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The 218235 is the Everose Day-Date II, the rose-gold member of the only 41mm President Rolex has built. It ran from 2008 to 2015 on the caliber 3156, with a fluted Everose bezel and a solid Everose President bracelet. Everose is Rolex's own pink-gold alloy, introduced in 2005 and mixed to hold its colour where ordinary rose gold drifts, and the 218235 is the reference that put it on the largest Day-Date case ever made. The chocolate dial is the one collectors picture, and on warm metal at 41mm it is the most confident-looking watch in the generation. | The 218235 is the Everose Day-Date II, the rose-gold member of the only 41mm President Rolex has built. It ran from 2008 to 2015 on the caliber 3156, with a fluted Everose bezel and a solid Everose President bracelet. Everose is Rolex's own pink-gold alloy, introduced in 2005 and mixed to hold its colour where ordinary rose gold drifts, and the 218235 is the reference that put it on the largest Day-Date case ever made. The chocolate dial is the one collectors picture, and on warm metal at 41mm it is the most confident-looking watch in the generation. | ||
==Core facts== | ==Core facts== | ||
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==Dial map== | ==Dial map== | ||
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File:Ref 218235 silver roman.webp|alt=Rolex Day-Date II 218235 — Everose gold with a silver Roman dial.|Silver Roman dial, the coolest-toned of the plain Everose layouts. | |||
File:Ref 218235 black arabic.webp|alt=Rolex Day-Date II 218235 — Everose gold with a black Arabic-numeral dial.|Black Arabic dial on Everose. The layout is documented on the market but does not appear in the published Day-Date II dial-code roster. | |||
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The Everose 218235 was offered across a wider spread of dials than its short run suggests, and the documented layouts split into plain-marker dials and factory gem-set ones. | The Everose 218235 was offered across a wider spread of dials than its short run suggests, and the documented layouts split into plain-marker dials and factory gem-set ones. | ||
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===Gem-set and aftermarket examples=== | ===Gem-set and aftermarket examples=== | ||
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File:Ref 218235 baguette diamond.webp|alt=Rolex Day-Date II 218235 — Everose gold with the factory black baguette-diamond dial.|Factory black baguette-diamond dial, the top of the standard fluted-bezel range. | |||
File:Ref 218235 pink diamond.webp|alt=Rolex Day-Date II 218235 — Everose gold with the factory pink diamond dial.|Factory pink diamond dial, catalogued as 218235-0008. Factory gem-setting carries a Rolex dial code; aftermarket stones do not. | |||
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Everose 218235s appear with factory diamond and baguette dials and, separately, with aftermarket stones on the dial, bezel and bracelet. The two are worth keeping strictly apart. Factory gem-set dials such as the pink diamond and the black baguette configurations are catalogue variants and trade as Rolex product. Aftermarket-set examples ask higher numbers than plain factory watches, but that premium is the value of the stones and the labour rather than the value of the reference, and it does not follow the watch through a knowledgeable sale. | Everose 218235s appear with factory diamond and baguette dials and, separately, with aftermarket stones on the dial, bezel and bracelet. The two are worth keeping strictly apart. Factory gem-set dials such as the pink diamond and the black baguette configurations are catalogue variants and trade as Rolex product. Aftermarket-set examples ask higher numbers than plain factory watches, but that premium is the value of the stones and the labour rather than the value of the reference, and it does not follow the watch through a knowledgeable sale. | ||
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On the secondary market in 2026, plain factory-dial 218235s on the standard fluted bezel ask roughly USD 43,500 to 45,500, with the chocolate Roman at the upper end of that band. Factory baguette-diamond dials ask around USD 62,500. Rolex's own Certified Pre-Owned programme has carried an Everose 218235 at USD 50,750, which is the usual authorised-channel premium over the open market. Examples with aftermarket diamond dials, bezels and bracelets are asked at USD 65,000 to 68,000, and those figures should be read as the price of the stones rather than of the reference. Across the generation the Everose sits above the yellow-gold 218238 and below the platinum 218206. | On the secondary market in 2026, plain factory-dial 218235s on the standard fluted bezel ask roughly USD 43,500 to 45,500, with the chocolate Roman at the upper end of that band. Factory baguette-diamond dials ask around USD 62,500. Rolex's own Certified Pre-Owned programme has carried an Everose 218235 at USD 50,750, which is the usual authorised-channel premium over the open market. Examples with aftermarket diamond dials, bezels and bracelets are asked at USD 65,000 to 68,000, and those figures should be read as the price of the stones rather than of the reference. Across the generation the Everose sits above the yellow-gold 218238 and below the platinum 218206. | ||
== Related references == | == Related references == | ||