====== Ring Command ======
**Ring Command** is a patented [[Rolex]] feature that leverages a [[bezel]] to control watch functions.

===== Overview =====
Rolex introduced the Ring Command concept in [[2007]] in the [[Rolex Yacht-Master II]] watch. Although many watches feature a rotating [[bezel]], these were always used as a simple scale or slide rule. Examples include the famous [[Rolex Submariner]] and [[Rolex Turn-O-Graph]]. The Rolex Ring Command, in contrast, is linked to the movement and is used to select different functions with the [[crown]].

The first Ring Command watch, the [[Rolex 4160|Cal. 4160]] [[Rolex Yacht-Master II|Yacht-Master II]], utilizes the bezel to set the number of minutes for the [[Regatta timer]] feature. The bezel is rotated until the words, "Yacht-Master II" line up with the crown, then the minutes hand is set with the crown to between 1 and 10 on the bezel scale. Then the bezel is rotated back to normal and the regatta timer will automatically count down the number of minutes selected.

Rolex introduced the second Ring Command watch in [[2012]]. The [[Rolex Sky-Dweller]] uses the [[fluted]] [[bezel]] to set the [[annual calendar]]. With the crown in second position, the bezel is rotated one position counterclockwise to set the date and one more to set the local time hour hand. The final bezel position causes the crown to set the home time hours and minutes.


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