Oh, and our only recommendation - put it on a bad ass, heavy Corum 138-181-20-0002-BA42 Men's watch mesh bracelet to complete the look.(Big thanks to Noodlefish for sharing his knowledge of vintage depth gauges.) . Felix Scholz in Aquadive, Vintage Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 3:02PM It's pretty rare that we get to introduce you guys to an entirely new product from Rolex.Their line has stayed shockingly consistent over the past 70 years or so, and well, by now, you know what it consists of; Submariner, GMT, Datejust, Day-Date, Daytona, et.al.
Last week we showed you a Rolex that featured a Louis Cottier engineered world-time movement, and now we're here to show you an actual Corum 138-181-20-0001-BA44 Men's watch prototype that has never been seen before.The Rolex Divomet was an in-house designed diving meter with the purpose of reading the depth of oceans or lakes; one hand indicating the feet 10 by 10, the second hand showing the relevant feet.A bracelet passes through the circular crankcase which contains the mechanism as found in a Bourdon manometer.
The Divomet, we are safe to assume, was developed in hopes to be used by Jacques Piccard and Donald Walsh in their descent in the Trieste to the deepest Corum 138-181-20-0002-BN42 Men's watch known point on earth (the Mariana Trench in the Pacific).There, they used the Rolex Deep Sea Special strapped to the outside of the bathyscaph.The Rolex Divomet never made it out of prototyping and was, up until this very item suced, totally undocumented.
