Rolex Day-Date 'Diamond Blues' Box First introduced in 1929

First introduced in 1929

but to our eyes the combination of the yellow gold case and black dial is particularly striking

from special editions honoring spaceflights to the simpler black-dialed “Moon Watch” that everyone knows and loves

and enchanting

a near-perfect bracelet

Rolex Day-Date 'Diamond Blues' Box First introduced in 1929Few watches make a statement like a solid gold Rolex. This anachronistic blend of technical design and functionality with a precious metal casing material is a polarizing one, and depending on how its worn (and indeed, by whom), can send very different signals and we'll just leave it at that. So called five digit Day Dates (reference variants with five digits) are a quintessential staple of the Neo Vintage era. These models showed up in the late 70s