The Rolex Day-Date 36 128398TBR champagne baguette is the stone-set reading of the classic gold President: a 36mm 18k yellow gold case, a baguette-cut stone bezel in place of the fluting, and a champagne sunray dial carrying ten baguette markers. The TBR code in the reference is the part to read: it marks the baguette-set bezel, where the plain 128238 in the same case carries Rolex’s fluting. The day display arcs across the top of the dial in full text, and the date window at 3 o’clock sits beneath a Cyclops lens for magnified reading.

Key Specifications

• Reference: 128398TBR, the 36mm member of the TBR family
• Case diameter: 36mm
• Case material: 18k yellow gold
• Bezel: baguette stone-set
• Dial: champagne sunray with ten baguette stone-set markers
• Day display: full text at 12 o’clock
• Date display: 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: 30 m
• Options: A-grade with a Japanese automatic movement $349, super clone $849

Rolex builds the same dial and bezel pairing at 40mm under the 228398TBR number, so the genuine source for this configuration exists in two sizes. This listing is the 36mm one. The President bracelet, exclusive to the Day-Date line, uses semi-circular three-piece links that give it a drape on the wrist unlike any Oyster or Jubilee configuration, and the clasp is hidden inside the last link. The bracelet also tapers slightly toward that clasp, which keeps the weight balanced rather than end-heavy.

Rolex Day-Date 36 128398TBR champagne baguette: design and finishing

Champagne is the colour the Day-Date is best known for, and the baguette treatment changes how it behaves in light. Round brilliant settings scatter light in every direction; baguettes are flat-topped and throw back wide, straight flashes instead, so the dial stays legible and the bezel reads as a band of light rather than as sparkle. Surface finishing alternates between polished and brushed segments on the bracelet links, which keeps a fully gold watch from reading as a single reflective slab. Two builds share this page: the $349 A-grade with a Japanese automatic calendar movement, and the $849 super clone.

The clone Cal. 3255 inside

The super clone runs the clone Cal. 3255, the movement factories such as EW and BP build for the current Day-Date. It holds 70 hours of power reserve, beats at 28,800 vibrations per hour, and jumps the day and the date together at midnight rather than crawling through the small hours. Our write-up on how a gold President clone is assembled goes through the finish of the gold wrap and the clasp tolerances in detail. The rest of the Day-Date lineup covers stone dials, fluted bezels and platinum references for anyone who wants something other than the gold classic.

Rolex Day-Date 36 128398TBR champagne baguette Replica FAQ

What is a 128398TBR Day-Date?

It is the 36mm Day-Date in 18k yellow gold with a baguette-set bezel, where TBR is Rolex’s code for the baguette bezel. The same dial and bezel combination at 40mm carries the 228398TBR number, and the fluted-bezel version of the same case is the 128238.

How much is the 128398TBR champagne baguette Day-Date here?

$349 for the A-grade with a Japanese automatic movement and $849 for the super clone with the clone Cal. 3255. Both carry the same 36mm gold case, baguette bezel, champagne dial and President bracelet; the price gap is the movement and the finishing that goes with it.

Other versions of this model in stock: Rolex Day-Date 36 128396TBR ice blue super clone, Rolex Day-Date 40 228206 ice blue Arabic, Rolex Day-Date 128348RBR diamond bezel super clone.