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Sky-Dweller (Black Dial)

Name: Rolex Sky-Dweller (Black Dial)
Brand: Rolex
SKU: 336938
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Case42mm 18k yellow gold

DialBlack

MovementCalibre 9002

ComplicationAnnual calendar + GMT

BraceletYellow gold Oyster

Year2025

The Sky-Dweller is the most complicated watch Rolex makes: an annual calendar and dual time set through its Ring Command bezel. It compresses fourteen patents into a case that reads as simply as a Datejust.

Rolex's Sky-Dweller presented in 42mm 18k yellow gold with an annual calendar with dual time, finished with a black display. The calibre 9002 movement drives it.

Fun fact: The Sky-Dweller shows the month through twelve small apertures set beside the hour markers, and its Ring Command bezel is a mechanical menu: turn it to choose what the crown adjusts.

Sky-Dweller in yellow gold, black dial

Reference336938, black dial

Case42mm 18k yellow gold, fluted Ring Command bezel, Oyster bracelet in 18k yellow gold

MovementRolex calibre 9002, automatic, about 72 hours

Production2023 to present, current reference. Replaced the 326938. Sky-Dweller line from 2012

Why this one matters

The Sky-Dweller arrived in 2012 as the most complicated wristwatch Rolex had built, and it remains the most complicated model in the current catalogue. It pairs an annual calendar, which needs one correction a year on 1 March, with a second time zone on the off-centre disc. The month shows through 12 small apertures set against the hour markers, so the dial stays free of an extra hand or window.

Everything is set through the Ring Command bezel. You turn it to select date, local time or reference time, plus a neutral position where the crown winds and sets the minutes, so the fluted bezel is functional rather than decorative. In 2023 Rolex moved the family to calibre 9002 and the 3369 reference block, which is where this one sits.

The movement

Calibre 9002 succeeds the 9001 that launched the model. The architecture carries over: the Saros annual calendar, the Ring Command interface, roughly 72 hours of reserve, blue Parachrom hairspring, Paraflex shock absorbers and a rating of 2 seconds a day either way. New are the Chronergy escapement, in nickel-phosphorus and resistant to magnetic fields, and a redesigned oscillating weight on an optimised ball bearing. It is a complex movement by Rolex standards, so servicing is a longer job than on a Datejust. Rolex does not publish tariffs.

On the wrist

42mm in solid gold on a gold bracelet is a heavy watch and the Sky-Dweller does not pretend otherwise. The case is broad but the lugs are short for the diameter, so it sits closer than the number suggests. The black dial does the calming: the month apertures and the 24-hour ring only announce themselves once you look for them.

Questions we are asked about this reference

How often does the calendar need setting?

Once a year, on 1 March. The movement runs February as a 30-day month, so that is the only correction it needs, provided the watch keeps running.

What changed with the 2023 references?

The calibre moved from 9001 to 9002 and the reference numbers shifted from 3269 to 3369. Inside, the 9002 adds the Chronergy escapement and a new oscillating weight. The complications, the Ring Command system and the 42mm case carried over, and Rolex revised the dial colours across the family at the same time.

Is the second time zone quick to adjust?

Yes. Unscrew the crown, turn the bezel to the local time position, then move the hour hand in one hour jumps with the crown. The 24-hour disc keeps home time while you do it. Screw the crown back down when you are finished.

Sky-Dweller

An annual calendar and a second time zone, set through the bezel

The Sky-Dweller launched in 2012 as Rolex's annual calendar, aimed at people whose year is spent between time zones. Its patented Saros calendar tells 30-day months from 31-day ones, so the date needs one manual adjustment a year when February turns to March, and the current month is marked in red in one of twelve windows set among the hour markers. Local time is read from the central hands while the reference time sits on an off-centre 24-hour disc. The fluted Ring Command bezel is how the watch is set: turn it counterclockwise to choose date and month, local time or reference time, then adjust with the winding crown, so the case needs no correctors or extra crown positions.

fluted Ring Command bezel

month apertures ringing the dial

off-centre 24-hour disc

gold or Rolesor cases

Sizes in the family

42 mm across the collection

Who it suits

For the buyer who travels on a schedule and wants the date and the second zone handled without thinking about either.

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