Model family · Rolex
Datejust
34 references77 variants1945–2005
Launched in 1945 for Rolex’s 40th anniversary as the first self-winding chronometer wristwatch with a date window that changes on its own at midnight. Introduced the Jubilee bracelet; the Cyclops date lens followed in the 1950s.
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All recorded years
19402010
34 references in production order. Overlapping bars show overlapping recorded dates.
19401958197519932010
Dates are those recorded in the catalog. Faint bars mark approximate dates; a dashed point marks a single known endpoint. Undated references remain visible. Chronological order does not establish a predecessor or successor relationship.