Day-Date 40
Green ombré
The dial
From green into night.
Bracelet
Pure gold.
18 ct, from the case to the clasp
Oyster Perpetual
Calibre 3255
Part by part.
Crystal · Dial · Movement · Case
Since 1956
Every day has a name.
In 1956 the Day-Date became the first wristwatch to show the day of the week spelled out in full, in a window arcing across the top of the dial. Seventy years on, it still reads like a sentence. Today it says .
Forty
millimetres
Sapphire crystal with a Cyclops lens over the date. Waterproof to 100 metres. Superlative Chronometer.
Case
40 mm
An Oyster case in 18 ct yellow gold. The Day-Date has only ever been made in precious metals.
18 ct yellow gold
Cast in gold.
Rolex casts its own gold, in its own foundry. Made to be worn for a lifetime, then handed on.
