Reference:218238: Difference between revisions

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<small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] → '''218238'''</small>

[[File:Ref 218238 hero.webp|thumb|right|360px|alt=Rolex Day-Date II 218238 — 41mm 18k yellow gold President, cal 3156. 2010 UK-retailed example, Watch Club London. Image via Monochrome.|Rolex Day-Date II 218238 — 41mm 18k yellow gold President, cal 3156. 2010 UK-retailed example, Watch Club London. Image via Monochrome.]]

The 218238 is the Day-Date II. Production runs seven years, 2008 through 2015, on the cal 3156 — a cal 3155 scaled up with a 2.5mm wider main plate to fit the 41mm Oyster case envelope that the reference introduced. The 5mm case jump from 36mm to 41mm is the single largest dimensional change in the Day-Date line since the 6510 launched in 1956. Same fluted bezel on yellow gold. Same hidden Crownclasp on a President bracelet scaled to 41mm. The Day-Date II is also the shortest-run Day-Date reference in the modern era and the only 41mm Day-Date Rolex has ever produced — by Baselworld 2015 the Day-Date 40 (228xxx) had taken its slot at 40mm, splitting the difference between the 36mm classic and the 41mm Day-Date II.

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 <small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] → '''218238'''</small>
+[[File:Ref 218238 hero.webp|thumb|right|360px|alt=Rolex Day-Date II 218238 — 41mm 18k yellow gold President, cal 3156. 2010 UK-retailed example, Watch Club London. Image via Monochrome.|Rolex Day-Date II 218238 — 41mm 18k yellow gold President, cal 3156. 2010 UK-retailed example, Watch Club London. Image via Monochrome.]]
 The 218238 is the Day-Date II. Production runs seven years, 2008 through 2015, on the cal 3156 — a cal 3155 scaled up with a 2.5mm wider main plate to fit the 41mm Oyster case envelope that the reference introduced. The 5mm case jump from 36mm to 41mm is the single largest dimensional change in the Day-Date line since the 6510 launched in 1956. Same fluted bezel on yellow gold. Same hidden Crownclasp on a President bracelet scaled to 41mm. The Day-Date II is also the shortest-run Day-Date reference in the modern era and the only 41mm Day-Date Rolex has ever produced — by Baselworld 2015 the Day-Date 40 (228xxx) had taken its slot at 40mm, splitting the difference between the 36mm classic and the 41mm Day-Date II.