Sea Dweller 1984 question

vonrozen · Sep 24, 2025

Hello !

i am puzzled why the dial is not with little metal marks around the hours . Here the lume is very similar to the 1970s and yet it is supposed to be 1984.

Any explanations ?

Thanks in advance.

Alexander ( rolex virgin)

Davidt · Sep 24, 2025

The first 16660’s had a matte dial with painted hour markers. Glossy dials with applied hour markers came later.

calalum · Sep 24, 2025

Triple 6 had matte and later gloss with WGS. Another...

vonrozen · Sep 25, 2025

vonrozen
Hello !

i am puzzled why the dial is not with little metal marks around the hours . Here the lume is very similar to the 1970s and yet it is supposed to be 1984.

Any explanations ?

Thanks in advance.

Alexander ( rolex virgin)

Thank you very much . Clear and very helpful. It is a great watch !

mr.kaplan · Sep 26, 2025

This is a transitional Sea-Dweller ref. 16660 with matte dial (aka ‘Triple Six’). The transition to WG surrounds starts around the 8.4M range, in line with what we see on the GMT-Master ref. 16750.

Here is another 8.0 example: full set and unpolished.

Sea Dweller 1984 question

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