Question about Sea-Dwellers

[BMWrolex]

There are two employees at my work which both have sea-dwellers with a flat crystal. I'm no expert on the SDs but they also both have lug holes drilled in.... Could these be reps, or what year are we looking at here?? I know that the modern SDs don't have lug holes, but the vintage ones do... Are the vintage ones with the lugs even affordable to own? (< $10,000)

[Jetsons]

Not sure of the exact year but until the recent past (guess would be 2003), the sapphire model Sea-Dweller had the traditional side case holes. The lug hole cases have been discontinued from the sports line with the exception being the 14060M (my fave).

I'm still scratching my head as to why rlx has eliminated that traditional and more rugged look from the modern sports models. The holes also made it a breeze to remove the bars.