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·I was involved with a miracle and indeed got a black dial when the SS version released.
Im not a big Rolex head, and the SkyDweller was my first and for a long time only Rolex.
But I absolutely love the SkyDweller, primarily from the ingenuity and UX angle. There really isn’t another experience like the “command bezel,” and it’s so impressive having such an inordinately easy, fun, way to control a watch that is both an annual calendar and GMT.
A few biases to admit:
first, I have a thing for GMT/dual-time complications
second, I have good sized, nearly 8”, wrists
The SD is a large watch. At 42mm X 14mm tall, it’s my largest modern watch (have some larger 1970’s omegas 😗). I prefer smaller all-else-equal, but with larger wrists it still works for me.
One potential reservation: the white gold fluted bezel plus the polished surfaces make this thing a disco-ball. I like the the flash, but admit to being self-conscious of it at times.
If I had smaller wrists, or a greater aversion to some bling, I’d definitely recommend a test-wear before pulling the trigger (recognizing the potential impossibility of that).
More generally, and given today’s events, I find the SkyDweller to be such an interesting and impressive flex of ingenuity and invention from a company that otherwise has so little interest in those topics. I would love to know the inside story of how this watch got “ok’d” internally.
Although I have a 7” 3/4 wrist, the few times I tried a SD on, it did look big, so I have erred on the side of No Go… but will admit that I also fancy that function and the technical solution behind this watch.
