The Rolex Deepsea is water resistant to a depth of 3,900 metres (12,800 feet) and built to meet the exacting demands of professional divers. This robust, precise and reliable Professional model unveiled in 2008 illustrates Rolexs mastery of waterproofness, acquired over decades of real-life experience stretching back to the heyday of underwater exploration. It is steeped in the pioneering spirit that led Rolex to invent the Oyster and develop, in the 1950s and 1960s, divers watches like the Submariner and the Sea-Dweller. The Rolex Deepsea owes its name to the Deep Sea Special, the experimental Rolex watch that in 1960 successfully travelled to the deepest point in the oceans, a depth of 10,916 metres.
