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When introduced in 2012, the Rolex Sky-Dweller was certainly not what anyone expected, however it proves to be the most novel and refreshing Rolex in years. Finally, the “Crown” introduced something entirely new. Not a reworked edition of a GMT, not a slightly redesigned Sea-Dweller, neither another Explorer. No, the Sky-Dweller is totally new, but still it is a Rolex from head to toe. Something else to mention is that the “Sky” was (and still is) the most complicated Rolex to date, not only because of its display but mainly from a user point of view. For all these reasons, it was our duty to review the Rolex Sky-Dweller.

Because the Rolex Sky-Dweller is different – mainly technically and not so much visually, since it really looks like a Rolex – we’re going to do an in-depth review; there’s a lot to tell about this watch. However let’s take a step back. Before it was introduced, people expected Rolex to come with a GMT-plus, a new traveler’s watch with more functions, more precision. Maybe a new sort of world-timer. So when the Sky-Dweller was unveiled it was not exactly what people expected.

Rolex actually introduced THE ultimate gentlemen watch, a watch made for the actual needs of business men – and more. Is the Sky-Dweller a sports watch? Not really and neither is it a proper dress watch. Like some of the watches from the Oyster collection (think DateJust and Day-Date), it’s a casual watch, in-between both worlds, making it a perfect daily companion. However, it depends on the edition. That’s why we’ll review not one, but two very different editions: the sporty white gold / black dial on bracelet and the dressier Everose gold / chocolate brown dial edition on leather.

To make short, the Sky-Dweller is Rolex’ vision of the ultimate traveler’s / business watch. It is a timepiece with useful features like a second time-zone and calendar functions (date and month), as well as being adapted to every single situation – meaning a watch that can be worn with a suit or with a more casual attire. This watch was not especially conceived for pilots (this task is designated for the GMT Master) but mainly for people who fly frequently, for their job or their pleasure.

The Rolex Sky-Dweller is also Rolex’ vision of a complicated watch… and it is actually a very complicated watch. However, Rolex always emphasizes its products on the functionality and not the complexity for the complexity. Each function is there for a good reason, for a practical reason. Nothing is added for the fun or the beauty of it. This is actually the reason why, even if technically advanced, the Sky-Dweller looks rather simple. Every aspect has been designed to be practical, easy to use and useful on a daily basis. It is another vision of high-end watchmaking. The “Sky” is, like most watches from the Oyster collection, a tool made to simplify your life, to help you in certain conditions. A Submariner or a Sea-Dweller help divers to practice their sport, a GMT-Master helps pilots while crossing several time-zones and a Yacht-Master II helps sailors to start their regattas at the right moment. The Sky-Dweller will be the perfect companion for travelers. And besides its complexity, it aims to make their lives easier.

The display of the Rolex Sky-Dweller can be divided in 3 areas: local-time, home-time (also called reference-time) and calendar information. The first area is the most common: the local-time, meaning the actual time in the place where you are. It is displayed by the 3 hands on the central axis (hours, minutes and seconds). The second area is the home / reference time. Usually, Rolex displays a second time-zone via a GMT hand and a 24-hour bezel (like in the GMT-Master).

In the case of the Sky-Dweller, Rolex opted for another solution, a sub-dial. It is composed of two elements: a red triangle just below the Rolex logo, which points to the time in a second time zone, which is displayed with a 24-hour scale on a rotating disc. On the picture just over here, local time is 10h09 and in the second timezone (the time of the place to which you will return at the end of your travels) is 7h09. Overall, time-reading is extremely easy.

Then comes the third area of this dial: the calendar functions. The Rolex Sky-Dweller features a complicated annual calendar, displayed in a very convenient and practical way. Instead of a ‘packed’ dial with sub-counters (for the date, the day of the week and the month, like we see on most annual calendars), Rolex chose to make things natural and clean. This annual calendar is composed first of a date window, positioned at 3 (and with the well-known magnifying lens) and of 12 small apertures around the dial, next to the applied hour indices, to display the month. 12 Hours on a dial, 12 months in a year… Why not blending them to make things easier to read. The month is simply indicated in by contrasting colour in the month’s aperture. The black dial edition is adjusted to July (the 7th month of the year) and that the Everose gold edition is adjusted to June (the 6th month of the year). Quite easy and very intuitive.

How do you usually adjust the time and the calendar functions of your watch? Normally, via the crown. However, having both the winding capacity, a date, a month, a local time-zone and a reference time-zone to adjust via a single crown makes things a bit complicated (and we all know that crowns with many positions are fragile – and thus not Rolex’ choice.)

The second solution are pushers, integrated in the caseband. Not the most convenient and neither the most elegant solution. What Rolex did is creating an adjustment via the bezel, that they call “Ring Command Bezel”. Instead of pulling the crown in X positions or pushing small buttons, you simply rotate the crown in one of the 3 positions and then the selected function (date, local time or reference time) can then be rapidly adjusted in either direction using the winding crown.

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Caliber model: 5H20 manual tourbillon
Case diameter: 34mm
Case thickness: 9.9mm
Strap width: 16mm
Power reserve: 40 (hours)
Case material: 316 fine steel
Vibration frequency: 21600 (hours)
Band material: belt
Winding method: manual winding
Mirror: artificial sapphire
Swarovite: 81
Waterproof depth: 50m domestic waterproof

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