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<small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] -> '''218235'''</small>

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.

[[File:Ref 218235 hero.webp|thumb|right|340px|alt=Rolex Day-Date II 218235 — 41mm 18k Everose gold with the chocolate Roman dial, fluted bezel and Everose President bracelet.|Rolex Day-Date II 218235 in Everose gold with the chocolate Roman dial, the reference's signature configuration. Produced 2008 to 2015 on the caliber 3156.]]

==Core facts==

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==Dial map==

[[File:Ref 218235 black arabic.webp|thumb|right|250px|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.]]

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===

[[File:Ref 218235 pink diamond.webp|thumb|right|250px|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.]]

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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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Rolex 218235 Day-Date II}}
+<small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] -> '''218235'''</small>
 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.
+[[File:Ref 218235 hero.webp|thumb|right|340px|alt=Rolex Day-Date II 218235 — 41mm 18k Everose gold with the chocolate Roman dial, fluted bezel and Everose President bracelet.|Rolex Day-Date II 218235 in Everose gold with the chocolate Roman dial, the reference's signature configuration. Produced 2008 to 2015 on the caliber 3156.]]
 ==Core facts==
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 ==Dial map==
+[[File:Ref 218235 silver roman.webp|thumb|right|250px|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|thumb|right|250px|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.]]
 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===
+[[File:Ref 218235 baguette diamond.webp|thumb|right|250px|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|thumb|right|250px|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.]]
 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.