Replica Day-Date 40mm Platinum Black Dial 228236

Black on a pale case

Against the cool platinum tone, the black dial gives the watch its sharpest contrast: white batons and white hands, a white weekday window at 12 and the date under the lens at 3. The close-up in photo 03 shows a deep, even black, with ROLEX engraved around the inner ring. It is the one to pick if the ice blue of the 228236 in plain ice blue feels too delicate.

The watch in short

What the close-ups show

The side and clasp photos show the screw-down crown, the fluted bezel and the President links with protective film still on the clasp. Case and bracelet are 904L steel in a platinum tone, the crystal is sapphire with an anti-reflective coating, and any watchmaker can shorten the bracelet.

Movements

Japanese: Miyota-based automatic, about 40 hours, 21,600 vph. Swiss: follows the original caliber, about 70 hours, 28,800 vph. Water: 30 m. If you prefer stones on the same pale case, look at the ice blue 228236-0006 with baguette stones. More references are under other Day-Date references, and our Day-Date plating test explains the gold-tone side of the range.

Is the platinum-tone case heavier than steel?

It is steel. The case and bracelet are 904L steel in a platinum tone, so it weighs like the other steel Day-Date listings.