Pete17

I see exactly what you mean but that is not a bevelled edge by any means.

they probably put in the tech page the artifact produced in that point by the light reflection

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