I've been a Professional pilot for 45+ years, military (USMC) , corporate and major airline. I just retired after decades as a B-777 pilot for the worlds largest airline. I purchased my first GMT Master 16750 in Hong Kong in 1983 and it was my one watch for over 30 years. In December of 2019, I purchased a black dial Sky Dweller, again in Hong Kong on a layover. I absolutely love both watches and wear them both on trips. In fact, I wore both on my last to to HKG this Summer. Bottom line, it's the perfect wide body, international airline pilot's watch! Oh, and it fits perfectly on my 7-5/8", 19.3 cm wrist.
Being into horology, I am a fan of the 2,500 year old Greek Antikythera mechanism which is where I first became aware of the Saros movement, and is one of the things that intrigued me about the Sky Dweller. Photos of my watches at... instagram.com/1955healey100/
I would agree. The GMT 2 is slightly easier to read the home time IMO. (Full length pointer hand to the outside 24hr bezel vs arrow over the smaller inside 24hr ring.)
I patiently waited eight months and finally got the call from a retail store in Toronto and flew out from Vancouver the next day for the purchase. Have never had such a pleasant, informative, and fun experience buying anything in my life. Thank you Rolex and thank you Susan for your gracious consideration😊
Forget bout all d hypes on deepsea,daytona or batman. This will be the most complicated, intelligence, enjoyable, practical & valuable watch frm rolex to own. Added on my "must hv list". Thkz 4 d good in depth infos.
This is so far the only video i've seen with explanation of how to set the sky dweller for a real owner and user in detail and actual scenarios - ie am, pm, going on trip .... Great presentation to appreciate the technology, history, and value of the watch. Sprinkled with a fun level of sarcastic humor.
Nice video and tutorial for the watch usage. I just purchased Sky-Dweller blue stainless steel on jubilee for retail price from local AD. IMO, Sky-Dweller is better looking on jubilee because of fluted bezel, this combo makes the watch classy. In contrary, sport watches looks better on oyster bracelet.
With respect to the Rolesor or, some parts gold, some parts stainless steel, I believe in addition to the bezel being gold - so are all three hands (hour, minute, & seconds) as well as the boxes around the Lume and the crown at the twelve o’clock position. In other words: all the exposed metal inside the glass is gold - so as to not fade, patina, or age over time. Great explanation and video.
I have the 2 tone, white opalescent dial with a jubilee bracelet. The only issues is I wish there was crown case protectors like the gmt and a exhibition back. Overall she is the cat's meow! 😻👌
Are you able to wear it often? I just purchased the watch today and now wondering if I can really wear it about freely. As of now I feel I can only wear it indoors (house parties, bbq etc) or weddings etc
@FABM27 Of course you can wear her every day if you wish. I love folks that walk on by me as they always check out my wrist in a good way with a smile. You don't have to wear a suit, casual/jeans is OK also. Use reasonable judgement to wear her, otherwise wear that Timex.😁😁🤣
I was lucky to get a call from Rolex boutique, Skydweller steel/gold black dial jubilee bracelet . I appreciate your video because im a movement guy. And I have struggled finding good videos on this 9002 movement. Thank you sir for your extensive research on this timepiece.
Error at 9:00 minutes into the video. The speaker sets the reference time to 20, stating that this represents 20 minutes, while it actually means the 20th hour, or 8:pm.
They are, just not in blue. I'm tossing it around with pulling the trigger on a black dial one, but I'm afraid if I do, the next day a blue will come in.
@@9443-c5b Well, dreams do come true. Rolex has released hard to get watches to AD's that are for display only. My AD has a blue sky dweller, I'm number one on the list and I'm told that eventually they will get the ok to sell. I don't mind waiting, I've already waited two years, what's another few months.
Very complete and excellent review Wei ! Just one comment: you mention 300mts Water Resistance, it is 100mts. Maybe you meant 300 feet (330 acually). Rgds
You're so on point about the legibility of watches once you get into the mid 40s. People bleating on about oversized watches obviously don't have that problem. I love my 36mm Day Date but can I read it with out putting on my specs? Can I boot! My Sky Dweller offers me the opportunity to not have to consider my mortality every time I want to gaze at it's beautiful blue dial!
Most likely not I would be surprised if Rolex ever did that. I know the yacht master comes in 37 as well as 40 but I think that is just a one time thing
I was an international widebody airline pilot, I flew around the world multiple times every month! While Wei neglected to mention this, just like the GMT Master, the Sky Dweller is the perfect watch for the international pilot, whether they be military, corporate or airline.
Some people use the second time zone for Family members that live in a distant time zone, or business partners/customers that live in a distant time zone. I find this complication far more useful than a stop watch such as the Daytona.
@@sypen1 Do you think we fly alone? My airplane holds 350 passengers and most of the time, it's full, at least pre COVID. Each of the big four airlines in the USA flies around 2,500 flights a day, for 10,000 flights just on those four. That's 3.65 million flights a year and a whole hell of a lot of travelers. Translate that to worldwide. Just look at the popularity of the GMT Master for over 65 years, It's a lot more useable than a dive watch where 99.9% DON'T dive, and dive watches are hugely popular. Many of my international passengers are frequent business travelers, and have the money to spent if so inclined. Bottom line, given the fact that the Sky Dweller is near impossible to get, especially the steel blue dial (which is far and above the hardest Rolex to obtain,period), I'd say there is a unfulfillable market for this watch at current production levels.
@@cnaarndt I didn’t say people don’t fly I mean not everyone fly every week, anywhere around the world when every they want. How many people do you know with that luxury.
Great video, thanks for breaking down the watch! I really like this watch and it seems is readable. With God's grace I will turn 60 in a few months, I can barely read the subdials on my 116500 or 6520s LOL, As my Mom, used to say "getting old, ain't for sissies"
Nope it’s EVERY March 1. This is an “ANNUAL” Calendar and that means it must be adjusted every single year. (Plus adjusted for daylight savings time if you live where you observe that ). Some other brands make a “PERPETUAL” Calendar watch which tracks which year is “Leap” year and corrects for that and therefore need no adjustment usually for a hundred years or so. They usually cost a lot more money than the Skydweller. Hard to stomach this next statement: but I believe you get a lot for your dollar with the Skydweller, whether it’s Stainsteel or Precious Metal.
@@williamumbach592 I stand Corrected, you are absolutely right. it is annually, i do have the watch and i enjoy it, i have not needed to set it in 2 years, thats why i feel like i was right, butttt i am clearly wrong. Thank you again for an awesome video, Happy New Year!
Technically, the Pilots didn't really use it that often, or so to speak there isn't any documentation that indicates that they use it regularly. What a marketing gimmick Rolex has given to the public to lead people to believe that GMTs are PAM AM professional watches.
He looks 10 years younger than his age, lucky bugger 😁 and sweating bullets, what no air-con? Oh and I believe 904L is actually softer, not harder than 316L but has a richer luster and is more corrosion resistant.
I was never a fan of this watch. It always looked huge and rather chintzy when next to other Rolex´s in the display case. I normally love Rolex´s on bracelets, especially the gold ones as the bracelets are great and an all gold rolex for me is something special. Then the other day I saw the latest version on the rubber strap and it has transformed it for me, now the design looks far less chintzy and the rubber seems to make the watch look less huge.
As far as being huge, it's 42mm X 13.8mm thick, while my Hesalite Speedy is 42mm X 14.1 mm thick! As far as looking chintzy, is the Datejust 41 chintzy too, because the SD is essentially a slightly larger Datejust? Like you, I do love the new rubber straps on this watch.
@@cnaarndt it’s a funny thing I find, the size of watches, normally I’m not bothered but I just found the extra few mm of this and the 41mm to not work for me as it just seemed a less cohesive design over the smaller 36mm DJ which has the balance, it’s the same with the DD, the smaller looks perfect on my wrist, the larger feels bigger than one of my large case EPSA compressor watches! Having said that I also simply love seeing people wear a watch in this day and age so even if something is not to my personal taste I’m still happy someone else gets pleasure from them and heck, they are wearing a watch which makes me happy. One exception to my comment about size is the large platinum DD with baguette bezel and blue dial, now that seemed more subtle ( I know, baguette diamond bezel!!) than a yellow gold large DD with fluted bezel!
@@ianmedium Thanks for the great reply. In this case, I feel that it is just a matter of proportion. Even though my wrists at 7-5/8" are large, they're not excessively so, however my hands are huge. In fact if a bracelet is sized for my writs, I often struggle to get that bracelet over my hands! That being said, I simply cannot wear any 36 mm Roles or Patek Phillip for that matter. Believe me, with regard to PP I've tried. So would Rolex ever make the SD smaller, say in a 39-40mm size? I doubt it as it would loose some of the legibility of the GMT function. Unfortunately, this makes the watch too large for many potential customers. On the up side, those same folks CAN wear a PP Calatrava… I cannot. Now a PP 5270.. That's another story, but it's the price not the size!
@@cnaarndt great reply, see, you hit the issue square on. I have a medium sized wrist but small hands, well, short fingers and that’s the problem with some watch styles that are larger, certainly the more dressy styles but the funny thing is some large watches look fine on my small hands. Last week I managed to buy a beautiful plongeur hands vintage Nivada dive watch from the late sixties which is huge by those days standards at 43 mm with a thick steel bezel of 40mm and it looks wonderful even though I have small hands and I realised today that it’s because the lug to lug is short at 44mm!
@@cnaarndt have you tried a 5070? I saw a yellow gold with black dial the other day at a dealer here in Vienna, much cheaper than the grand complication but gorgeous and a 41mm case size that wears like a 43mm! Perfect for someone such as yourself with larger hands I think.
The annual calendar doesn't deal with February having 28 days? I thought he was gonna say you only had to adjust it on leap years. But you gotta adjust it after February. Not impressed lol, not that it matters.
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I've been a Professional pilot for 45+ years, military (USMC) , corporate and major airline. I just retired after decades as a B-777 pilot for the worlds largest airline. I purchased my first GMT Master 16750 in Hong Kong in 1983 and it was my one watch for over 30 years. In December of 2019, I purchased a black dial Sky Dweller, again in Hong Kong on a layover. I absolutely love both watches and wear them both on trips. In fact, I wore both on my last to to HKG this Summer. Bottom line, it's the perfect wide body, international airline pilot's watch! Oh, and it fits perfectly on my 7-5/8", 19.3 cm wrist.
Being into horology, I am a fan of the 2,500 year old Greek Antikythera mechanism which is where I first became aware of the Saros movement, and is one of the things that intrigued me about the Sky Dweller. Photos of my watches at... instagram.com/1955healey100/
I would agree. The GMT 2 is slightly easier to read the home time IMO. (Full length pointer hand to the outside 24hr bezel vs arrow over the smaller inside 24hr ring.)
Yes, but the sd gives a month function were as the GMT doesn't. I am laying down my GMT, the SD is far superior.😊
I patiently waited eight months and finally got the call from a retail store in Toronto and flew out from Vancouver the next day for the purchase. Have never had such a pleasant, informative, and fun experience buying anything in my life. Thank you Rolex and thank you Susan for your gracious consideration😊
The most complete description on a Sky Dweller Congrats!
The Sky dweller is Rolex’s evolution
Evolution*
What a fantastic video! Who else now wants a Sky-Dweller? 😁
Meee ¯\_( ͡◕ ͜ʖ ͡◕)_/¯ 🙏
Got mine in early December from AD. I know, crazy, considering limited supply. Couldn't pass up the opportunity.
I thought this dude was like 34. Wei's a legend
Joseph Hayes i thought he was 30, but how old is he? 35?
@@OttawaInHD 51 Years old
@@alangc76 NO WAAAY!
Lol. Asian genes.
Yes he looks way younger than 51 💁♀️💪🙏
The most fun I've ever had setting a watch. Very intuitive.
Can't even get on a wait list.
For me it’s the coolest Rolex with two of the most desired complications. Especially in everose gold and oysterflex. Nice review BTW.
What Would Wei Wear - A Rolex Skydweller for sure. Great video. Wei Koh's cool laid back style belies his deep watch knowledge. More Wei!
Definitely one of the coolest within Rolex's current catalog. Excellent overview.
This watch is awesome... From up in the sky and way down under the sea....
Wei, the water resistance of the Skydweller is 100 meters, not 300 ;)
I've owned this watch for 6 tears and still love watching videos about it. Nice vid 👍
By far the best description and direction on a Rolex. Great job
Forget bout all d hypes on deepsea,daytona or batman.
This will be the most complicated, intelligence, enjoyable, practical & valuable watch frm rolex to own.
Added on my "must hv list".
Thkz 4 d good in depth infos.
"Please go buy one" LOL How about, please sell me one.
LOOOL!!!
Lol true. Market is insane right meow
Took me a while to get it but i like it a lot now
Had the opportunity to try the black dial on wrist - wow! Stunning piece 😍
Great watch and a great review!! Now if i could only get my hands on one at retail (and yes, it has to be the blue dial).
This is so far the only video i've seen with explanation of how to set the sky dweller for a real owner and user in detail and actual scenarios - ie am, pm, going on trip .... Great presentation to appreciate the technology, history, and value of the watch. Sprinkled with a fun level of sarcastic humor.
Nice video and tutorial for the watch usage. I just purchased Sky-Dweller blue stainless steel on jubilee for retail price from local AD. IMO, Sky-Dweller is better looking on jubilee because of fluted bezel, this combo makes the watch classy. In contrary, sport watches looks better on oyster bracelet.
With respect to the Rolesor or, some parts gold, some parts stainless steel, I believe in addition to the bezel being gold - so are all three hands (hour, minute, & seconds) as well as the boxes around the Lume and the crown at the twelve o’clock position. In other words: all the exposed metal inside the glass is gold - so as to not fade, patina, or age over time. Great explanation and video.
I have the 2 tone, white opalescent dial with a jubilee bracelet. The only issues is I wish there was crown case protectors like the gmt and a exhibition back. Overall she is the cat's meow! 😻👌
Are you able to wear it often? I just purchased the watch today and now wondering if I can really wear it about freely. As of now I feel I can only wear it indoors (house parties, bbq etc) or weddings etc
@FABM27 Of course you can wear her every day if you wish.
I love folks that walk on by me as they always check out my wrist in a good way with a smile.
You don't have to wear a suit, casual/jeans is OK also.
Use reasonable judgement to wear her, otherwise wear that Timex.😁😁🤣
what watch is on his wrist?
Good one, Wei! Keep it up... and 51 is not old ;-)
I was lucky to get a call from Rolex boutique, Skydweller steel/gold black dial jubilee bracelet . I appreciate your video because im a movement guy. And I have struggled finding good videos on this 9002 movement. Thank you sir for your extensive research on this timepiece.
Error at 9:00 minutes into the video. The speaker sets the reference time to 20, stating that this represents 20 minutes, while it actually means the 20th hour, or 8:pm.
Thank you for such an articulate explanation.
Unavailable at your local Rolex authorized dealer. Therein lies the joke.
They are, just not in blue. I'm tossing it around with pulling the trigger on a black dial one, but I'm afraid if I do, the next day a blue will come in.
@@BobABooey. keep dreaming. Any skydweller is impossible to get.
@@9443-c5b Well, dreams do come true. Rolex has released hard to get watches to AD's that are for display only. My AD has a blue sky dweller, I'm number one on the list and I'm told that eventually they will get the ok to sell. I don't mind waiting, I've already waited two years, what's another few months.
Just picked one up on the jubilee, wow what a watch. Thank for the run down on it. Great job as always Wei.
Very complete and excellent review Wei ! Just one comment: you mention 300mts Water Resistance, it is 100mts. Maybe you meant 300 feet (330 acually). Rgds
BTW, Congratulations on your excellent magazine (Revolution Latin America).
Thoroughly enjoyed your video,very informative,keep them coming.
Excellent Video, very informative I purchased a SS Black Dial Sky Dweller a few months ago, it is even more stunning in person
Nodding at the Old man + Ferrari reference :x
Ha ha so true, I can't read anything on my 5270!
You're so on point about the legibility of watches once you get into the mid 40s. People bleating on about oversized watches obviously don't have that problem. I love my 36mm Day Date but can I read it with out putting on my specs? Can I boot! My Sky Dweller offers me the opportunity to not have to consider my mortality every time I want to gaze at it's beautiful blue dial!
Rocking the Hawaiian shirt in December? Wowzers!
Great overview Wei and happy new year!!
I think it’s water resistant to 100m (300+ft), not 300 m
Great vlog great information thank you. Enjoy
Excellent video I have never seen a sky-dweller in person so it was nice understandinghow it works but hold up. No fucking way Wei is 51.
You're a g bro, sick chesterfields!
I bet a platinum sky dweller with a ice blue dial would be absolute class
It would be crazy heavy though.
Yep, your right.
my friend has a white gold version. heavy too. great watch
Very good and informative vido
Would there be a smaller skydweller?
No.
Most likely not I would be surprised if Rolex ever did that. I know the yacht master comes in 37 as well as 40 but I think that is just a one time thing
He's the guy from Uncut Gem?
Should be 100m, not 300 as it’s only a twinlock crown
You are very easy to understand. I'm now obsessed with purchasing a sky dweller. Thank you
Oh because so many people can just fly around the world all year. Very relatable very relatable.
I was an international widebody airline pilot, I flew around the world multiple times every month! While Wei neglected to mention this, just like the GMT Master, the Sky Dweller is the perfect watch for the international pilot, whether they be military, corporate or airline.
@@cnaarndt well obviously a pilot flys around the world what about 99.99999% of everyone else maybe once a year?
Some people use the second time zone for Family members that live in a distant time zone, or business partners/customers that live in a distant time zone. I find this complication far more useful than a stop watch such as the Daytona.
@@sypen1 Do you think we fly alone? My airplane holds 350 passengers and most of the time, it's full, at least pre COVID. Each of the big four airlines in the USA flies around 2,500 flights a day, for 10,000 flights just on those four. That's 3.65 million flights a year and a whole hell of a lot of travelers. Translate that to worldwide. Just look at the popularity of the GMT Master for over 65 years, It's a lot more useable than a dive watch where 99.9% DON'T dive, and dive watches are hugely popular. Many of my international passengers are frequent business travelers, and have the money to spent if so inclined. Bottom line, given the fact that the Sky Dweller is near impossible to get, especially the steel blue dial (which is far and above the hardest Rolex to obtain,period), I'd say there is a unfulfillable market for this watch at current production levels.
@@cnaarndt I didn’t say people don’t fly I mean not everyone fly every week, anywhere around the world when every they want. How many people do you know with that luxury.
Wow great looking watch ⌚
My favorite watch I can't afford! Going to have to settle for a super clone.🤣
1:04... I feel bad for my phone auto time zone adjustment still... I want Rolex to tell me that.... right?
Is it antimagnetic?
I think all the modern Rolex’s are pretty good on that point due to the innovative hairspring
You are hilarious! I agree I need my readers as well!!!
Great video, thanks for breaking down the watch! I really like this watch and it seems is readable. With God's grace I will turn 60 in a few months, I can barely read the subdials on my 116500 or 6520s LOL, As my Mom, used to say "getting old, ain't for sissies"
:) EXCELLENT VIDEO i enjoyed it thoroughly... but i believe its once every 4 years on march 1st. not every year.
Nope it’s EVERY March 1. This is an “ANNUAL” Calendar and that means it must be adjusted every single year. (Plus adjusted for daylight savings time if you live where you observe that ). Some other brands make a “PERPETUAL” Calendar watch which tracks which year is “Leap” year and corrects for that and therefore need no adjustment usually for a hundred years or so. They usually cost a lot more money than the Skydweller. Hard to stomach this next statement: but I believe you get a lot for your dollar with the Skydweller, whether it’s Stainsteel or Precious Metal.
@@williamumbach592 I stand Corrected, you are absolutely right. it is annually, i do have the watch and i enjoy it, i have not needed to set it in 2 years, thats why i feel like i was right, butttt i am clearly wrong. Thank you again for an awesome video, Happy New Year!
Technically, the Pilots didn't really use it that often, or so to speak there isn't any documentation that indicates that they use it regularly. What a marketing gimmick Rolex has given to the public to lead people to believe that GMTs are PAM AM professional watches.
great info
You know the month but dont know the day of the week lol
nice video!!!!
i love your haircut, who is your barber?
Lol. Funny episode. Thanks.
Bro is 51? WOW looks great
太帅了，值得拥有
This watch requires a full time learners course
"At the age of 51...." - I think Wei bathes in the blood of virgins or uses a very good moisturizer! Anyway..............Good review!
Halloween is not a holiday.
Water resistance up to 100m not 300m
Where are my pants...??? Wahahaha... Dude!!!!
👍..kudos
Imagine not having an iphone which tells you the correct time based on location.
He looks 10 years younger than his age, lucky bugger 😁 and sweating bullets, what no air-con? Oh and I believe 904L is actually softer, not harder than 316L but has a richer luster and is more corrosion resistant.
I feel like its a much better investment than cash in the bank, lol, even though thats not saying much.
Jacob & co run tings
the clasp is a pure scandal! how can it NOT have a safety catch!!!! on the most complicated watch ever lol
I was never a fan of this watch. It always looked huge and rather chintzy when next to other Rolex´s in the display case. I normally love Rolex´s on bracelets, especially the gold ones as the bracelets are great and an all gold rolex for me is something special. Then the other day I saw the latest version on the rubber strap and it has transformed it for me, now the design looks far less chintzy and the rubber seems to make the watch look less huge.
As far as being huge, it's 42mm X 13.8mm thick, while my Hesalite Speedy is 42mm X 14.1 mm thick! As far as looking chintzy, is the Datejust 41 chintzy too, because the SD is essentially a slightly larger Datejust? Like you, I do love the new rubber straps on this watch.
@@cnaarndt it’s a funny thing I find, the size of watches, normally I’m not bothered but I just found the extra few mm of this and the 41mm to not work for me as it just seemed a less cohesive design over the smaller 36mm DJ which has the balance, it’s the same with the DD, the smaller looks perfect on my wrist, the larger feels bigger than one of my large case EPSA compressor watches!
Having said that I also simply love seeing people wear a watch in this day and age so even if something is not to my personal taste I’m still happy someone else gets pleasure from them and heck, they are wearing a watch which makes me happy. One exception to my comment about size is the large platinum DD with baguette bezel and blue dial, now that seemed more subtle ( I know, baguette diamond bezel!!) than a yellow gold large DD with fluted bezel!
@@ianmedium Thanks for the great reply. In this case, I feel that it is just a matter of proportion. Even though my wrists at 7-5/8" are large, they're not excessively so, however my hands are huge. In fact if a bracelet is sized for my writs, I often struggle to get that bracelet over my hands! That being said, I simply cannot wear any 36 mm Roles or Patek Phillip for that matter. Believe me, with regard to PP I've tried. So would Rolex ever make the SD smaller, say in a 39-40mm size? I doubt it as it would loose some of the legibility of the GMT function. Unfortunately, this makes the watch too large for many potential customers. On the up side, those same folks CAN wear a PP Calatrava… I cannot. Now a PP 5270.. That's another story, but it's the price not the size!
@@cnaarndt great reply, see, you hit the issue square on. I have a medium sized wrist but small hands, well, short fingers and that’s the problem with some watch styles that are larger, certainly the more dressy styles but the funny thing is some large watches look fine on my small hands. Last week I managed to buy a beautiful plongeur hands vintage Nivada dive watch from the late sixties which is huge by those days standards at 43 mm with a thick steel bezel of 40mm and it looks wonderful even though I have small hands and I realised today that it’s because the lug to lug is short at 44mm!
@@cnaarndt have you tried a 5070? I saw a yellow gold with black dial the other day at a dealer here in Vienna, much cheaper than the grand complication but gorgeous and a 41mm case size that wears like a 43mm! Perfect for someone such as yourself with larger hands I think.
Where are my pants? Where are my pants? Hahahahahahaha
very hard to read the second time. too small
I'm 65 and can read it just fine without glasses and even better with glasses!
they wanna get mushrooms!!!!!!
Try hard.
funny man
It is far, far too big; and by "it" I mean Wei's ego not the Rolex ....
The annual calendar doesn't deal with February having 28 days? I thought he was gonna say you only had to adjust it on leap years. But you gotta adjust it after February. Not impressed lol, not that it matters.
they're going to Burning man with a Skydweller on the wrist?LOL common
Watch gangster!