Sky-Dweller

The Rolex Sky-Dweller puts a traveller’s two clocks and an annual calendar on the same dial, with local time on the hands and home time on an off-centre 24-hour disc. Its fluted bezel does more than catch the light: the Ring Command system lets you select which function to adjust through the crown.

Introduced in 2012 in precious metals, the family broadened in 2017 with steel-and-gold versions. The 326934 pairs a steel case and bracelet with a white-gold bezel; the 326933 brings yellow gold into the bezel, crown and bracelet. Their successors, 336934 and 336933, arrived with the 2023 update from caliber 9001 to caliber 9002, which introduced Rolex’s Chronergy escapement.

Across generations, the calendar’s neatest detail remains the twelve month windows beside the hour markers, with the current month picked out in red. It distinguishes 30- and 31-day months automatically, requiring correction at the end of February. Bracelet choice changes the character considerably: Oyster and Jubilee give the metal-bracelet versions different rhythms, while selected gold references use Oysterflex, its elastomer exterior concealing flexible metal blades.