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Rolex watch test

Post by phiba » Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:39 pm

I was going through some old photos, and thought you might enjoy these, circa 1984. We strapped some Rolex Submariners to the manipulator of the Deep Rover 1-person submersible and "tested" them to 1000m. As I recall, the 300m ones came back bent and/or flooded, but the 1000m ones were fine.
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Post by deepcdvr » Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:49 pm

Ouch

Did Rolex sponsor the test?
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Post by Captdave » Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:25 pm

That’s cool!


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Post by phiba » Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:11 pm

deepcdvr wrote:
Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:49 pm
Ouch

Did Rolex sponsor the test?
Yes, as I recall, they did. It was a promotional gig. Dr. Sylvia Earle was involved in this project. I was one of the engineers.

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Post by matt.wu » Sat Jun 09, 2018 9:11 pm

Comex!
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Post by phiba » Sat Jun 09, 2018 9:24 pm

matt.wu wrote:
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Comex!
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Post by smellody » Sat Jun 09, 2018 9:49 pm

That is super cool!

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Post by PGERRITY » Sun Jun 10, 2018 7:37 am

Awesome! Thanks for posting


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Post by dukerules » Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:40 am

That is very cool.

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Awesome.
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Post by 2ar2c1 » Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:02 pm

Sub model with 1000 meter depth? thought they were 200 then 300 meters.

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Post by Rob.B » Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:16 pm

One of my buddies is an ROV pilot he strapped his Deepsea to his ROV and sent it down to about 3000M I’ve been trying to get the video footage of him they put a Casio on it as well that come back totally fooked as you would guess but his Deepsea he just took it off and strapped it back on his wrist... Cool pics...


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Post by Panerai7 » Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:52 pm

Rob.B wrote:
Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:16 pm
One of my buddies is an ROV pilot he strapped his Deepsea to his ROV and sent it down to about 3000M I’ve been trying to get the video footage of him they put a Casio on it as well that come back totally fooked as you would guess but his Deepsea he just took it off and strapped it back on his wrist... Cool pics...Image


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Post by rain_maker » Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:16 pm

Very cool.

I went down in a submersible when I worked for the Navy. We weren’t sponsored by Rolex so we attached styrofoam coffee cups to the outside. When we surfaced they were the size of a shot glass. Here were are right before we submerged:

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Post by phiba » Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:25 pm

2ar2c1 wrote:
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Sub model with 1000 meter depth? thought they were 200 then 300 meters.
I think a couple of them were Sea Dwellers. Unfortunately, my camera focus wasn't so great. The images were on 35mm slide film.

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Post by phiba » Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:52 pm

rain_maker wrote:
Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:16 pm
Very cool.

I went down in a submersible when I worked for the Navy. We weren’t sponsored by Rolex so we attached styrofoam coffee cups to the outside. When we surfaced they were the size of a shot glass. Here were are right before we submerged:
Hey rain_maker, you mean like this?
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Post by Zidane » Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:39 am

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by unsub073 » Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:54 am

That is awesome. Thanks for sharing those.

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Post by rain_maker » Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:17 am

phiba wrote:
Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:52 pm
rain_maker wrote:
Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:16 pm
Very cool.

I went down in a submersible when I worked for the Navy. We weren’t sponsored by Rolex so we attached styrofoam coffee cups to the outside. When we surfaced they were the size of a shot glass. Here were are right before we submerged:
Hey rain_maker, you mean like this?
Exactly!

I have some pics somewhere but not sure where. Pretty cool what the depth pressure can do...

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Post by hoppes-no9 » Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:24 pm

Those are the most bad-ass watch pics I've seen in a while. Thanks for posting!

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