billywhiz Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Jacques Piccard, who has died aged 86, made many contributions to the development of deep-sea exploration and marine conservation. But he will be best remembered for one remarkable feat: on January 26 1960, in the bathyscaphe Trieste, he and Lieutenant Don Walsh of the US navy reached the bottom of the Challenger Deep, east of the Philippine Islands. At 10,900 metres (35,761 feet), located in the Mariana Trench, this is the deepest possible human descent into the abyss. For the history of Rolex, their development towards a perfect toolwatch, Jacques Piccard played an important role. After his succesfull mission, with the Rolex Deep Sea Special attached on the outside, Piccard sent a telegram to Rolex in Geneva saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlsbadrolex Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yup, thats about as sexxy as they come! That is where I got the idea to wear my DSSD on a Nato. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 DO WANT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniM4 Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) can't wait to see the rep Edited April 6, 2009 by DaniM4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkBachs Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 ...A total of 86 examples will be made, that's one for each year of Mr. Piccard life... ...with 4,000 reps more made to celebrate the years he didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 ...with 4,000 reps more made to celebrate the years he didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlsbadrolex Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Its like dog years... For every year of his life, there will be 100 reps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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