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RolexSky‑Dweller336935
Rolex Sky-Dweller
IWC SchaffhausenIngenieur Automatic 42IW338903
IWC Schaffhausen Ingenieur Automatic 42

General

Status
In production
In production
In production
Introduced (differs)
2023
2025
2023
Retail price
€62,500
US$22,700
€15,750

Case

Shape
Round
Round
Round
Diameter
42 mm
42 mm
42 mm
Thickness (differs)
14.1 mm
11.5 mm
Not known
Lug width (differs)
22 mm
14 mm
21 mm
Material (differs)
Everose gold
Ceramic
Titanium
Bezel
Bidirectional rotating
Not known
Bidirectional rotating
Bezel insert
Not known
Not known
Cerachrom ceramic, Black
Caseback (differs)
Screw-down
Display (sapphire)
Screw-down
Crystal (differs)
Sapphire
Sapphire, Domed, Anti-reflective on both sides
Sapphire
Cyclops
Yes
Not known
Yes
Crown
Screw-down
Not known
Screw-down
Water resistance
100 m
100 m
100 m

Movement

Type
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
Origin
In-house
Not known
In-house
Power reserve (differs)
80 h
60 h
70 h
Frequency
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Jewels (differs)
40
22
31
Certification
Superlative Chronometer
Not known
Superlative Chronometer
Functions (differs)
  • Centre hour, minute and seconds hands
  • 24-hour display on off-centre disc
  • Second time zone
  • Instantaneous annual calendar at 3 o'clock and rapid-setting of the date
  • Month display via 12 apertures around the circumference of the dial
  • Stop-seconds for precise time setting
  • Central hacking seconds
  • Date display
  • Centre hour, minute and seconds hands
  • Instantaneous date with rapid setting
  • Stop-seconds for precise time setting
Complications (differs)
  • Annual calendar
  • Central seconds
  • Date
  • GMT / second time zone
  • Hacking (stop) seconds
  • Month
  • Central seconds
  • Date
  • Hacking (stop) seconds
  • Central seconds
  • Date
  • Hacking (stop) seconds

Dial

Colour (differs)
Blue
Black
Black
Material
Brass
Not known
Brass
Pattern (differs)
Sunburst
Guilloché
Matte
Indices (differs)
Baton
Mixed
Baton
Hands (differs)
Baton
Baton
Mercedes
Lume
Chromalight
Not known
Chromalight

Bracelet

Type
Metal bracelet
Metal bracelet
Metal bracelet
Name (differs)
Jubilee
Not known
Oyster
Material (differs)
Everose gold
Ceramic
Titanium
Clasp
Folding clasp
Not known
Folding clasp