The Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0006 ice blue baguette is the version of this platinum reference that Rolex sets with stones instead of numerals: ten baguette-cut markers lie flat along the hour track of an ice blue sunray dial. Ice blue is never fitted to a gold Day-Date, so on a 40 mm case the colour works as a material signature for 950 platinum before you read a word printed on the dial. A blue seconds hand picks that colour back up in motion, and the fluted platinum bezel supplies the only hard reflections on an otherwise cool, even surface.

Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0006 Ice Blue Baguette Specifications

• Reference: 228236-0006
• Case diameter: 40 mm
• Case material: 950 platinum
• Bezel: fluted platinum
• Dial: ice blue sunray with ten baguette-cut stone-set hour markers
• Seconds hand: blue
• Day display: full day-of-week window at 12 o’clock
• Date display: Cyclops-magnified at 3 o’clock
• Crystal: sapphire with anti-reflective coating
• Bracelet: President three-piece link in platinum, concealed Crownclasp
• Movement: clone Cal. 3255 automatic (super clone) or Japanese automatic (A-grade)
• Power reserve: 70 hours (clone Cal. 3255)
• Water resistance: 100 m

Platinum carries more weight at 40 mm than any gold Day-Date of the same diameter, and the stone-set markers add a little of their own on the dial side. Pricing splits in two: $349 buys the A-grade on a Japanese automatic movement, $849 the super clone with its clone Cal. 3255.

What the Baguette Dial Changes

Our platinum row holds three ice blue cards and the hour track is the only thing that parts them. This one is stone-set with flat baguettes, the 228236-0012 uses applied Roman numerals, and a third pairs the identical dial with a stone-set baguette bezel instead of fluting. All three sit together in the Day-Date collection. Because the baguettes lie level with the dial rather than standing proud of it, they throw narrow linear flashes instead of the scattered sparkle of round stones, which is why the -0006 still photographs as a dress watch and not as jewellery.

Movement and Finishing

The super clone runs a clone Cal. 3255 with a 70-hour power reserve, the figure Rolex publishes for the genuine calibre, and both calendar discs jump at midnight instead of creeping over the small hours. Factories such as EW and BP assemble this A3255 clone, and our guide to the clone A3255 inside a Day-Date lists the finishing points worth checking when a parcel lands. The President bracelet closes on a concealed Crownclasp, so the run of links stays unbroken around the wrist.

Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0006 Ice Blue Baguette Replica FAQ

How many baguette markers does the 228236-0006 ice blue dial carry?

Ten. One sits at every hour except 12, where the day window is cut, and 3, where the date window sits under the Cyclops. All ten are stone-set baguettes laid flat along the hour track, which keeps the spacing even the whole way round the dial.

Is the 228236-0006 ice blue dial the same as the 228236-0012?

No: the dial colour is identical, the markers are not. The -0006 is baguette-set and the -0012 carries applied Roman numerals, while both share the 40 mm platinum case, the fluted bezel and the President bracelet. The Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0006 ice blue baguette is therefore the busier of the two without ever reaching a fully stone-set bezel.

Other versions of this model in stock: Rolex Day-Date 40 228236 black dial, Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0012 ice blue Roman and Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0024 blue ombre.