Rolex Day-Date 40
- Model no.: 228236
- Item no.: Z100001
The Rolex Day-Date 40 with the reference number 228236 impresses with its ice blue dial with Roman numerals. In addition, there is the platinum case with a diameter of 40mm and the President bracelet also made of platinum. The watch has a central second hand, a date and weekday display and a screw-down crown. As a chronometer, the watch runs very accurately at all times. The caliber 3255 is installed in the Rolex Day-Date.
Introduced in 1956, the Day-Date was the first wristwatch to display the day of the week. The ice blue dial is a subtle and unique element of the Rolex Platinum watch. Only the Day-Date and Cosmograph Daytona models have such exclusive dials. Rolex makes its finest watches from the precious metal platinum.
Rolex's fluted bezel is unique. The original Oyster bezel had this fluting to make the watch water resistant. The fluting coincided with the fluting in the caseback, which was also screwed into the center of the Rolex watch with a special tool to make it waterproof. Over time, the fluting acquired a purely aesthetic function and became a defining element of the Rolex tradition. This fluted bezel remains a unique feature of the Platinum Day-Date 40.
The Day-Date 40 is powered by the state-of-the-art caliber 3255, designed and manufactured by Rolex for exceptional performance. The automatic movement is a clear demonstration of Rolex's pioneering role in watchmaking: with 14 patents, this masterpiece of Rolex technology is the key to precision, power reserve, shock resistance, magnetism, ease of use and reliability.