Rolex

The Legendary diving company, Comex (‘Compagnie d’Expertise Maritime’, based in Marseille, France) tasked Rolex with crafting diving watches capable of sustaining extreme pressure conditions. The collaboration between the French commercial diving specialists and Rolex lasted from the early 1970s until at least 2007, pushing Rolex to always seek further improvements and develop the best diving watch there could be.

The present watch is from the reference 16800 series, in short production from 1982 until 1986 where Rolex delivered approximately 300 examples, with the Comex designation on the outside of the screw down case back and on the dial. This example is fitted with a Rolex service case which is identified by its new case number.