Adam Scott’s watch was a Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue after the Australian PGA Championship this weekend. Since the PGA Tour is on holiday break until next year, we have to head over to the European Tour for our watch fix this week. Adam was one of two players to shoot all four rounds under par to win the Australian PGA by two strokes. After the tournament, he threw Rolex’s most capable dive watch, the Sea-Dweller Deepsea, on his wrist and held the silver trophy high in the Gold Coast air.

WOTW Specs

Watch: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller Deepsea
Reference: 126660-0002
Case: 904L Oystersteel
Bezel: Cerachrom Ceramic
Size: 44mm
Movement: Rolex 3235, 31 Jewels
Power Reserve: 70 hours
Glass: Saphire Crystal (5.5mm Thick)
Waterproof: 3,900 Meters (12,800ft)
Helium Escape Valve
Bracelet: 904L Oystersteel
Price: $12,550

This Sea-Dweller is probably a familiar sight to readers of WOTW since it was featured last week on Tiger’s wrist at the Presidents Cup! Adam has been a part of the Rolex team for years now and loves to wear a variety of timepieces from the brand. This Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea D-Blue (Ref: 126660-0002) isn’t the only Deepsea he has worn in the past, he wore the all-black dial (ref: 116660-0001) after winning the 2013 Masters Tournament.

Rolex created the first water and dustproof watch in 1926, protecting the watch movement from any damage. The Rolex Sea-Dweller debuted in 1960 as the more rugged and capable dive watch compared to the Submariner. Where the Submariner can dive to 300 meters, the standard Sea-Dweller goes to 1,220 meters, and the Sea-Dweller Deepsea will survive the wild depth of 3,900 meters! The Sea-Dweller Deepsea was introduced in 2008 and its water-resistance rating of 3,900 meters is more than 100 times deeper than any human could survive.

The incredible capability of the Sea-Dweller Deepsea is provided by the larger 904L Oystersteel case, thicker sapphire crystal, patented Ringlock System, titanium and steel caseback, and a helium escape valve. Rolex beefed up the Sea-Dweller’s Oystersteel case for the Deepsea, creating a pretty large 44mm wide and 17.7mm tall finished watch. Oystersteel is Rolex’s patented stainless steel alloy that has superior corrosion resistance and durability needed for deep saltwater diving.

You can see the patented Rolex Ringlock System around the dial, made of a nitrogen-alloyed steel ring, keeping the movement safe from the extreme water pressure at 3,900 meters. The back of the case is reinforced with a titanium disc and a steel tightening ring to ensure a tight seal, even if the water pressure would cause the caseback to deform. On the side of the case there is a small “button”, Rolex’s Helium Escape Valve, that is also on the standard Sea-Dweller models. This Helium Escape Valve allows gasses inside the watch to be expelled, instead of popping the crystal off, when under tremendous pressure.

Inside this elaborate, armored case is Rolex’s self-winding 3235 automatic movement. The 3235 is a 31 jewel movement that is COSC certified and offers 70 hours of power reserve. Rolex actually demands that the 3235 be twice as precise as the COSC requires, ensuring exact timekeeping.

This reference Deepsea shows off the D-Blue dial that fades from blue to black, commemorating James Cameron’s historic solo dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The D-Blue dial also has large Chromalight luminescence markers that glow a bright blue for easy reading underwater. Covering that gradient dial is a stronger and thicker, 5.5.mm, sapphire crystal without a magnifying Cyclops Lens over the date.

The Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea is the only current Rolex model with a date and no Cyclops Lens. Currently, Rolex hasn’t found a way to create the lens on the thicker crystal that can withstand the pressures at 3,900 meters. Surrounding the crystal is an extremely scratch-resistant Cerachrom ceramic and steel bezel with numerals coated in platinum. To secure this underwater engineering marvel to your wrist is an updated 22mm wide Oystersteel bracelet with Rolex’s Glidelock extension system to fit over a wetsuit.

Congratulations to Adam on his victory in his home country and to continuing to wear a great variety of Rolex watches. Hopefully, we see more of his perfect swing and fabulous watch collection in 2020!