The Rolex Day-Date 40 228239-0060 slate dial is the white gold President in its most restrained form, and this super clone keeps the slate grey sunray face with applied white gold batons exactly as the reference carries it. The grey is a sunray, not an ombre: brightness changes as the dial turns under a light, but the tone stays the same from the centre to the minute track, with no darkening towards the rim. Inside sits the clone Cal. 3255 with 70 hours of power reserve, in a 40 mm case rated to 100 m.

Specifications

• Reference: 228239-0060
• Case: 40 mm, 18k white gold, Oyster case with a fluted bezel
• Dial: slate grey sunray with applied baton markers
• Day display: day spelled out in full at 12 o’clock
• Date display: Cyclops-magnified date at 3 o’clock
• Crystal: sapphire
• Bracelet: President three-piece link with a concealed Crownclasp
• Movement: clone Cal. 3255 automatic
• Power reserve: 70 hours
• Water resistance: 100 m
• Quality options: super clone with the clone Cal. 3255 ($899) or A-grade with a Japanese automatic movement ($349)

Rolex Day-Date 40 228239-0060 slate dial against the other greys

Grey arrives in two forms in our stock and they are not the same watch. This one is flat slate on white gold; the Everose 228235-0055 fades from pale grey at the centre to near-black at the edge, which is a gradient dial and photographs as two colours. If the point is a watch that never shouts, the plain slate wins, because the only bright things on it are the polished batons and the hands. The lack of stones is deliberate as well: on a 40 mm case with a fluted bezel, a plain grey face keeps the whole watch monochrome. Everything else in white gold is lined up in the Day-Date collection.

Rolex Day-Date 40 228239-0060 slate dial Replica FAQ

Is the 228239-0060 slate dial grey or black?

It is grey: a slate sunray that reads mid-grey in daylight and darkens to charcoal only when it is tilted away from the light. A true black Day-Date dial stays black at every angle, which is the quickest way to tell the two apart on photographs.

What do the two options cost on the 228239-0060 slate?

This card is sold at $899 as a super clone with the clone Cal. 3255 and at $349 as an A-grade with a Japanese automatic movement. The dial, case and President bracelet are the same on both; our guide to the gold President clones goes through what changes inside.

Other versions of this model in stock: Rolex Day-Date 40 228239-0046 white Roman, Rolex Day-Date 36 yellow gold black baguette dial, Rolex Day-Date 40 228239-0003 silver baguette.