The Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0024 blue ombre is the one platinum card in this row whose dial changes colour across its own surface: bright blue at the centre, close to black at the rim, with no stones anywhere on the watch. An ombre dial is sprayed in passes from the edge inward, so the transition carries no visible step and the darkest ring sits exactly where the minute track runs. Applied Roman numerals and batons stand on top of that gradient, which means the markers near the rim read light against dark while the ones closer to the centre read dark against light.

Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0024 Blue Ombre Specifications

• Reference: 228236-0024
• Case diameter: 40 mm
• Case material: 950 platinum
• Bezel: fluted platinum
• Dial: blue ombre, bright centre fading to a near-black rim, applied Roman numerals and batons, no stones
• 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

Two configurations are listed on this card: the A-grade on a Japanese automatic movement at $349, and the super clone with the clone Cal. 3255 at $849. Both use the same case, bracelet and dial.

Colour Without a Single Stone

Everything decorative on the -0024 happens inside the dial. There are no stones on the bezel and none on the hour track, so the watch gets its depth from the gradient alone: no other platinum Day-Date 40 we stock changes colour across its own dial. It also means the watch never photographs the same way twice: under direct light the centre opens up to a clear blue, while in a room with soft light the whole dial collapses toward the dark rim and the Roman numerals become the brightest thing on it. The other platinum dials built on this case are listed in the Day-Date range.

Movement, Calendar and Bracelet

The clone Cal. 3255 inside the super clone is rated at 70 hours, the same reserve Rolex quotes for the genuine calibre, and the day disc spells the weekday out in full at 12 o’clock with an instant change at midnight. Our write-up on what EW and BP change on a Day-Date clone covers the parts of that assembly that are worth inspecting. The President bracelet is a three-piece link design closed by a concealed Crownclasp.

Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0024 Blue Ombre Replica FAQ

What is the blue ombre gradient on the 228236-0024?

It is a single lacquered dial sprayed so that its colour darkens from the centre outward, finishing almost black at the edge. Nothing is layered or printed to create the effect, which is why the fade looks continuous rather than stepped, and why the outer ring frames the hands without a separate minute chapter.

Is the 228236-0024 dial stone-set?

No. The Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0024 blue ombre has no stones on the dial or the bezel; its markers are applied Roman numerals and batons in white metal. If stones are what you are after in platinum, the ice blue 228236-0006 is the baguette-set card in the same case.

Other versions of this model in stock: Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0012 ice blue Roman, Rolex Day-Date 36 iced out black dial and Rolex Day-Date 40 228236-0006 ice blue baguette.