ifly65 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 What is the Gen vintage DSSD bph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Rolex 3135 caliber @ 28.8kbph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifly65 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 28.8kbph Thanks again Freddy333! I see you are staying away from the V3. Now I want the high beat version...hmm...? All for that blue lume... Wow freddy...that is one awesome looking gen mov. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I see you are staying away from the V3. I am staying away from the Deepsea watch (any rep/any version). While I appreciate the technology that went into the gen, I have always considered the watch to be a hideous monstrosity that belongs 20,000 leagues under the sea (pun intended). Initially, I had planned to buy the rep just to say I have 1 & let it gather dust in 1 of my cases. But, unlike the GMTIIC, which grew on me every time a member posted pics of his rep until I HAD to have 1, my limited attraction to the Deepsea waned with each successive viewing. And Lani's picture-rich review pretty much clinched it for me. Too big & too ugly for my taste, so I will be passing on the Deepsea. This model is a serious tool (think bsd Unix) & fits my style This is a caricature of a serious tool (think Vista) & does not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifly65 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I am staying away from the Deepsea watch (any rep/any version). While I appreciate the technology that went into the gen, I have always considered the watch to be a hideous monstrosity that belongs 20,000 leagues under the sea (pun intended). Initially, I had planned to buy the rep just to say I have 1 & let it gather dust in 1 of my cases. But, unlike the GMTIIC, which grew on me every time a member posted pics of his rep until I HAD to have 1, my limited attraction to the Deepsea waned with each successive viewing. And Lani's picture-rich review pretty much clinched it for me. Too big & too ugly for my taste, so I will be passing on the Deepsea. Im leaning that way also. Yeah its for divers...thats funny stuff. Thanks again, maybe Ill have my Eurotimez TT blue lumed once I get it...wouldnt that be ugly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stac Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love Rolex divers watches...especially the older ones. As a divers tool? Not really... I've been wreck diving for over 15 years and believe me, you will N E V E R see a Rolex on a serious diver. First of all, you will never get a Rolex to fit over the cuff of your dry suit and 6mil glove...diver extension and all. Years ago before dive computers Subs and SD (Tudors too) would get attached to a strap conected to your BC. and were used as bottom timers. The only time I ever wore my sub while diving was in the tropics. For the price of a new SD you could buy two VR3's (primary and back-up) and a good digital bottom timer. A diver needs to know depth and time at depth. A Rolex with never give you an an algorythm (spell?) or give you a deco profile. With all that said there is still nothing cooler than a wearing a Rolex submariner or seadweller on your wrist while loading your gear onto the dive boat but as a dive tool... in reality no... I hope I didtn't burst any bubbles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love Rolex divers watches...especially the older ones. As a divers tool? Not really... No, not at all. My 1665 is a vintage (early 70s) model & my comments were meant in that context (before dive computers & quartz/digital watches were readily available to pro divers). Of course, today, no serious diver would even consider using an expensive piece of jewelry as a tool. And I am sure that Rolex was well aware of that when the Deepsea was designed (to latch onto the then-BIG WATCH fad). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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