Over the years I’ve owned several cheap Rolex replica watches. I’ve also sold several. The reasons vary from duplicates, to upgrading the collection, to botched servicing.
Yet, I always seem to come back to Rolex. To me, it is an iconic brand that makes accurate, sturdy, and beautiful timepieces. There’s no mistaking a Rolex for anything else.
I follow the glacial pace of Rolex’s innovations: the brand takes its time in perfecting everything in a new offering (ten times over, usually). It’s both a frustration and a comfort that people smarter than me have my back.
So in 2012 when the Geneva Giant (a name our editor-in-chief once coined) introduced its high quality UK fake Rolex Sky-Dweller watches – by far the brand’s most complicated in-house timepiece – I was interested.
I read the reviews. I studied the caliber and photos. I gagged at the price tag on the first precious metal versions (unlike some of my fellow writers, I live within a budget). See the white gold version in Spending Time With The Most Complicated In-House Rolex: The Sky-Dweller.
When Rolex finally relented in 2017 and put the Sky-Dweller Caliber 9001 in a Rolesor case (“Rolesor” is a Rolex term for two-tone stainless steel and gold) and dropped the price down to $14,400 I was a player. So were a goodly number of other best replica Rolex watches admirers.
I sold two pieces in my collection to free up some working capital for the Rolesor Sky-Dweller in white gold and stainless steel with the blue dial.
Ordering the new Rolex Sky-Dweller
I spoke with my sales contacts around the watch world to see who could come up with my new Sky-Dweller first. Silly me: it seems that perfect Rolex copy watches recognized the whopping demand for this piece and wanted to keep interest high, releasing the new steel-infused Sky-Dwellers in dribs and drabs (and still does).
Eventually I placed my order through my most trusted authorized dealer, Morgan’s Jewelers in Torrance, California.
The manager there, Thess Duong, cautioned me, “Don’t hold your breath on this one. We don’t expect to receive any shipments for quite some time.” Quite some time proved to be exactly one year to the day when my luxury Rolex Sky-Dweller replica watches finally arrived.
During that time, demand soared: aftermarket prices almost doubled that of the manufacturer’s retail price, though they’re drifting down now. I began thinking that this was a hard asset arbitrage play.
The day I received my watch I could have flipped it for a tidy profit. But no: if the steel-and-white-gold Sky-Dweller with the pretty blue dial spoke to me before, now it shouted my name.
True to her word, Duong honored our original agreement and priced my watch at Rolex’s retail price of $14,400. No discount. Nothing but a pretty smile and a thank you. At least she gave me a bag to carry my booty home in.
Ordering the new Rolex Sky-Dweller
I spoke with my sales contacts around the watch world to see who could come up with my new Sky-Dweller first. Silly me: it seems that Rolex recognized the whopping demand for this piece and wanted to keep interest high, releasing the new steel-infused Swiss movements fake Rolex Sky-Dweller watches in dribs and drabs (and still does).
Eventually I placed my order through my most trusted authorized dealer, Morgan’s Jewelers in Torrance, California.
The manager there, Thess Duong, cautioned me, “Don’t hold your breath on this one. We don’t expect to receive any shipments for quite some time.” Quite some time proved to be exactly one year to the day when my AAA China replica Rolex Sky-Dweller watches finally arrived.
During that time, demand soared: aftermarket prices almost doubled that of the manufacturer’s retail price, though they’re drifting down now. I began thinking that this was a hard asset arbitrage play.
The day I received my watch I could have flipped it for a tidy profit. But no: if the steel-and-white-gold Sky-Dweller with the pretty blue dial spoke to me before, now it shouted my name.
True to her word, Duong honored our original agreement and priced my watch at Rolex’s retail price of $14,400. No discount. Nothing but a pretty smile and a thank you. At least she gave me a bag to carry my booty home in.
How the Rolex Sky-Dweller fits into my collection
If you’ve read my articles here and elsewhere, you probably know that I gravitate toward workingman’s watches – those that serve a purpose and do a job. I wear them regularly, none of my Rolex super clone watches for sale sit in a safe or on winders gathering dust.
To me, beauty lies in the efficient ability to function at a high level day in, day out without fail. That’s what I immediately saw in the replica Rolex Sky-Dweller watches for men. I didn’t have a GMT watch in my modest collection. Now I do.
I travel a fair amount internationally, and I write for a number of international publications in varying time zones. When I’m on assignment, I need to know when my editors and interview sources are available. Writer’s rule #1: don’t awaken editors with stupid questions in the middle of the night. The Sky-Dweller plugs that hole nicely.
To me, the best quality fake Rolex Sky-Dweller watches appears to be a crossover. It’s a dress watch, a sports watch, and something that’s just nice having around. I use this watch for all occasions: it goes equally well with a business suit, business casual, and can even accompany me to the ball game.
My daily schedule often takes me to the office, to interviews, business meetings, then to the gym, the pool, and down into the dark engine rooms, boiler rooms, and combat engagement center of the USS Iowa where I’m a historian/content expert.
The Sky-Dweller goes everywhere. I find its water-resistant properties (100 meters thanks to the screw-down crown and its Twinlock double water resistance system) and its solid construction make it a perfect addition to my collection. And the bright aqua-colored dial with its luminous Chromalight hands and markers makes it perfectly legible in the dark.
The watch experts say that collectors should never count on capital appreciation of their Rolex replica watches shop. I heed that advice. Still, this is in my opinion a unique timepiece sporting what I consider an iconic design.
It was already on the market for five years, but at a price point that prohibited most collectors from participating: there was a lot of pent-up demand out there.
I saw all these things as the ingredients necessary to – just this once – make an investment in a watch. It turned out I was right – just this once. The new offering in steel would clear the board of those who yearned for this new piece at a more affordable price. I saw the Sky-Dweller as value added to my small collection.
What attracted me to the Rolex Sky-Dweller and why I love it
Just look at that dial! Its brilliant blue sunburst changes color depending on ambient light, going from electric blue in bright sunlight to almost black down in the dark confines of Iowa’s engine room #2.
The red and white inverted triangle hovers over the off-center 24-hour ring display like the moon over a tranquil sea, forever connecting with the time where loved ones sleep. How very smart that the subdial reference time is in 24 hours to distinguish day from night.
The dial furniture makes good use of one additional red accent: the indicator at the base of the marker for the current month. To me, the eleven white accents and that single red one are what make the entire dial presentation pop. It adds just enough color to tell the viewer there’s more here than meets the eye, so look carefully and enjoy the subtlest but also the best parts.
Rolex made some restrained improvements to the dial since the 2023 fake Rolex Sky-Dweller watches was first introduced in 2012 in precious metal. Specifically, the hour markers are no longer Arabic or Roman numerals: now they’re rectangular batons, opening the dial and giving it a less cramped, busy feeling. And Rolex also made the hands longer to better point to the exact time.
The case is perfect. Big, but perfect.
The Swiss made Rolex Sky-Dweller replica watches‘ fit and finish continue to make it a joy to wear; there are no sharp edges anywhere. The lugs curve nicely downward to better fit the wrist. All surfaces of the case are mirror polished. The only satin finish is on the bracelet and the steel case back covering what I can only imagine is a beautifully engineered 9001 movement.
As always, Rolex leaves it all on the front and nothing on the back.
Rolex has utilized its two-metal Rolesor case metal since the early 1930s, trademarking the name in 1933. I haven’t read anything about it being particularly scratch resistant.
By now you probably can tell that my fake Rolex watches store are meant to be used and that I don’t baby them. And let me say that after a few months of wear I can find no scratches on this piece. None. While this may not be a true workingman’s watch, it’s certainly meant to be used for every aspect of life.
Everyone has their preference as to the fit of a watch bracelet. The standard rule is it should be just tight enough to insert the little finger under the bracelet. That’s how I fit my other bracelets.
But not the Sky-Dweller: this watch is a top-heavy beast. Any play in the bracelet has it sliding around. Rolex’s Easylink rapid extension system takes care of that problem. I had the Sky-Dweller adjusted to meet the little finger test with the 5 mm extension deployed. Then I snapped it closed. Now the watch sits snugly on the wrist, doesn’t slide around, yet can be easily loosened should I need just a scotch more room.
The bracelet is proportionally wide. It takes some getting used to seeing it cover such a large part of wrist real estate. It has a polished center with a satin finish on both sides. I wondered if the mirror center would become a sea of scratches. So far the answer is no.
Rolex Sky-Dweller Functionality
Rolex did not just toss the Sky-Dweller’s unique set of requirements on the engineers’ desks and say, “make this.” The brand took years to figure out exactly what the frequent traveler between various time zones would need and how best to serve the task.
Rolex equipped it with its in-house developed and manufactured Caliber 9001. This is without a doubt the most complex movement Rolex replica watches site has ever developed on its own. No wonder: between seven and twelve patents (the exact number seems up for debate) protect it.
All functions are controlled using a combination of inputs from the screw-down crown and what’s known as the command bezel. The instructions are logical and easily remembered.
However, I found there’s a particular order of procedures for setting the watch. Disregard the ordained order and things you thought were unaffected suddenly turn out wrong. The good news is that the order is logical and follows the way most of us set a watch.
First, set the exact seconds, then the minute, then the reference time on the off-center disk. Next, set the local time with the central hour hand. This moves in one-hour increments forward and backward, making it quick and easy. It also moves the date back and forth – a nice touch of user friendliness.
Lastly, set the month and the date. That’s it. Easy.
For my purposes, I use the reference time for client location of whichever project I’m working on at the time. This I do frequently.
When traveling, I set the reference time to my home time, then use the hour and minute hands for local time. This I change as I move between time zones.
I very seldom change the month and date since this is an annual calendar watch.
Rolex advises that the Rolex fake watches online is accurate to +/-2 seconds daily. I’ve found that to be true when it’s in the winder. Accuracy improves to +1 second daily (or less) when on the wrist.