Replica Rolex Day-Date — Japanese Miyota Movement from $359
Day-Date Watches(52)
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 126331 Ice Blue Motif Dial
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 126331 Stripe Dark Rhodium Dial
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 128238 36mm Gold Dial
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 128238 36mm Roman Numerals
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 128238 36mm White Roman Dial
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 40mm Black Dial 128238
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date II 218235 40mm Black Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date II 218235 40mm Chocolate Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date II 218235 40mm Ivory Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date II 218238 40mm Gold Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date II 218238 40mm Ivory Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 40mm Slate Ombre Dial 228235
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 40mm Ice Blue Dial 228236
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 118238 36mm White Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 118206 36mm Blue Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 118208 36mm White Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 118235F 36mm White Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 118135 36mm Silver Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 18038 36mm Black Dial Watch
Day-DateSAVE $40Rolex Day-Date 18248 36mm Blue Dial Watch
About the Day-Date
The Day-Date is the watch every U.S. President since Eisenhower has been photographed wearing. Worn by more world leaders, dictators, kings, and prime ministers than any other timepiece in history. We have 52 of them on the shelf, in 36mm and 40mm, yellow gold, rose gold, white gold. Every famous dial is here. The legendary Ice Blue — platinum-exclusive at the real shop. Olive Green Saudi king dial. Real meteorite. Mother-of-pearl. Champagne with diamond markers. The replica Rolex Day-Date President ships with a Japanese Miyota automatic movement, from $359.
Why Every Powerful Person Wears This Watch
Rolex put the first Day-Date out in 1956 and made one decision nobody else in the watch industry was making. They would only offer it in solid gold or solid platinum. There has never been a steel Day-Date. Not in 1956, not in 2026, not at any point in seventy years. Only Rolex collection in the catalog where the cheapest version starts at around forty thousand dollars at the official shop, because the metal alone costs thousands. The watch was designed from day one as a statement piece — a watch you wear to tell other people in the room that you are someone who matters. The engineering excuse was that it was the first wristwatch on earth to display the full day of the week spelled out across the dial at 12 o'clock. WEDNESDAY, not just WED. That was actually a hard mechanical problem in 1956 — the disc that holds seven full English words is significantly bigger than a date wheel, and Rolex spent years getting the mechanism reliable. But the day-of-the-week display was never really the point. The point was the gold.
Within a few years the Day-Date had ended up on the wrist of almost every powerful person on earth. Eisenhower was the first U.S. president associated with one. Then Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, the Bushes. Bigger story is outside the United States. Khrushchev wore one. Castro wore two at the same time, one set to Havana and one to Moscow. Saddam Hussein owned several. Muammar Gaddafi owned dozens. Jiang Zemin wore one. The King of Thailand. The Shah of Iran. Mikhail Gorbachev. Day-Date is the single most cross-ideological, cross-cultural symbol of political power any wristwatch has ever produced. Communists wore it. Capitalists wore it. Dictators wore it. Democratically elected presidents wore it. The watch did not care. The bracelet that came with it — a three-piece semi-circular link design Rolex created for the Day-Date — was officially called the President bracelet by Rolex itself. The nickname stuck to the whole watch.
Every one of our 52 Day-Date references covers the modern catalog. 36mm cases (128238 in yellow gold, 128235 in rose gold, 128239 in white gold) are the historically correct size — same size Eisenhower and Khrushchev wore. Read as classical, dressy, old-school formal. 40mm Day-Date (228238, 228235, 228239) was launched in 2015 and is now the bestseller for buyers under fifty because the slightly bigger case looks more modern. Both sizes share the same fluted bezel, the same President bracelet, the same dials. Most-searched dial in the modern Day-Date is the Ice Blue. At the real shop, Ice Blue is reserved exclusively for the platinum Day-Date — Rolex made up the rule themselves to keep the color rare. Ice Blue Day-Date at the official shop costs sixty thousand dollars instead of forty. We have the Ice Blue dial on every metal at our normal price. Olive Green (the one Saudi King Salman is famous for wearing), real meteorite, mother-of-pearl, champagne with diamond markers, all on the shelf.
What we copy and what we don't. Case dimensions, lug width, fluted bezel, President bracelet with the correct semi-circular three-piece links, concealed Crown clasp, Cyclops magnifier, dial layout with the day at 12 and the date at 3, satisfying click when day and date both jump at midnight, weight on your wrist. All of that we get right. Where we cut corners is the metal. Real Day-Date is solid 18K gold or solid platinum. Ours is heavy gold plating over a 904L Oystersteel base. Plating is thick, durable, won't tarnish under normal wear, looks visually identical to solid 18K gold. Only honest way to keep a Day-Date replica at $359 — a real solid gold Day-Date starts at $40,000 because the gold alone is worth $15,000 to $20,000. Weigh ours next to a real one on a scale, the real one is heavier. Wear ours every day, no human can tell. Other thing worth knowing is the movement. Real Day-Date runs the Caliber 3255 with a 70-hour reserve and COSC chronometer certification. Our Replica runs a Japanese Miyota automatic with about 40 hours.
What to Expect
Replica Day-Date from $359
Japanese Miyota automatic, 40-hour power reserve, smooth sweeping seconds. Same President look on the wrist as a $40,000 real Day-Date, without the gold-price math.
Day Spelled Out at 12 O'Clock
Day of the week written in full — WEDNESDAY, not WED — across the top of the dial. Mechanical complication that defined the Day-Date in 1956 and that almost no other watch has ever properly copied.
President Bracelet
Semi-circular three-piece link bracelet Rolex designed specifically for the Day-Date in 1956 and named after the watch itself. Concealed Crown clasp, perfect drape, only on the Day-Date.
Ice Blue Dial Available
At the real Rolex shop the Ice Blue dial is reserved for the solid platinum Day-Date and costs $60,000+. We carry the Ice Blue look on every metal at our normal price. Skip the platinum cost completely.
Fluted Bezel
Signature Day-Date fluted bezel that catches light from every angle. Yellow gold, rose gold, or white gold finish over the steel base. Heavy plating, not spray paint.
Multi-Language Day Wheel
Day of the week available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and other languages. Standard ships in English. Message us before ordering for other language wheels.
Day-Date Replica — Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the Day-Date called the President?
Two reasons, and the order matters. First: in 1956, Rolex designed a brand-new bracelet specifically for the Day-Date — a three-piece semi-circular link design nothing else in the catalog used. Rolex officially named it the President bracelet. So the bracelet was called the President before any actual president ever wore one. Second: starting with Dwight Eisenhower in the late 1950s, the Day-Date ended up on the wrist of nearly every U.S. president for the next 40 years. Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, both Bushes — all photographed wearing one. The two facts collided and the nickname stuck to the whole watch. Today both Rolex and collectors use President interchangeably with Day-Date.
Is the gold real on the Day-Date replica?
No, and here's the honest math. A real solid 18K gold Day-Date at the official Rolex shop starts at around $40,000. Of that price, roughly $15,000 to $20,000 is the raw value of the gold alone — the case and bracelet together weigh about 100 grams of solid 18K gold, and gold trades at around $200 per gram. No way to make a $359 replica out of solid gold without losing money on every sale. So we use heavy gold plating over a 904L Oystersteel base. Plating is thick — much thicker than cheap costume jewelry plating — durable, won't tarnish under normal daily wear, looks visually identical to solid 18K gold. Weigh ours on a scale next to a real one, the real one is noticeably heavier. Wear ours every day, nobody can tell, because nobody walks around with a scale.
Should I buy the 36mm or the 40mm Day-Date?
Depends on your wrist size and what era you want to channel. 36mm is the historically correct size — same case Eisenhower and Khrushchev and Castro and the other 1960s leaders wore — reads as old-school formal, dressy, refined. Fits wrists up to about 7 inches comfortably. Day-Date 40, launched in 2015, is bigger and more modern-looking. Bestseller for buyers under 50 because the slightly bigger case has more presence on the wrist. Wrist over 7 inches, the 40 is probably the right pick. Wrist 7 inches or smaller, get the 36 — the 40 will look big and sit awkwardly under a suit cuff. Both sizes have the same dial options and the same President bracelet.
Which Day-Date should I actually buy?
Buy the 36mm yellow gold with the champagne dial. Sounds boring. This is the watch that became the symbol of power for seventy years for a reason — warm yellow gold against the warm champagne dial is the single most timeless combination Rolex has ever made, exactly what Eisenhower and the Bushes and Reagan all owned. Ice Blue dial is the second pick if you want something more distinctive. Icy blue against any of the gold colors is genuinely beautiful, and at the real shop you would have to pay platinum money to get it. Olive Green is the third pick if you specifically want the Saudi king look, but it's a louder dial than people expect on the wrist day to day. Skip the diamond bezels unless you specifically want a bling watch. Skip the rose gold unless you have a specific reason to want it. Yellow gold and champagne dial. Trust the seventy years of evidence.
What is the difference between the Day-Date and the Datejust?
Two main differences. First, Day-Date adds the full day of the week spelled out at 12 o'clock — Wednesday, Thursday, Friday — instead of just showing the date. Datejust only has the date window at 3 o'clock. Second, and more importantly, the Day-Date is only made in solid precious metals. Gold or platinum. There has never been a steel Day-Date. Datejust is available in steel, two-tone, and gold. Day-Date is the more prestigious and more expensive of the two siblings — historically the watch of presidents and prime ministers, while the Datejust is the everyday luxury watch of executives and lawyers. We carry both.
Can I get the Day-Date with the Ice Blue dial?
Yes, on every metal. At the official Rolex shop, the Ice Blue dial is one of the rarest dials in the entire Rolex catalog because it's reserved exclusively for solid platinum Day-Date references — Rolex made up this rule themselves to keep the color rare and the platinum models exclusive. A platinum Ice Blue Day-Date at the official shop costs around $60,000. In our catalog the Ice Blue dial is available on yellow gold, rose gold, and white gold case finishes at $359. You get the platinum-exclusive dial look without the platinum cost. One of the strongest reasons to buy a Day-Date replica in the first place.