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[[File:Ref 18208 hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Rolex Day-Date 18208 in yellow gold — the plain, polished smooth bezel of the caliber-3155 generation, here with an 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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The 18208 is the smooth-bezel Day-Date of the caliber-3155 era, a 36mm yellow-gold President with a plain polished bezel and a movement that sets both the day and the date from the crown. It ran from 1988 to about 2000 as the double-quickset successor to the caliber-3055 smooth [[Reference:18028|18028]]. Smooth was the minority choice at the counter and the reference stayed in the minority afterwards, so the 18208 is the most thinly documented of the generation's four bezels, changing hands through the dealer market and seldom reaching the auction catalogues. The plain bezel buys nothing on its own. What separates one 18208 from the next is the dial.

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 The 18208 is the smooth-bezel Day-Date of the caliber-3155 era, a 36mm yellow-gold President with a plain polished bezel and a movement that sets both the day and the date from the crown. It ran from 1988 to about 2000 as the double-quickset successor to the caliber-3055 smooth [[Reference:18028|18028]]. Smooth was the minority choice at the counter and the reference stayed in the minority afterwards, so the 18208 is the most thinly documented of the generation's four bezels, changing hands through the dealer market and seldom reaching the auction catalogues. The plain bezel buys nothing on its own. What separates one 18208 from the next is the dial.
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