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The Day-Date is the Rolex reference that spells the day of the week in full at twelve o'clock and shows the date at three. Marc Huguenin's patent for the day-and-date wristwatch complication was filed 23 July 1955; Rolex debuted the watch at the Basel Fair in 1956 as the [[Reference:6510|6510]]. The President bracelet — the bracelet that gives the line its modern shorthand — arrived a year later in 1957 with the [[Reference:6611|6611]]. The line has been in the catalogue continuously since 1956, and it is the only Rolex line offered in precious metal alone. Steel and Rolesor have never appeared on a cataloged Day-Date; the marketing-test six-piece steel 6611 from the Geneva Horology School, sold at Antiquorum in October 2002, is the only documented exception. | The Day-Date is the Rolex reference that spells the day of the week in full at twelve o'clock and shows the date at three. Marc Huguenin's patent for the day-and-date wristwatch complication was filed 23 July 1955; Rolex debuted the watch at the Basel Fair in 1956 as the [[Reference:6510|6510]]. The President bracelet — the bracelet that gives the line its modern shorthand — arrived a year later in 1957 with the [[Reference:6611|6611]]. The line has been in the catalogue continuously since 1956, and it is the only Rolex line offered in precious metal alone. Steel and Rolesor have never appeared on a cataloged Day-Date; the marketing-test six-piece steel 6611 from the Geneva Horology School, sold at Antiquorum in October 2002, is the only documented exception. | ||