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<small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] → '''18208'''</small>

The 18208 is the smooth-bezel Day-Date of the caliber-3155 era, the double-quickset successor to the caliber-3055 smooth [[Reference:18028|18028]] and the plainest of the caliber-3155 generation. It is a yellow-gold President with a plain polished bezel and the caliber 3155 that sets both the day and the date from the crown, made from 1988 to about 2000. It is the most thinly documented of the generation's four bezels: the smooth was the minority choice and the era is too recent to be vintage, so the 18208 lives in the dealer market ~~rather than~~ the auction catalogues. Like the 18028 before it, the bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value is in the dial.

The 18208 is the smooth-bezel Day-Date of the caliber-3155 era, the double-quickset successor to the caliber-3055 smooth [[Reference:18028|18028]] and the plainest of the caliber-3155 generation. It is a yellow-gold President with a plain polished bezel and the caliber 3155 that sets both the day and the date from the crown, made from 1988 to about 2000. It is the most thinly documented of the generation's four bezels: the smooth was the minority choice and the era is too recent to be vintage, so the 18208 lives in the dealer market and seldom reaches the auction catalogues. Like the 18028 before it, the bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value is in the dial.

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==Market==

The 18208 is almost absent from the major-house auction record, which is itself the finding: the smooth bezel was the minority choice, the double-quickset era is too recent to read as vintage, and yellow-gold smooth Presidents from this period change hands through the dealer market ~~rather than~~ the catalogued sales. A standard yellow-gold smooth-bezel 18208 with a stick, Roman or plain dial sits roughly in the low-to-mid five figures in dollars, at the same level as the fluted 18238 and the caliber-3055 smooth 18028. The plain bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value attaches to the dial: hardstone, diamond-index and mother-of-pearl examples are where the reference leaves the everyday band.

The 18208 is almost absent from the major-house auction record, which is itself the finding: the smooth bezel was the minority choice, the double-quickset era is too recent to read as vintage, and yellow-gold smooth Presidents from this period change hands through the dealer market, seldom at the catalogued sales. A standard yellow-gold smooth-bezel 18208 with a stick, Roman or plain dial sits roughly in the low-to-mid five figures in dollars, at the same level as the fluted 18238 and the caliber-3055 smooth 18028. The plain bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value attaches to the dial: hardstone, diamond-index and mother-of-pearl examples are where the reference leaves the everyday band.

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 <small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] → '''18208'''</small>
-The 18208 is the smooth-bezel Day-Date of the caliber-3155 era, the double-quickset successor to the caliber-3055 smooth [[Reference:18028|18028]] and the plainest of the caliber-3155 generation. It is a yellow-gold President with a plain polished bezel and the caliber 3155 that sets both the day and the date from the crown, made from 1988 to about 2000. It is the most thinly documented of the generation's four bezels: the smooth was the minority choice and the era is too recent to be vintage, so the 18208 lives in the dealer market rather than the auction catalogues. Like the 18028 before it, the bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value is in the dial.
+The 18208 is the smooth-bezel Day-Date of the caliber-3155 era, the double-quickset successor to the caliber-3055 smooth [[Reference:18028|18028]] and the plainest of the caliber-3155 generation. It is a yellow-gold President with a plain polished bezel and the caliber 3155 that sets both the day and the date from the crown, made from 1988 to about 2000. It is the most thinly documented of the generation's four bezels: the smooth was the minority choice and the era is too recent to be vintage, so the 18208 lives in the dealer market and seldom reaches the auction catalogues. Like the 18028 before it, the bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value is in the dial.
 [[File:Ref 18208 hero.webp|thumb|right|260px|alt=Yellow gold Rolex Day-Date 18208 smooth bezel onyx dial|Rolex Day-Date 18208 in yellow gold — the plain, polished smooth bezel of the caliber-3155 generation, here with an onyx dial.]]
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 ==Market==
-The 18208 is almost absent from the major-house auction record, which is itself the finding: the smooth bezel was the minority choice, the double-quickset era is too recent to read as vintage, and yellow-gold smooth Presidents from this period change hands through the dealer market rather than the catalogued sales. A standard yellow-gold smooth-bezel 18208 with a stick, Roman or plain dial sits roughly in the low-to-mid five figures in dollars, at the same level as the fluted 18238 and the caliber-3055 smooth 18028. The plain bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value attaches to the dial: hardstone, diamond-index and mother-of-pearl examples are where the reference leaves the everyday band.
+The 18208 is almost absent from the major-house auction record, which is itself the finding: the smooth bezel was the minority choice, the double-quickset era is too recent to read as vintage, and yellow-gold smooth Presidents from this period change hands through the dealer market, seldom at the catalogued sales. A standard yellow-gold smooth-bezel 18208 with a stick, Roman or plain dial sits roughly in the low-to-mid five figures in dollars, at the same level as the fluted 18238 and the caliber-3055 smooth 18028. The plain bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value attaches to the dial: hardstone, diamond-index and mother-of-pearl examples are where the reference leaves the everyday band.
 ==Sources==