The Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0053 chocolate dial is the Everose card where the markers, not the colour, do the work: ten baguette stone-set markers sit on a chocolate sunburst dial inside a 40mm 18 ct Everose gold case. Chocolate appears more than once in the 228235 family, so the dial furniture is what identifies this listing. Compared with the Roman-numeral chocolate card, the baguettes lie flat and wide, which keeps the dial calm while still catching light across the whole hour track. Paired with the Everose President bracelet, the watch holds one continuous warm colour from case to clasp.

Technical Overview

• Reference: 228235-0053
• Case diameter: 40mm
• Case material: 18 ct Everose gold
• Bezel: fluted Everose
• Dial: chocolate sunburst with ten baguette stone-set markers in pink-gold settings
• Crystal: sapphire with Cyclops lens
• Bracelet: President, semi-circular three-piece links
• Movement: clone Cal. 3255, automatic
• Power reserve: 70 hours
• Water resistance: 100 m
• Options: A-grade with a Japanese automatic movement $349, super clone $849

Every current Day-Date 40 is built on this case, and chocolate stays inside the Everose half of the catalogue. The page holds a $349 A-grade build on a Japanese automatic, and a $849 super clone carrying the clone Cal. 3255.

Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0053 chocolate dial: the marker layout

Ten markers, not twelve: the day aperture at 12 and the date at 3 take the two remaining positions, so the hour track runs from 1 to 11 with two gaps. Each marker is a rectangular baguette seated in a pink-gold setting, and because the stones are flat-topped they return a single wide flash rather than the scatter of round cuts. On a brown dial that matters, since scattered light would wash out the sunray pattern that gives chocolate its depth. In low light the ground closes toward solid brown and only the markers stay bright.

Inside the clone Cal. 3255

Reserve runs to 70 hours on the clone Cal. 3255, the balance beats at 28,800 vph, and both calendar discs flip together on the stroke of midnight. Mechanically this is the movement every 40mm member of the line shares, so the separating happens on the dial side alone. Our notes on judging a stone-set Day-Date clone cover the settings and the dial printing in detail. The 36mm yellow gold take on the same colour is the 128238 chocolate dial, while the Day-Date range covers the rest of the dial options.

Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0053 chocolate dial Replica FAQ

Does the 228235-0053 chocolate dial use batons or Roman numerals?

Neither: the photographed dial carries ten baguette stone-set markers in pink-gold settings. The Roman-numeral chocolate dial on the same Everose case is the 228235-0002, a separate listing in this collection.

How much is the 228235-0053 Everose chocolate super clone?

$849 buys the super clone on the clone Cal. 3255; $349 buys the A-grade on a Japanese automatic. Nothing else moves between them, from the Everose case and fluted bezel to the chocolate dial and the President bracelet.

Other versions of this model in stock: Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0045 Eisenkiesel, Rolex Day-Date 40 228236 black dial, Rolex Day-Date 40 228235-0032 white Roman.