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The three watches made for the mission will not be sold, Mr Aeschlimann later said in an interview session with journalists. \u201cTwo of them, at least, will be kept in a very secure safe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The super-strong Seamasters proved capable of surviving pressures that are equivalent to 22.5 tonnes bearing down on the sapphire glass of the watches, but they are comparatively thin in comparison to other extreme dive watches with a depth of less than 28mm.<\/p>\n
Although the three watches will not be sold, Omega says it does intend to adopt some of the techniques involved in the project in future commercial models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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