2006 Rolex Day-Date 36mm Yellow Gold 118238 Green Dial

Here we have the curvaceous 2006 Rolex Day-Date 118238 Green Dial, featuring a 36mm 18ct Yellow Gold Oyster case that gently curves over your wrist with fine, tapered lugs. Its curved flanks lead to a comfortable lug-to-lug length of 43mm and a case thickness of 12mm. On the right side, a signed coin-edged screw-down crown. An attractive fluted bezel holds a domed sapphire crystal above a stunning sunburst Green dial. An outer minute railroad features Roman numeral hour markers above applied baton indexes filled with lume. At 12 o’clock, we have the Day crescent and at 3 o’clock, a date window with Cyclops magnification. Baton hands filled with lume are complemented by a tapered sweeping second hand. At noon, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date and at 6 o’clock, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified completes this distinctive timepiece. On the reverse, a screw-down, solid coin-edged case back, inside an automatic Rolex Cal. 3155, 31 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour. This COSC Chronometer Certified movement was first introduced in 1988. The watch comes paired with its original 20mm 18ct Yellow Gold Presidential bracelet with a concealed clasp, 22 links, which is two links less than a full bracelet. This watch is sold with its original set, including Rolex presentation boxes, Rolex wallet, original Rolex paperwork, and swing tags.

This watch is sold with its original set, including Rolex presentation boxes, Rolex wallet, original Rolex paperwork, and swing tags, along with a 2022 Rolex Service. The watch comes paired with its original 20mm 18ct Yellow Gold Presidential bracelet with a concealed clasp, 22 links, which is two links less than a full bracelet. The watch is from September 2006 and is sold in worn condition. Overall, however, the watch is in very good condition, with the sticker still present on the case back, as you can see from the photos. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.

When it comes to Rolex, a Yellow Gold 36mm Day-Date is an undeniable icon for the brand, even more so if you pair that with a deep Rolex Green dial like this incredible reference 118238. This is a flawless example coming with its box and paperwork, dating it to 2006, crazy to think that this is 20 years old already. As I have mentioned many times, it is hard to explain how a full gold Day-Date feels on the wrist thanks to the incredible heft, but it is a dream, and in the 36mm size, it wears perfectly. If this watch were in my personal collection, I would save the incredible 'Presidential' bracelet for special occasions and rock it on a dark green suede strap as a daily, what a look that would be. Do not hesitate to book an appointment to see this gem in person for yourself!

Reference : 118238
Movement : Automatic Rolex Cal. 3155
Age : September 2006
Year : 2006
Case Size : 36mm
Case Thickness : 12mm
Lug to Lug : 43mm
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : 18ct Yellow Gold
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

In 1905, German-born Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis set up a company in London that imported Swiss movements, which were installed in British cases and sold to jewellers who put their names on the dials. Recognising the potential for their brand, Wilsdorf created the brand name Rolex in 1908. In 1910, a Rolex became the first wristwatch to carry the Swiss Certificate of Chronometric Precision, awarded by the Official Watch Rating Centre in Bienne, Switzerland. Demand for Rolex watches rose swiftly, and British taxes on the Swiss movements Rolex used prompted Wilsdorf to move the business to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1919. With production costs lowered, Wilsdorf quickly set out to solve the age-old problem of moisture and dust entering a watch case and damaging the movement. The Rolex watchmakers came up with a fully sealed watch case, which Wilsdorf named the Oyster, and released it to an appreciative audience in 1926. In 1931, Rolex introduced the first automatic winding wristwatch, giving it the legendary name Oyster Perpetual. In 1945, they released Datejust. The Datejust was the first watch to have the date jump instantaneously at midnight. The 1950s saw a whole lot of releases, such as the Air-King (1958), the Explorer (1953), the Submariner (1953), the GMT-Master (1955), the Day-Date (1956), the electromagnetic field-resistant Milgauss (1956), the Lady-Datejust (1957) and the first Deep Sea model (1960). Wilsdorf’s death in 1960 saw ownership of Rolex S.A. (a collection of sub-companies) passed to the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, which was founded by Wilsdorf in 1945, the mission of which is simply to sustain Rolex S.A. indefinitely.