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Echo/Neutra Cristallo Professional Diver 500mvsRolex Rolex Deepsea

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Echo/Neutra Cristallo Professional Diver 500m

The Echo/Neutra Cristallo Professional Diver 500m is praised for its well-executed 42mm case with polished chamfers and a comfortable H-link bracelet, featuring a functional clasp. Reviewers note its smooth 120-click bezel and a Sellita SW279 movement with power reserve and small seconds complications. One owner flags the inner folding part of the clasp as slightly long. Overall, owners and reviewers rate the Echo/Neutra Cristallo Professional Diver 500m highly for its functional Sellita SW279 movement and well-finished case at its $800 price point.

Rolex Deepsea

Owners widely report the Rolex Deepsea is a substantial, well-built watch with impressive engineering, praised for its robust compression architecture and the caliber 3235 movement's stringent accuracy certification. Some owners find the Rolex Deepsea exceptionally comfortable on a Rubber B strap, while others note it is thick and heavy but well-balanced by its bracelet. The watch's large size is polarizing, with some finding it niche and potentially too large for smaller wrists, while others appreciate its unique design elements and consider it Rolex's most serious workhorse. On balance, owners and reviewers rate the Rolex Deepsea highly for its impressive engineering and robust build, despite its polarizing size.

At a glance

16 of 29 specs differ
Diameter
Cristallo Professional Diver 500m42mm
Rolex Deepsea44mm
Power Reserve
Cristallo Professional Diver 500m56h
Rolex Deepsea70h
Water Resistance
Cristallo Professional Diver 500m500m
Rolex Deepsea3,900m
MSRP
Cristallo Professional Diver 500m$1,450
Rolex Deepsea$15,550

Full specifications

Case

7 specs
Diameter
42mm
44mm
Thickness
13.9mm
5.5mm
Lug-to-Lug
49mm
Lug Width
0mm
Material
316L Stainless Steel with Helium Valve
Oystersteel
Water Resistance
500m
3900m
Caseback
Monobloc middle case, screw-down case back and winding crown. Rolex Ringlock System case architecture with Helium escape valve

Crystal & Dial

3 specs
Dial Color
Blue
Black
Indices
Index
Lume
Superluminova BGW9
Chromalight

Movement

5 specs
Caliber
Sellita SW279-1
3235
Power Reserve
56h
70h
Hacking
No
Yes
Hand-winding
No
Yes
Complications
Moonphase, Date, Small seconds
Date

Pricing

1 specs
MSRP
$1,450
$15,550
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