Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date

The Day-Date is a wristwatch by Rolex.

Legendary Oyster model by Rolex, whose name refers to the equipment of the watch with date and day of week indication.

It is classified as a Rolex President model with the famous "President" bracelet and Day-Date complication.

Today, the Day-Date is available in 26 different languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Arabic, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Danish, Basque, Catalan, Ethiopian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Moroccan, Norwegian, Farsi, Swedish and Turkish.

Chronology

• Rolex Day-Date - 36 mm case
  • 1956-1957 - Ref. 6510 - Yellow, white, or rose gold or platinum, domed bezel (Also Ref. 6511 with fluted bezel)
  • 1957-1959 - Ref. 6611 - Cal. 1055 (Also Ref. 6612 and Ref. 6613)
  • 1959-1978 - Ref. 1800 - Cal. 1555 or 1556 (Also Ref. 1802, 1803, 1804, 1806, 1807, 1811)
  • 1977-2001 - Ref. 19000 - Cal. 5033 or 5355 Oysterquartz (Also Ref. 19018, 19019)
  • 1978-1988 - Ref. 18000 - Cal. 3055 (Also Ref. 18038, 18039)
  • 1988-2000 - Ref. 18200 - Cal. 3155 (Also Ref. 18300)
  • 2000-2019 - Ref. 118000 - Cal. 3155
  • 2019-present - Ref. 128000 - Cal. 3255
• Rolex Day-Date II - 41 mm case
  • 2008-2015 - Ref. 218000 - Cal. 3156
• Rolex Day-Date 40 - 40 mm case
  • 2015-present - Ref. 228000 - Cal. 3255

Current References

• Day-Date 40 - 40 mm case
  • 228206 - Platinum, smooth bezel
    • 228396 - Platinum with diamond-set bezel
  • 228235 - Everose, fluted bezel
    • 228345 - Everose with diamond-set bezel
  • 228238 - Yellow gold, fluted bezel
    • 228348 - Yellow gold with diamond-set bezel
    • 228398 - Yellow gold with baguette diamond-set bezel
  • 228239 - White gold, fluted bezel
    • 228349 - White gold with diamond-set bezel
• Day-Date II - 41 mm case
  • 218206 - Platinum, smooth bezel
  • 218235 - Pink gold, fluted bezel
  • 218238 - Yellow gold, fluted bezel
    • 218348 - Yellow gold with diamond-set bezel
  • 218239 - White gold, fluted bezel
    • 218349 - White gold with diamond-set bezel
• Day-Date - 36 mm case
  • 118205 - Pink gold, smooth bezel
    • 118135 - Pink gold, fluted bezel, leather strap
    • 118235 - Pink gold, fluted bezel
  • 118206 - Platinum, smooth bezel
  • 118208 - White gold, smooth bezel
  • 118238 - Yellow gold, fluted bezel
  • 118239 - White gold, fluted bezel
• Day-Date 36 - 36 mm case
  • 128235 - Everose gold, fluted bezel
    • 128345 - Everose gold, diamond bezel
  • 128238 - Yellow gold, fluted bezel
    • 128348 - Yellow gold, diamond bezel
  • 128239 - White gold, fluted bezel
    • 128349 - White gold, diamond bezel

Reference: 18xxx (steel, gold, platinum), 19xxx Movement: Automatic Calibre Rolex 3155 (bi-directional winding), 28,800 A/h Certified chronometer (COSC) (The model Oysterquartz is eqipped with a quartz movement) Case: Stainless steel / gold Ø 36 mm Fixed bezel (polished, or ribbed, or fine ripped with hours graduation) Sapphire crystal Screw-in crown Waterproof to 100 m Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds Date, day of week (in all world languages) Dial: Hour indexes in gold Bracelet: Oyster- or President bracelet with folding clasp

Literature

• Das ZEITGEFÜHL-Uhrenbuch; Author: Gerd-Lothar Reschke; ISBN 3-938607-61-0