There was a huge community abuzz about Rolex at Baselworld 2012. It had been some time since Rolex series add a new model, as the appearance of a new watch called the ‘Sky-Dweller,’ collectors were discussing heavily what type of watch it would be. As the most highly expected reveal at Baselworld 2012, the new Rolex Sky-Dweller crafted intricate sporty design and highly-advanced in-house movement, this timepiece drew most people’s attention and exceeded our expectations totally.
The fake Rolex Sky-Dweller is a sumptuous watch and shares a lot of aesthetic common ground with the iconic Rolex Day-Date President. What should be worth saying is, the Sky-Dweller adopted a brand-new, state-of-the-art movement, which featured a particular technology that allowed it to simultaneously display two different time zones, the date, the month, and an annual calendar complication as well.
Local time is showed by the conventional hands positioned in the center of the watch, while a rotating, off-center, 24-hour disc displays the second time zone. In addition, while the date on the Rolex Sky-Dweller appears in its usual place below the cyclops magnification lens, the months are also represented on the dial through windows placed on the outside of its hour markers. For instance, the four o’clock mark would represent April (the fourth month) and would appear highlighted until 1st, May.
Though a calendar feature was nothing refresh for Rolex, an annual calendar was something that had never been launched by the exceptional Swiss watch manufacturer before. Based on a mechanism called SAROS (the name comes from the Greek term for the cycle of the earth, moon, and sun), this highly-complex calendar can provide Rolex’s impressive precision and skill completely, which automatically accounts for months with different numbers of days, and only requires re-setting once on1st, March every year.
Since an annual calendar is not the same thing as a perpetual calendar, which also keeps track of leap years, owners of fake Rolex Sky-Dweller still need to reset their calendars. While timepieces with standard calendar complications require the date to be updated manually five times each year, once for each 30-day month, and once at the end of February.
It’s Rolex’s Caliber 9001 movement that creates all of these excellent and useful features, and seven of the fourteen patents that protect the Rolex Sky-Dweller pertain to its movement alone. Regarded as one of the most complex Rolex calibers, it offers 28,800 beats per hour with a 72-hour power reserve. Although the Caliber 9001 achieves the Sky-Dweller’s unique and advanced features perfectly, the bezel of the watch is used to set them actually.
Similar to the Yacht-Master II, the Ring Command bezel on the Rolex Sky-Dweller is linked directly to its movement, and allows users to switch between different modes of adjustment for the two time zones and annual calendar complication.The fluted bezel on the Rolex Sky-Dweller is not marked, but it can rotate to three different positions indeed. It allows the crown to have only one setting position through rotating, which promotes the setting process obviously. Without any additional buttons or pushers sticking out from the Sky-Dweller’s case, the date, local time, and reference time all from the crown can be set easily by wearers.
The Rolex Sky-Dweller was designed to be the ultimate luxurious watch for frequent travelers, it was only available in 18k gold for its initial launch. However, Rolex replica has added both stainless steel and Rolesor (two-tone) options to its collection. Rolex has always produced tool watches, it’s no doubt that the Sky-Dweller is a top ‘tool watch’ for the modern workingman. As jobs move away from manual labor, it is becoming more and more important for a ‘work watch’ to match with a suit well, rather than being able to survive extreme conditions. Even if it may not share the same rugged aesthetic as the Submariner or Explorer, as for modern international businessman, the Rolex Sky-Dweller is the perfect ‘tool watch’ which plays an important role.