Rolex

One night with a legend

 

Myself and a couple of other Purists were invited last week to a small room in the center of London.

Spot the odd one out.

Here we were plied with drinks and allowed to look at some current offerings.

However in the corner of the room stood a tanatlising curtain. Like the one covering the Wizard of Oz. What could be behind it?

Finally the curtain was drawn back and we were allowed to enter.

Inside was an intimate exhibition covering perhaps one of the most famous diving trials a watch has ever undergone.

Strapped to the outside of the Trieste and dropped to the bottom of the Mariana trench, the deepest known part of the Earth's oceans a very special Rolex.

Under glass we got a good luck at this legendary watch.

It was wonderful to see it. What must have seemed like an unwieldly behemoth back then, seemed strangely contemporary now.

A shame I couldn't strap it on for a wristshot.

Next to it, to complete the circle was the new Deepsea. Which went down to the same point as the earlier expedition with director James Cameron at the helm. A picture of him and Don Walsh one of the original memebers of the expedition.

A comparison chart.

(credit - blog.perpetueller.com)

Thanks to Imran and Baron for making it a memorable night out.

A very special thanks to David Lindsay from Watches of Switzerland for the invite.