Polished stainless steel case.
Polished 18k white gold fluted bezel ring.
Polished stainless steel Twinlock crown featuring two sealed zones when the crown is screwed down :
The first inside the tube of the crown, the second inside the winding crown itself.
White dial.
Applied polished white gold index hour markers with luminous fill.
Fine printed minute/seconds track.
Polished hands.
Partially skeletonized minute and hour hands so not to obscure the dual time.
Hour and minute hands with luminous filled tops.
Ring command bezel - watch setting and corrections :
The bezel is key to setting the 3 functions of the watch (time, dual-time and annual calendar).
The "ring command bezel" features 3 positions with each position corresponding to a different function of the watch.
Simply rotating the bezel to the position of the corresponding watch function will the correction of that particular function via the crown.
GMT / dual time-zone :
Off-center black 24 hour ring.
Inverted red triangle indicating the additional time-zone.
Indicated in 24 hour mode to easily distinguish between AM and PM at the additional time-zone location.
The dual time-zone is adjustable in one hour increments adjusted without stopping or interrupting the operation of the movement.
SAROS annual calendar :
Date window displayed at the 3 o'clock position with a "cyclops" magnifier.
Month display via small apertures (windows) at each hour marker (12 hours = 12 month).
A red filled display window indicates the current month.
A manual correction is required only once a year on March 1st to compensate for the shorter 28 or 29 days of February.
The date can be adjusted both forward and backward.
Rolex in-house calibre 9001, beats at 28,800 vph, contains 40 jewels and has an approximate power reserve of 72 hours.
Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring.
High performance Paraflex shock absorbers.
The watch boasts a total of 14 patents, seven of which are on the movement.