RolexDay-Date 40

KEY FACTS

• Auctioned via a private vendor based in the United Kingdom.
• Presented with its display box, outer sleeve, and all paperwork including proof of Rolex’s five-year guarantee valid until 2027, and operating manual.
• Further additions to the set include the swing tag and bezel protector.
• 18K rose gold finish with “sunburst” olive green dial, 18K rose gold Roman numeral indices, and ‘President’ bracelet.
• Given an ‘A’ grading for condition by the vendor who confirms the watch to be in good working order.

FUNCTION

• Hours, minutes, seconds, day, date.
• Chronometer-certified automatic 3255 calibre.
• 70-hour power reserve.

SUMMARY

Worn by numerous world leaders and celebrities since its introduction in 1956, the Rolex Day-Date is one of The Crown’s most-loved designs. The Day-Date was the world’s first wristwatch to display the date as well as the day spelt in full, and this particular design - reference 228239 - is highly distinctive, thanks to its 18K rose gold finish combined with a tastefully contrasting “sunburst” olive green dial. Despite being from the latest line of Day-Dates launched at Baselworld in 2015, the watch retains the original watch’s design feature of a trademark cyclops’ magnifier positioned over the date window at three o’clock. Beneath the screw-down case back beats Rolex’s in-house developed 3255 calibre; a highly-precise automatic movement with a power reserve of 70 hours.

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