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ahhh Omega!!! a brand that is both More Swiss and British than Rolex has ever been, a brand that has been both to the moon and the deepest part of the planet... and a brand that is a staple in the Dirty Dozen. Long Live Omega

The shade would be worth something if Rolex actually sold watches.

If I ever need a deep sea watch to strap on to my deep sea submarine, I have options.

“Strenuous award ceremonies” It’s a miracle the poor guy survived those.

Falling into a swimming pool is all that most dive watches will ever need to survive. I imagine Omega will win this tool-waving contest, because it will actually be able to be purchased in stores.

The Rolex Deepsea Challenge has so much writing on the dial, it looks like the backside of a Speedmaster Professional 🤣

Every Rolex watch should have the words 'challenge to get' on tbe dial, the way things are going 😂

I just bought an Omega Seamaster 300m Diver Chronograph last month. It's super chunky at 17.5 mm thick but I have to say I would never ever ever get a watch thicker than that

Rolex taking fight to the shops: “Sorry, it’s for display purposes only 😂🙃

The deepest scuba dive is around 330 meters, so the depth arms race is a bit daft really. I guess if you accidentally drop your watch overboard on your yacht, and mount a multi million dollar recovery operation, from the sea floor 1000s of meters below, it'll still work. So that's good.

And Sinn have made a watch that'll go just as deep and, crucially, is wearable! Also doesn't cost stupid amounts.

So Omega has gone to the moon and to the bottom of the ocean? Hehe Rolex must be kicking themselves...

As someone who literally just made the decision between the Planet Ocean and the DeepSea Dweller... The PO wins hands down.

A minute repeater .... No one in rolex can think about a minute repeater ..

I honestly love this Podcast, if you can call this, nowadays i am to busy to keep up to all the watch stuff. But i watch every episode of this show. its entertaining and keeps me kinda up to date and still shows me more and new watch brands. Keep it up.

As a diver i find it quite funny with these dive watches. Since most divers nowadays use dive computers. Way more features like depth gauge and decompression levels. And 90% of (non tech) divers never reach deeper than 40 meters. Off course I like dive watches and have a Seiko Diver. Never used it for diving though.

I agree with Fed. If it ever gets deep enough to need that rating I’m not going in to get it back! 😂

This Rolex is the Halloween version of the divers: the size, 50 x 23 makes it suitable for Pro bodybuilders ONLY. I was not happy about Omega Ultra deep's size and price, nor James Cameron's version weight on wrist, but those models are now in comparences so attractive and must haves. Panerai and Hubblet are now officially challenged by Rolex, not Omega imho!

“Pull your socks up!” - lol

So both watches have a feature that 100% of their owners will never use.

Whilst I’m typically more of a Rolex fan than Omega, for me the Ultra Deep wins here. More interesting & colourful dial. The inner ring ‘..gas escape valve…’ on the Rolex serves only to shrink its main dial imho. Plus, the watch is twice the price of the Omega. Both pieces are too thick & big to wear (for 99% of us) anyway. Technically impressive but everyday useless. This is just the two brands playing tit-for-tat at a game no one plays ;-)

The new Rolex has a HE valve while the Omega that went to the bottom did not, doesnt that say something about the difference in build quality - that the Rolex was not built so as to prevent gasses from penetrating the case like the Omega was. Same with the Omega 2000m Ultra Deep vs like a Rolex Sea Dweller...

Not as deep in capabilities as Omega but as good as that Sea-Dweller, I'm quite a fan of how nice the Bell & Ross Hydromax 11000m is to wear. Sadly doesn't seem to get much credit amongst deep sea divers.

Meanwhile I'm over in the corner eating paste with my Tudor Pelagos

I will probably get ‘The Call’ for the Challenge announced yesterday, before the UltraDeep(Sea) that was announced early March 😂

Interessting to see that Rolex really released a 50mm wide and 25mm thick unwearable behemoth just to beat Omega for the depth rating😅 At least Omegas Ultradeep is wearable and at a reasonable price🙃

The opening line regarding how deep has someone gone is funny because I always wonder why we spend so much on deep divers watches (myself included). I’ve never dived. But even those who have likely don’t go frequently enough to justify a 6,000M divers watch. So we buy them basically because they look cool and in the event we go in water that’s deeper than a swimming pool.

All hail Invicta! 😅🤣🙃 (Rolex is after you)

Thanks for making fun of these ridiculous watches and well done to Tom for pointing out just how pompous James Cameron can be. I hope the chief got a good price 😂

Loved this video! As an owner, I'm a huge fan of the James Cameron Deep Sea. This new watch not so much. I would never be able to wear it so I see no reason in owning it. Plus, there is no chance of me obtaining it so it doesn't really matter. I do appreciate it for what it is though.

Lol, just wear a hockey puck.

Ah. The Invicta homage.

So the Rolex deep sea challenge watch didn't actually go to the depth they have rated it to? Omega ultra deep watch went deeper? If this is the case, are we saying that Rolex has released a higher depth rating you can buy? that is a strange move by Rolex but interesting.

The 2022 Rolex Deepsea Challenge would be the first production Rolex in Titanium, right?

Great video guys!

"...job a Hoodinkee.." I died

I’m going to bear this in mind for my next trip to the bottom of the Mariana Trench

I'm glad these watches exist because i'm always swimming around the bottom of the mariana's trench.

The difference between Rolex and omega: Omega holds the world record for deepest dive watch in the world and makes a wearable production model that looks really cool and has new materials in it. Rolex makes a production model of their deepest dive watch which looks ridiculous and can’t be worn 😂 however because it is in production, people think it’s the deepest watch… they just want people to think they hold those records when in reality they don’t

Why don’t they just put one on the end of a piece of string and drop it off the side of the boat until it hits the bottom. Surely cheaper than going down in a sub

When are you guys going to review the most popular Rolex currently in AD’s? It’s something called an “Exhibition Only” 🤔

Would love Invicta to bring out a 70mm watch to put this contest to bed.

Watch makers are obsessed with depth which is mental considering it’s owners don’t take the watch any deeper than a hot tub

Cameron... I get it. The "earning it part", then he lost me with the slapping on the indigenous chief part. That REALLY was HOODINKEE LEVEL EXTRA!

I want one with a jubilee band and in platinum so it's way heavier!!

the rolex is more jewelry while the omega is more of a tool watch, imo, especially in titanium. car people would call it a "sleeper".

I had to laugh at James Cameron saying he gave his watch away to an indigenous tribe leader. How is that leader going to get it serviced? Could they afford to have it serviced, even if they were able to? A gesture of pure symbology, little practical value, lol.

Rolex and Invicta collab finally!

Couldn’t they just dangle one on a piece of string till it hit the bottom?

Wow my 50 meter watch still works after swimming

Joe Biden was asked about this as he is a Rolex owner, he replied… “ I have two words to describe this watch- way too big!”

I can't stand watch manufacturers simply dumping in the same small dial of a standard model like Planet Ocean or Deepsea into a much larger case with an ultra broad bezel but tiny dial and crystal. Don't they look lopsided and odd? They should have fitted a bigger dial and crystal with the matching proportions than to cut costs from making a new dial. You mean you are ok with the non-proportionate dimensions of case, bezel and dial?

That price is so typical for Rolex, it is way too much for a titanium watch and yet it "works" in Rolex logic as it is their first production titanium watch. Yes I know the yacht master, but that was not a real production series.

I honestly get the feeling that Rolex has run out of ideas. First, a left-handed watch nobody asked for, and now this. As a technical exercise, it's fascinating. However... its size makes it impractical to wear, and being the first production Rolex in titanium (hell, just being a Rolex in general) it's going to be next to impossible to get at retail. Plus, at this stage, it's claiming a mantle that it hasn't even achieved yet - at least the Omega Ultra Deep can actually claim to have been to the bottom of the ocean. It's also ugly to boot (or should that be, Das Boot?)

Did you know, your 300m watch and 11000m water resistant watches have about the same odds in keeping water out? Neither will ever reach depths that will reach their depth limits, however, both are just as likely that their owners forgot to screw back the crown before entering water.

It is bloody cool though… If you’ve had a hard on for the original challenge, this is a production unit. Only thing is, the dial is boring, no date, no pretty gradient like my deepsea blue. If they include in the next round, I might be in trouble :-)

It would be interesting if someone made a watch that could go down to the Marianna Trench and space, kind of mastering pressure at both extreme ends. Omega perhaps - Speed-seamaster moonwatch ultra deep?

Excellent podcast guys, pity you can't buy a Rolex unlike the Omega's. Think you should have mentioned that in the chat. Great content and banter as always, can't wait for part 2. 👍⌚🤣

Idk what’s happening this year but there are alot of interesting and new watches getting released i hope i can one day start my own collection

In order to be able to purchase this watch, you need to present your SCUBA certification. Or, at least, I'd like it that were the case so it doesn't end up in a safe somewhere, never to ever come in contact with ocean water.

Taken the fight to Omega in the shops!!!! If you could get a Rolex in a shop!

In this era of high technology and not to mention diving computers, Rolex is looking a bit silly. I suspect they are trying to keep people buying their stainless steel subs that realistically are only worth worth 3K. If they had precious metal cases then that would be a different matter.

Wow, my sarcasm-o-meter almost broke!

This is all very wonderful but.... The deepest a human has ever dived is 332.35m (1,090ft). The difference between the Rolex and Omega is with Omega you won't have to go on a 3 year waiting list to get one.

I live in Switzerland, been to Rolex dealers in Basel, Zurich and Lucerne. Have never seen a submariner in person, is this brand real?

Do you plan to cover the c1 bel canto ?

What is the use of the bezel at 11,000m?

There is something of the "not quite" about Rolex isn't there. Not quite the first to the bottom of the ocean. Not quite the first to the top of Everest. I don't think they quite had the first GMT (Glycine Airman). I don't think they quite had the first dive watch (fifty fathoms). Just a thought.

Rolex is trying to outdo Invicta

It's been decided that Sylvester Stallone will be wearing that in Rambo XVI down to the Mariana Trench directed by James Cameron

Interesting to make a watch with a depth rating you can only test by strapping it to the outside of your submarine. Not much use for a wristwatch of any brand if only sub can wear it.

5:43 no way Cameron dropped that cheesy ass line lmao, what does that even mean "to earn a Submariner"??

It’s the kind of watch that if u drown into the abyss, the rescue team will find a compressed decompose body but they still can retrieve a perfectly working Rolex 👍🏻

if you owned a rolex you have been wowed by advertisements associated with name recognition branding, if you owned an omega you are a true connoisseur of watch building

Omega always was better than Rolex in hard conditions. If I'm honest actually Rolex is so over rated.

Oh boy can't wait to saturation dive the Marianas trench with it! The other ones just kept imploding on me half way down.

This is a brill video. Watchfinder creating some brilliant content.

I own the Deepsea Rolex and I absolutely love it, Omega is nice too, maybe one day I’ll pull the trigger

I want to see a deep sea version repped by Captain Quint!! Arrrggg!

The fact this is even a competition for a watch that that will never be worn that deep by any human, is absolutely pointless.

Who thinks that the Ultra Deep 75th will be a futur collectible. I own a JC, yet it’s tempting to collect the Summer Blue too. Isn’t the “Omega was there” a very cool 😎 thing ? Otherwise, should I go all the way to PloProf ?

Buy a 50€ CASIO duro (70€ with a metal bracelet). It's 200 m's waterproof, accuracy is 2 secs in 3 months (The rolex is 2 secs a day, which actually is really good for an automatic watch) and the battery last's 5 years. It's has a mineral glass in stead of quartz, the date is difficult to read and needs some adjustment from time to time, but that's it.

What would be interesting now is to see them taking the actual production watch out there, not a proto.

Omega : let's make a new cool super diver watch, over priced, but that one could still buy at an AD ! Rolex : - Guys ! Omega is making a new super cool Titanium Diver watch...we need to do something about it ! Call the engineering department immediately ! - Errr...boss...It's a very long time we do not have a serious engineering departement anymore. We are like L'oreal you know - most of the staff is marketing, waiting list managers and accountants. We still have a phony engineering departement but you know that is to make believe we are a real watch company and give a good pretext for our custommer that are ready to buy our outdated and silly priced product ! - So there is nothing really we can do about it ? We must make better...go deeper !!! We are the leader of the watch market (and of the free world incidently) !!! - Well...may be we can changle the name of the metal we use for the case. It will be normal Titanium - you know the one everyoen uses now for at least a decade and we are still not using yet, but may be we could name it after ourselves. That will look like a better Titanium ! - Yeah...good idea...the stupids will love it ! We could name it...errr...let me thinnk...Ro..Role - RLXTitanium ! - Great !!! Wonderfull..Amazing...RLX instead of Rolex, gives a bit of mystery, sounds high tech...Go for it ! - Ok now...if we want to really go deep - I do not know how to do it. It's tough down there you know... - You have to find a solution ! We must remain the leader of the watch industry (and of the free world) - Look...we the engineering resources we have now...Frankly...I can only see a quick and dirty fix. - Nevermind : the marketing departement will find a way to transform the piece of junk in a must have watch ! They are genious, you know...and you can always count on the conspicuous consumption pavlovian behaviour of our custommers... - Ok..well...let's put one of our outdated never re-engineering caliber in a batyscaphe... - hein ??!! you want to put our caliber in a Blancpain watch ? Are you nuts ??? - No, no..I mean a mini submarine..something that can go deep, you know...so that our watch is protected - Our clients are children, but that one will not make it. Find something else...or I send you to Omega - No please !!! They would never take me there - I'me too lame !!! - Ok then find something ! - Ok, ok...well..I think that if we put the caliber under a 51.4 mm wide case that will be 28.5 mm high, that should be okay ! - But that will be horrible...that would look like...a Ploprof ! What an ugly watch ! - Sorry boss, but I have nothing better to offer at the moment... - Yeah I know - we all got used to be mediocre and still sell our watches. So why try harder...?

Yeah but the Planet Ocean 6000 is 45mm vs the 50mm if the new Rolex. Also is 18.1mm thick vs the 23mm of the Rolex. It's kinda wearable..

Unfortunately the only Rolex AD currently taking orders on the Deepsea Challenge is located in The Lost City of Atlantis.

I wonder how Rolex manages to keep the gasses out of the case at such depths...

Well done, mates. You handle the absurdity of it all with wit.

I can actually buy an omega for a reasonable price. I’m actually picking one up in the next few months. I gave up on Rolex a few years ago. Nice but cliche and I’m not paying the mark ups. As the economy continues to tank and a lot of people lose discretionary income I assume the prices may come down especially those guys making money on the market

My wife was reading over my information about my sub and said wow they tested your watch’s waterproofing to that depth. If your watch is 10ft below the water surface it fell off your wrist.

WHAT IS THE POINT! A lot of figures that no one will use or even need, and a an unwearable case. Who would buy this, and if so, why

So Rolex makes a watch to hold up to record setting depths. Fair play. Omegas PO 6000m is large & bully but totally wearable & available at any Omega boutique if one wants to pick one up at suggested retail. Rolex releases the new record breaking watch in titanium. Cool. Again, fair play. However, 50mm + when watches are getting smaller again!? Pretty much unwearable & most likely, like most all Rolex sport pieces, unavailable at their boutiques to most buyers only wanting this specific piece at anywhere close to suggested retail. Like most everything else they “sale”. Yawning at this one 🤷‍♂️

My friend got a sea dweller as a gift and it is a massive chunker of a watch, he doesn't even like wearing it because of the size and weight

Something to wear when Im paddling in the water at Margate with a white hanky on my head and my trouser legs rolled up….😉

Just bought one. It’s massive. It’s epic. A whole lot of Rolex

I work in Dialysis. There is water and other liquids everywhere. My Omega 9900 never lets me down.

James Cameron - wtf mate 😂

They do but only if you give the AD manager a large brown envalope

The Chef has soled the watch to buy a hous for everyone in his tribe .