Rolex 23/01/1960

[spoilsofwar01]

Some Rolex history, in brief:

In 1960 Rolex made watchmaking history when it joined the bathyscaphe Trieste on an unprecedented dive to the deepest known point in the world’s oceans. Crewed by Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard and U.S. Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh, the Trieste was carrying an experimental Rolex Deep Sea Special wristwatch when it reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean on 23 January 1960, at a record depth of 10,916 metres

Now I always thought it was Jacques Cousteau who made the dive and that there was two watches, one strapped to the out side......

Im interested to learn if they were ever made and sold in the original style or did they start with the 5512 model.....

has any one seen and original one in the flesh.......

[Kiaraff]

Rolex Deep-sea Prototype and very ugly with the ss and gold bracelet!

[spoilsofwar01]

Originally Posted by Kiaraff

Rolex Deep-sea Prototype and very ugly with the ss and gold bracelet!

Hello Kiaraff, its not mine its off Goggle images, just to give an idea of what I was talking about, well spotted in regards to the SS and gold bracelet, ugly? well beauty is in the eyes of the beholder...... I wonder how much a prototype would be worth? Rgds "H"