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The Index — Vintage watches, decoded.References, dials and variants up to 2000

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Rolex
Day-Date
1811

Day-Date 1811

1966–?1 variant

Production began in 1966. Linen-textured bezel only, unlike the 1806 whose case is textured too; cases may be stamped 1803 inside.

Variants over time

Production years have not been recorded for these variants.

Variants

Linen BezelUndated
Linen-pattern bezel on a plain case. Known example: case 4'006'142, 1975, ultra-rare champagne dial with applied gold Arabic-script numerals and an English day wheel, on a hand-made mesh bracelet ref. 6764.
Day of the weekLinen (“Morellis”) finishDate

Reference specifications

Brand: Rolex
Model: Day-Date
Reference: 1811
Category: Dress
Production: 1966–?
Case diameter: 36 mm
Date: Yes
Crystal: Acrylic

More specifications (2)

Movement: Automatic

Cyclops

Calibers

1556

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

All Day-Date references

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