The Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0004 Sundust baguette puts ten baguette stone-set markers on a Sundust sunray dial in a 40mm 18 ct Everose gold case. Sundust is the pink-champagne tone Rolex keeps for Everose, and on this suffix it arrives without numerals: the hour track is built entirely from flat-topped baguettes in pink-gold settings. The fluted Everose bezel and the President bracelet complete a watch that stays within one colour family from the clasp to the dial centre.

Specifications

• Reference: 228235-0004
• Case diameter: 40mm
• Case material: 18 ct Everose gold
• Bezel: fluted Everose
• Dial: Sundust sunray with ten baguette stone-set markers
• Day display: full day name at 12 o’clock
• Date display: Cyclops-magnified at 3 o’clock
• Crystal: sapphire
• Bracelet: President, semi-circular three-piece links with a concealed Crownclasp
• Movement: clone Cal. 3255, automatic
• Power reserve: 70 hours
• Water resistance: 100 m
• Options: A-grade with a Japanese automatic movement $349, super clone $899

Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0004 Sundust baguette against the Roman Sundust

Two Sundust cards sit in this collection and the dial furniture is the only separator. The 228235-0001 carries pink-gold Roman numerals; this one carries stones. The practical difference shows up in low light: numerals keep their shape and the dial stays readable as a classic Day-Date, while baguettes go dark with the dial until a light source finds them, then return a single wide flash. The Roman card is the quieter of the two, and this suffix is the one that puts its markers in front.

The clone Cal. 3255 and the two builds

The $899 super clone is built on the clone Cal. 3255, the Day-Date calibre reproduced by factories such as EW and BP: 70 hours of power reserve, a 28,800 vph balance, and an instantaneous day and date change at midnight. The $349 A-grade uses a Japanese automatic calendar movement in the same case. The Day-Date President gold guide on our blog explains how the Everose finish is applied and what the Crownclasp should feel like, and the Day-Date collection holds the rest of the dials.

Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0004 Sundust baguette Replica FAQ

How many baguettes are on the 228235-0004 Sundust dial?

Ten, one at each hour position that the day aperture at 12 and the date window at 3 leave open. They are rectangular, flat-topped stones seated in pink-gold settings rather than round cuts.

What do the $349 and $899 options give on the 228235-0004?

$349 buys the A-grade with a Japanese automatic movement; $899 buys the super clone with the clone Cal. 3255 and its 70-hour reserve. Case, dial, markers, bezel and bracelet are identical between the two.

Other versions of this model in stock: Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0002 chocolate Roman, Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0025 olive Roman, Rolex Day-Date 40 228235 slate ombre dial.