Rolex Sky Dweller 42mm

Case:

Polished 18kt yellow gold case.

Polished 18kt yellow gold fluted bezel ring.

Polished 18kt yellow gold “Twinlock” crown featuring two sealed zones when the crown is screwed down: the first inside the tube of the crown, the second inside the winding crown itself.

Dial:

Black dial with a fine sunray finish.

Applied polished yellow gold index hour markers with luminous fill.

Fine printed minute/seconds track on the dial rim.

Hands:

Polished yellow gold hands.

Partially skeletonized minute & hour hands so not to obscure the dual time

Hour & minute hands with luminous filled tips.

GMT/Dual Time-Zone:

Off-center silvered 24 hour ring.

Inverted red triangle indicating the additional time-zone.

Indicated in 24 hour mode to enable its wearer to easily distinguish between AM & PM at the additional time-zone location.

The date can be adjusted both forward & backward.

Saros Annual Calendar:

Date window displayed at the 3 o’clock position with a “cyclops” magnifier.

Month display via small apertures (windows) at each hour marker (12 hours/12 month). A deep red filled display window indicates the current month.

A manual correction is required only once a year on March 1st to compensate for the shorter 28 or 29 days of February.

Adjust in 1 hour increments, without stopping the watch allowing the dual time-zone to adjusted without interrupting the watch operation of the movement.

RING COMMAND BEZEL – Watch setting & Corrections:

The bezel is key to setting the 3 functions of the watch (time, dual-time & annual calendar).

The “RING COMMAND BEZEL” features 3 positions with each position corresponding to a different function of the watch.

Simply rotating the bezel to the position of the corresponding watch function will the correction of that particular function via the crown.

Movement:

Rolex in-house calibre 9001, beats at 28,800 vph, contains 40 Jewels & has an approximate power reserve of 72.

Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring.

High performance Paraflex shock absorbers.

The watch boasts a total of 14 patents, seven of which are on the movement.