Reference:118239: Difference between revisions

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==Production outline==

Rolex introduced the 118xxx series in 2000, and the work went into the bracelet and the clasp. The caliber 3155 carried over from the preceding 182xx references and the 36mm Oyster case stayed as it was, while the bracelet gained substance, the lugs were polished along their length, and the clasp was made more secure. Monochrome's history adds the detail that matters most on the wrist: the President bracelet moved from hollow links to solid, which accounts for most of the added weight, and the rehaut picked up the engraved ROLEX ROLEX ROLEX ring carrying the serial number.

Rolex introduced the 118xxx series in 2000, and the work went into the bracelet and the clasp. The caliber 3155 carried over from the preceding 182xx references and the 36mm Oyster case stayed as it was, while the bracelet gained substance, the lugs were polished along their length, and the clasp was made more secure. Monochrome's in-depth history of the Day-Date adds the detail that matters most on the wrist: the President bracelet moved from hollow links to solid, which accounts for most of the added weight, and the rehaut picked up the engraved ROLEX ROLEX ROLEX ring carrying the serial number.

The end of the run is less tidy than the start. Monochrome's Day-Date history closes the 118238, and with it the generation, at 2009. That date is hard to square with the same article's account of the caliber 3155 being re-regulated in 2015, from the COSC standard of −4/+6 seconds a day to Rolex's own Superlative Chronometer rating of −2/+2, a change that only means anything if 3155-powered Day-Dates were still being sold. The reference ran on through the 2010s until the caliber-3255 128239 took over the 36mm line, around 2019.

The end of the run is less tidy than the start. Monochrome's Day-Date history closes the 118238, and with it the generation, in 2009. That date is hard to square with the same article's account of the caliber 3155 being re-regulated in 2015, from the COSC standard of −4/+6 seconds a day to Rolex's own Superlative Chronometer rating of −2/+2, a change that only means anything if 3155-powered Day-Dates were still being sold. The reference ran on through the 2010s until the caliber-3255 128239 took over the 36mm line, around 2019.

==Movement notes==

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==Market==

The 118239 moves through the dealer and certified-pre-owned market ~~rather than the~~ catalogued ~~auctions, which is true of~~ the 6-digit Day-Date generation generally. Where the generation does reach the auction record, ~~the pattern is consistent: the~~ dial ~~carries~~ the ~~result~~, ~~not~~ the reference. Christie's Hong Kong sold a coral-dial [[Reference:118208|118208]] for HKD 525,000 in 2014 and a bloodstone example for HKD 225,000 in 2018, several multiples over a plain-dial equivalent. On the 118239 the configurations that do the same work are the lapis, the meteorite and the pavé; a plain silver or black example is a straightforward modern Day-Date and prices like one.

The 118239 moves mainly through the dealer and certified-pre-owned market; catalogued auction results are scarce for the 6-digit Day-Date generation generally. Where the generation does reach the auction record, dial configuration decides the price, and the reference number by itself says little. Christie's Hong Kong sold a coral-dial [[Reference:118208|118208]] for HKD 525,000 in 2014 and a bloodstone example for HKD 225,000 in 2018, several multiples over a plain-dial equivalent. On the 118239 the configurations that do the same work are the lapis, the meteorite and the pavé; a plain silver or black example is a straightforward modern Day-Date and prices like one.

== Related references ==

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 ==Production outline==
-Rolex introduced the 118xxx series in 2000, and the work went into the bracelet and the clasp. The caliber 3155 carried over from the preceding 182xx references and the 36mm Oyster case stayed as it was, while the bracelet gained substance, the lugs were polished along their length, and the clasp was made more secure. Monochrome's history adds the detail that matters most on the wrist: the President bracelet moved from hollow links to solid, which accounts for most of the added weight, and the rehaut picked up the engraved ROLEX ROLEX ROLEX ring carrying the serial number.
+Rolex introduced the 118xxx series in 2000, and the work went into the bracelet and the clasp. The caliber 3155 carried over from the preceding 182xx references and the 36mm Oyster case stayed as it was, while the bracelet gained substance, the lugs were polished along their length, and the clasp was made more secure. Monochrome's in-depth history of the Day-Date adds the detail that matters most on the wrist: the President bracelet moved from hollow links to solid, which accounts for most of the added weight, and the rehaut picked up the engraved ROLEX ROLEX ROLEX ring carrying the serial number.
-The end of the run is less tidy than the start. Monochrome's Day-Date history closes the 118238, and with it the generation, at 2009. That date is hard to square with the same article's account of the caliber 3155 being re-regulated in 2015, from the COSC standard of −4/+6 seconds a day to Rolex's own Superlative Chronometer rating of −2/+2, a change that only means anything if 3155-powered Day-Dates were still being sold. The reference ran on through the 2010s until the caliber-3255 128239 took over the 36mm line, around 2019.
+The end of the run is less tidy than the start. Monochrome's Day-Date history closes the 118238, and with it the generation, in 2009. That date is hard to square with the same article's account of the caliber 3155 being re-regulated in 2015, from the COSC standard of −4/+6 seconds a day to Rolex's own Superlative Chronometer rating of −2/+2, a change that only means anything if 3155-powered Day-Dates were still being sold. The reference ran on through the 2010s until the caliber-3255 128239 took over the 36mm line, around 2019.
 ==Movement notes==
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 ==Market==
-The 118239 moves through the dealer and certified-pre-owned market rather than the catalogued auctions, which is true of the 6-digit Day-Date generation generally. Where the generation does reach the auction record, the pattern is consistent: the dial carries the result, not the reference. Christie's Hong Kong sold a coral-dial [[Reference:118208|118208]] for HKD 525,000 in 2014 and a bloodstone example for HKD 225,000 in 2018, several multiples over a plain-dial equivalent. On the 118239 the configurations that do the same work are the lapis, the meteorite and the pavé; a plain silver or black example is a straightforward modern Day-Date and prices like one.
+The 118239 moves mainly through the dealer and certified-pre-owned market; catalogued auction results are scarce for the 6-digit Day-Date generation generally. Where the generation does reach the auction record, dial configuration decides the price, and the reference number by itself says little. Christie's Hong Kong sold a coral-dial [[Reference:118208|118208]] for HKD 525,000 in 2014 and a bloodstone example for HKD 225,000 in 2018, several multiples over a plain-dial equivalent. On the 118239 the configurations that do the same work are the lapis, the meteorite and the pavé; a plain silver or black example is a straightforward modern Day-Date and prices like one.
 == Related references ==