This watch features:

Sky-Dweller

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

 

• 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.