Serving the Barrie and surrounding area for over three generations and counting
Bill LeBoeuf Jewellers takes great pride in providing our customers with a premium customer service experience and Barrie’s finest selection of watches, diamond and gemstone settings, including jewellery in platinum, white and yellow gold. Our in house custom jewellery designs range from engagement rings and wedding rings to diamond pendants and earrings. In addition, we are continuously updating our estate jewellery collection which includes watches by Rolex, Tag Heuer, Cartier and Breitling as well as many other premium brands.
Our on-site gemologist and goldsmith designers are highly knowledgeable and are available to share their years of experience with you. They will answer any questions you have about your existing piece or will assist you in finding or designing that unique gift.
Let us earn your trust. We have been doing that with our customers from the Barrie and surrounding area for the past 60 years and with the recent expansion of our on-line offerings, we are excited to be building customer loyalty all over Canada and the United States.
Latest Vintage Piece
2005 Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600 39.5mm, box, extension, dive tables etc. $11,500.00 CAD. 505-00566
When a regular Submariner just isn’t quite up to the task because it’s only watertight to 1000 feet, you need a Sea-Dweller. While it looks almost identical to a garden variety Submariner, it’s actually quite different. The first thing you notice is the absence of a date magnifier over the calendar. The synthetic crystal is much thicker than the standard Submariner, as is the stainless steel case which enables the watch a water resistance rating of an amazing 4000 feet.
Located on the 9:00 case edge is a Helium escape valve, something the ordinary Submariner lacks. If you’re living in a pressurized diving bell breathing a mixture of oxygen and helium, your watch will need this escape valve to bleed off the accumulated helium gas as you decompress.
This example was manufactured around 2005 according to the “D” serial number. The watch has been worn but worn responsibly. There are no significant areas of wear. The full length Oyster bracelet shows little sag and no stretch.
Sea-Dwellers of this era were the most qualified of all Rolex watches and are far rarer than Submariners of the same era. They are the most specialized sports Rolex model.
You couldn’t get them with fancy diamond dials or with gold trim, they only come in all business stainless steel with a jet black glossy dial. We don’t have Sea-Dwellers very often so we thought it would be fun to compare it to a Submariner of the era.
The bezel on the SD measures 39.5mm in diameter while the Submariner measures 40.1mm. The case of the SD is 14.6mm thick and the Sub measures just 12.9mm.
The SD weighs 87.3 grams (head only), Sub weighs 74.3 grams. Sea-Dwellers are the bulldog of the Rolex line; compact, tuff, and they have a bit of an attitude. This watch lacks its original paperwork box but it does come with some Sea-Dweller exclusive accessories. The never installed extra bracelet extension link is accounted for, as is the Buehlmann dive table charts and travel wallet.
This most purposeful of any Rolex is working great, keeping excellent time, and comes with a Bill Le Boeuf Jewellers 1-year warranty. Estate priced at $11,500.00 CAD. Stock #505-00566.
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