Rolex Sky-Dweller 18kt White Gold Black Arabic, Saros Annual Calendar with Dual Timezone, Black Dial with Applied 18kt White Gold Arabic Numerals, Fluted Bidirectional Rotatable Rolex "Ring Command" Bezel, Screw-Down Crown with Twinlock Double Waterproofness System, Superlative Chronometer Rolex Manufacture Caliber 9001 Self-Winding Movement with Paramagnetic Blue Parachrom Hairspring and High-Performance Paraflex Shock Absorbers, Black Crocodile Strap, 18kt White Gold Deployant Buckle, 42mm

For those who travel the world... The first Rolex with two time zones and an innovative Saros annual calendar that marks the passage of the months.

A technological masterpiece protected by 14 patents, the Oyster Perpetual Sky-Dweller provides the information global travellers need to keep track of time at a glance. The Sky-Dweller is a compelling timepiece of revolutionary design that blends to perfection mechanical sophistication and ease of use.

The 42mm diameter solid three-body case, fluted bezel, Twinlock screwed-down winding crown, and downturned lugs are polished/brushed. It has a solid screwed-down case back. The dial is Black with applied white gold Arabic numeral hour markers, and illuminated gold skeleton/baton hands with a center sweep seconds hand. An offset inner chapter ring with a red arrow indicates the 24-hour home time, while the hands can be adjusted for a second timezone and visa-versa. There is a month display with 12 rectangular apertures around the circumference of the dial that indicate the month by number, and it includes a stop-seconds function for accurate time setting. It’s a Certified Official Swiss Chronometer (COSC), it’s water resistant to 100 meters/330 feet, and it has a 72-hour power reserve at full wind. The 10.8mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed.

This Rolex Sky-Dweller 326139 has a mechanical automatic self-winding Rolex caliber 9001 movement that’s rhodium-plated and it’s constructed with 40 jewels, a straight-line lever escapement, and a shock absorber mechanism. It has bi-directional self-winding via a perpetual rotor. There is a monometallic balance that’s adjusted to 5 positions, and a free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring. It includes a paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring, Microstella regulating screws, and a central hacking mechanism. The rotor oscillates at a frequency of 28,800 vph (4 Hz).

Rolex has been making GMT watches since the 1950s, but this Rolex Sky-Dweller 326139 is their first annual calendar complication to make its debut. The Sky-Dweller annual calendar is based on a mechanism called SAROS - after the Greek term for the 18-year cycle of the sun, earth, and moon that registers both lunar and solar eclipses. Two-gear ratios and four-gear wheels were added to the traditional Rolex date calendar in order to make it a full annual calendar, only requiring re-setting once a year at the end of February.

Reference No. 326139