How to Set the Rolex Sky-Dweller | Bob's Watches

The Rolex Sky-Dweller is specifically designed for frequent travelers and those with busy lifestyles, so it was paramount that Rolex equipped the watch with features that would require little handling and adjustment. Compared to a standard automatic date-displaying watch, which you’d be required to reset and adjust at the end of April, June, September, November, and three times at the end of February (or twice if it’s a leap year) - the Rolex Sky-Dweller with its annual calendar complication won’t seem like much hassle at all. There are, however, things to know about how to operate the watch and utilize it to its full potential. While an annual calendar and a perpetual calendar may sound the same, they are actually quite different. An annual calendar will need to be reset once a year (on March 1st), whereas a watch with a perpetual calendar should pretty much take care of itself as long as it stays running, since it accounts for leap years and automatically adjusts the date accordingly. The Sky-Dweller, being an annual calendar wristwatch, will only need to be set once a year, but this won’t be required at the beginning of the year as you would normally expect, but rather on the first of March. Aside from any minor tweaking that you may need to do here and there, along with any regularly-scheduled maintenance, it’s just about the only time that you’ll ever need to take the watch off. But how exactly do you do it? To begin adjusting the Rolex Sky-Dweller, you’ll first n