Day-Date 36 Oyster, 36 mm, platinum and diamonds

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          Description

          Ideal accomplishments

          The Oyster Perpetual Day-Date 36 in platinum, with a diamond-paved dial, diamond-set bezel and a President bracelet.

           

          Diamond-Paved Dial

          Optimal brilliance

          This dial features 10 baguette-cut, rainbow-coloured sapphires. Diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds – the noblest and most precious stones are selected to grace Rolex timepieces. The brand has in-house expertise and equipment enabling it to bejewel any model in its catalogue.

          Experienced gemmologists first select gemstones of the highest quality. For this, they can rely on their own seasoned judgement as well as state-of-the-art analysis equipment. The stones are then entrusted to the gem-setters, who skilfully place each precious stone onto the watch by hand, one by one, assuring precision to within hundredths of a millimetre. Such stringent tolerances guarantee that each stone shines with optimal brilliance and is perfectly aligned with those around it. These time-honoured gestures, which may be repeated many hundreds of times, ensure that each gem-set watch produced by Rolex sparkles with exceptional intensity and reflects the standard of excellence required by the brand.

           

          Diamond-set bezel

          A sparkling symphony

          Gem-setters, like sculptors, finely carve the precious metal to hand-shape the seat in which each gemstone will be perfectly lodged. With the art and craft of a jeweller, the stone is placed and meticulously aligned with the others, then firmly secured in its gold or platinum setting.

          Besides the intrinsic quality of the stones, several other criteria contribute to the beauty of Rolex gem-setting: the precise alignment of the height of the gems, their orientation and position, the regularity, strength and proportions of the setting as well as the intricate finishing of the metalwork. A sparkling symphony to enhance the watch and enchant the wearer.

           

          Platinum

          The noblest of metals

          Rare and precious, platinum is striking for its silvery whiteness and vibrant luminosity. It is among the densest and heaviest metals in the world, distinguished by unique chemical and physical properties such as exceptional corrosion resistance.

          Paradoxically, it is also soft, elastic and highly malleable, which makes machining and polishing especially difficult, demanding an extremely high degree of skill. Rolex always uses 950 platinum, an alloy consisting of 950‰ (thousandths) platinum, painstakingly crafted in-house by the fine metalworkers at Rolex. The noblest of metals for the finest of watches.

           

          The President bracelet

          The ultimate refinement

          The design, development and production of Rolex bracelets and clasps, as well as the stringent tests they face, involve advanced high technology.

          And, as with all the components of the watch, aesthetic controls by the human eye guarantee impeccable beauty. The President bracelet, with its semi-circular three piece links, was created in 1956 for the launch of the Oyster Perpetual Day-Date. It represents the ultimate in refinement and comfort and is always made of carefully selected precious metals.

            • Model case

              Oyster, 36 mm, platinum and diamonds

            • Oyster architecture

              Monobloc middle case, screw-down case back and winding crown

            • Diameter

              36 mm

            • Material

              Platinum

            • Bezel

              Set with diamonds

            • Winding crown

              Screw-down, Twinlock double waterproofness system

            • Crystal

              Scratch-resistant sapphire, Cyclops lens over the date

            • Water resistance

              Waterproof to 100 metres / 330 feet

            • Movement

              Perpetual, mechanical, self-winding

            • Calibre

              3255, Manufacture Rolex

            • Precision

              -2/+2 sec/day, after casing

            • Functions

              Centre hour, minute and seconds hands. Instantaneous day and date in apertures, secure rapid-setting. Stop-seconds for exact time setting

            • Oscillator

              Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring. High-performance Paraflex shock absorbers

            • Winding

              Bidirectional self-winding via Perpetual rotor

            • Power reserve

              Approximately 70 hours

            • Bracelet

              President, semi-circular three-piece links

            • Material

              Platinum

            • Clasp

              Concealed folding Crownclasp

            • Dial

              Diamond-paved

            • Gem settings

              10 baguette-cut, rainbow-coloured sapphires

            • Certification

              Superlative Chronometer (COSC + Rolex certification after casing)