Day-Date 36

About the Day-Date 36

The Rolex Day-Date 36 is the watch that other watches quote when they want to look important. It arrived in 1956 as the first wristwatch to spell the day of the week out in full in a window at 12 o'clock, alongside the date at 3 o'clock, and Rolex has only ever made it in precious metal: 18 ct yellow gold, 18 ct white gold, 18 ct Everose gold, or 950 platinum. No steel version has ever existed, an…