Rolex showed us a new meteorite dial choice for the 18ct white gold version of the Day-Date 40. And it sells a version of the Cosmograph Daytona chronograph with a meteorite dial currently, but the natural material is somewhat different from today’s collection of Rolex replica watches. Given its organic and metallic crystalline aesthetic, meteorite has been appreciated as a dial material for many years, which comes from outer space adds another dimension of value too.
Rolex pairs this meteorite dial with baguette-cut diamond hour markers, making this a ritzy yet classy timepiece. Actually, when the Rolex Day-Date watch was originally introduced in 1956, it was the first wrist fake watch that had a dial that indicated both the date and the day of the week.
The Day-Date 40 is available only in gold or platinum. Yes, some watch fans might argue that their most iconic design is the Submariner—but given that mainstream audiences tend to recognize the Day-Date and Datejust more readily, that honor should be given to the “Rolex President.”
The fake Rolex updated the Day-Date II model to the Day-Date 40 a few years ago. It was important progress, as it was the first Rolex watch to feature the company’s new 32XX family of in-house movements.
The caliber 3255 automatic movement works at 4Hz with 70 hours of power reserve and features the time, date, and day of the week indicator. The movement also promises accuracy of +/- 2 seconds per day. As far as I am concerned, the 3255 and other 32XX family movements perform really well, with high standards of accuracy and reliability. The 18ct white gold Rolex Oyster case is water-resistant to 100 meters and has a screw-down crown along with a sapphire crystal. Of course, the “Cyclops lens” over the date helps one read it more easily.
I found the meteorite dial to be a nice and compelling addition to the Rolex Day-Date 40 theme. Rolex uses only high-quality materials, especially for its higher-end collections, so you get an amazing piece of natural material that is both legible and useful. One of the attractions of this watch is the accumulation of rare materials in one product, as it combines 18ct white gold, diamonds, and meteorite, all of which are considered valuable materials. While the real market scarcity of these materials can be debated, one of the targets of integrating these materials is to enhance the inherent worth of the watch.
At 40mm wide and not particularly thick, the fake Rolex Day-Date 40 model wears very nicely. One of the reasons that the replica watch is visually smaller than it is, in reality, is because the width of the bracelet seems to shorten the size of the case, which is by Rolex’s desire to stress the President bracelet.