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Rolex Day-Date 18039 · The Index

Brands
Rolex
Day-Date
18039

Day-Date 18039

Undated3 variants

White-gold 18000-series Day-Date with cal. 3055 (single quickset). The “Tridor” 18039B combines three golds.

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Variants over time

Explore by production yearAll recorded years

19801989

198019851990

Faded ends mark approximate or unknown dates. Years are as stated by the cited sources.

Variants

Wood DialUndated
Birch or burl wood dial; the white-gold version has applied white-gold batons. Example: burl dial, 1987 (AVW).
Day of the week

Reference specifications

Brand: Rolex
Model: Day-Date
Reference: 18039
Category: Dress
Production: Undated
Case material: 18k white gold
Case diameter: 36 mm
Date: Yes

More specifications (3)

Crystal: Sapphire
Movement: Automatic

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Wood dial

Quickset date

Date

Cyclops

Blue Dégradé Diamond Dial1980

Blue shaded dial with baguette and round diamond markers. Case 6'157'425, 1980.

Day of the weekDégradé (vignette) dialQuickset dateGem-set dialDateCyclops

Tridor (18039B)1987

Mid-1980s three-gold version: white-gold case, yellow-gold bezel and a President bracelet with fused yellow, white and pink gold centre links. Example: champagne dial with ten baguette emeralds and round diamonds, case 9'001'054, 1987.

Day of the weekQuickset dateGem-set dialDateCyclops

Automatic

Calibers

3055

Specs shared by all variants. Variant pages show where a variant differs.

All Day-Date references

Previous reference1803 -- 1967

Next reference1804