Rolex Day-Date 'Platinum & Diamonds' Archived which commemorated their centennial in

which commemorated their centennial in 1948

John Harrison

its easy to appreciate the artisanal talent that went into the design and manufacturing process of the dial alone

Surviving examples that had languished in the darkness of drawers

what came before just can't be beat

Rolex Day-Date 'Platinum & Diamonds' Archived which commemorated their centennial inDouble Quickset Day Dates were once a thing of fantasy. Early Day Date models offered no Quickset functionality, meaning that both the Day and Date functions had to be manually set with a fair amount of winding, mind you by the user in order to display the correct information on the calendar complications. by the late 1970s, Rolex had improved the system and began offering Single Quickset versions in the 'five digit' References based on the 18038.