{"product_id":"rolex-deepsea-yellow-gold-136668lb-2024","title":"Rolex Deepsea Yellow Gold Blue Dial 136668LB 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eReference 136668LB is the Deepsea in 18 ct yellow gold, blue dial under a matching blue Cerachrom bezel. A saturation diver's watch made out of solid gold, which is either the least sensible thing Rolex has done in a decade or the most honest one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath the theatre there is real engineering, and the Ringlock System is worth understanding because nobody explains it. At depth the component under the most load is not the case — it is the crystal, pressed inwards by several tonnes of water. A conventional dive watch asks the middle case to resist that, which is why most pressure ratings run out in the low hundreds of metres. Rolex instead fits a compression ring inside the case and lets the crystal bear against the ring rather than the case. The ring takes the thrust; the middle case only has to hold the ring. The crystal itself is domed sapphire, five and a half millimetres thick, which is more glass than most watches have case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn gold the whole proposition turns faintly absurd, and that is most of the appeal. Forty-four millimetres of 18 ct yellow gold is not a light object, and the depth rating is one that no human being will ever test. The numerals on the blue Cerachrom insert are gold-coated rather than printed, and against a gold case the blue reads considerably harder than the same colour does in steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalibre 3235, self-winding, approximately 70 hours of power reserve, certified to minus two and plus two seconds a day after casing. Waterproof to 3,900 metres, with the helium escape valve and a unidirectional 60-minute bezel, on the yellow gold Oyster bracelet with an Oysterlock clasp and the Glidelock extension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMint, 2024, offered as a full set. A second hand gold Deepsea, which is not a phrase that existed at all until recently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery watch is authenticated by an independent watchmaker before it changes hands, never by us. Viewing by appointment at our Collins Street boutique in Melbourne, insured delivery Australia-wide. We \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/sell-your-rolex-australia\"\u003ebuy Rolex outright\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/source-a-watch\"\u003esource specific references\u003c\/a\u003e on request.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50695126712545,"sku":null,"price":85000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/1939\/7345\/files\/rolex-136668lb-2024-01-hero.jpg?v=1791001844","url":"https:\/\/thesmilingsecond.com.au\/products\/rolex-deepsea-yellow-gold-136668lb-2024","provider":"The Smiling Second","version":"1.0","type":"link"}