And just like that, Rolex delivers its first watch in titanium, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Deepsea Challenge. We will demur to tradition and simply refer to the watch as the Deepsea Challenge, to distinguish this from the regular Deepsea, which remains in the collection; the case reference number is 126067; these will no doubt be important numerals for collectors, and that places this watch high on the newsworthiness list. It certainly bumped a couple of pieces we were preparing for the issue...
For the moment, we will go by the numbers here as this is a dive watch from Rolex and it does not get more desirable than that. First off, for those who like to wear their watches, this new Deepsea is 50mm so you better have wrists like LeBron James. It is in a type of Grade 5 titanium called RLX so it will be lighter - it is 30 per cent less hefty than the 2012 version in steel, which is unsurprising. Given how heavy that beast was, this will still feel pleasantly resolute.
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