This Rolex Day-Date 36 iced out black dial is a factory variant rather than a catalogue reference: a white precious-metal case and President bracelet, a bezel fully set with baguette stones, and a black sunray dial carrying ten baguette-cut stone-set markers. Rolex does not list this exact combination, so there is no -00xx suffix to quote for it. What the photograph does settle is the 36 mm case, the stone-set bezel and the gold-coloured hands and coronet standing against white metal. The day is spelled out in full at 12 o’clock and the date sits under the Cyclops at 3, in the arrangement every Day-Date has used since 1956.

Rolex Day-Date 36 Iced Out Black Dial Specifications

• Reference: none in the Rolex catalogue – factory variant
• Case diameter: 36 mm
• Case material: white precious metal (the factory does not state 18k white gold or 950 platinum)
• Bezel: fully set with baguette-cut stones
• Dial: black sunray with ten baguette-cut stone-set hour markers
• Hands and coronet: gold-coloured
• 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, concealed Crownclasp
• Movement: clone Cal. 3255 automatic (super clone) or Japanese automatic (A-grade)
• Power reserve: 70 hours (clone Cal. 3255)
• Water resistance: 30 m

The 36 mm case keeps the proportions the Day-Date was drawn around, sitting closer to the vintage dimensions than the 40 mm references that arrived later. The card carries two tiers: $349 for the A-grade on a Japanese automatic movement and $849 for the super clone running the clone Cal. 3255.

What the Baguette Bezel Changes

A baguette bezel is channel-set with rectangular stones laid end to end, so the ring reads as a continuous band of light rather than the dotted sparkle of a round-stone bezel. Paired with matching baguettes on the hour track, it gives the watch two parallel lines of reflection around a dial that absorbs almost everything else. The gold-coloured hands and coronet on a white case are not a pairing Rolex catalogues, and that mismatch is the clearest sign this is a factory piece rather than a copy of a listed reference – which is also why it has no suffix of its own. The catalogue references sit alongside it in the full Day-Date catalogue.

Movement and Calendar

Both calendar discs advance instantly at midnight instead of creeping through the small hours, the detail that separates a Day-Date from an ordinary day/date watch. In the super clone that job is done by a clone Cal. 3255 rated at 70 hours, the same reserve Rolex publishes for the genuine movement. For the background on how these gold and stone-set Presidents are built, see our Day-Date President gold and stone-set guide.

Rolex Day-Date 36 Iced Out Black Dial Replica FAQ

What bezel is on the iced out black dial Day-Date 36?

A bezel fully set with baguette-cut stones, not a fluted or smooth one. The stones are rectangular and set end to end around the full circumference, which is what gives the bezel its unbroken band of reflection and makes it the loudest element on an otherwise dark watch.

Is the iced out black dial Day-Date a factory variant?

Yes. The Rolex Day-Date 36 iced out black dial has no equivalent in Rolex’s own list: a white metal case with gold-coloured hands, a baguette bezel and a black baguette dial is a combination the factories build on their own. That is not an error on the card – it is simply a configuration you will not find on rolex.com, so we describe it by what the photograph shows instead of borrowing a reference number from another watch.

Other versions of this model in stock: Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0024 blue ombre, Rolex Day-Date 40 228238 champagne dial and Rolex Day-Date 40 228238 green baguette dial.