{"product_id":"rolex-day-date-40-rose-gold-olive-dial-228235-2023","title":"Rolex Day-Date 40 Everose Gold Olive Green Dial 228235 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eReference 228235 puts the Day-Date 40 in Everose gold under an olive green sunray dial with Roman numerals, and green is the most difficult colour there is to put on a sunray finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sunray dial is brushed outward from the centre, so every radius meets the light at a different angle and the colour you see depends entirely on where you are standing. Most colours survive that treatment. Blue stays blue; silver stays silver. Green does not. Under indoor light an olive sunray collapses towards black and reads as a dark dial with a warm cast; carry the same watch outside and it opens into a proper green, drab at the centre and brighter towards the rim. You effectively own two watches, and neither of them is the one in the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roman numerals are doing more work than decoration here. Applied in Everose and faceted, they throw a second set of reflections across the green from a different plane, so the dial never settles into a flat tone. The fluted bezel does the same thing at the perimeter. The result is a watch with movement in it while it is sitting perfectly still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalibre 3255, self-winding, approximately 70 hours of power reserve, waterproof to 100 metres. A 40 mm case in 18 ct Everose gold, the day spelled out in full at twelve and the date at three, on the Everose President bracelet with its concealed Crownclasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMint, 2023, offered as a full set. A second hand example of a dial that no photograph has ever quite told the truth about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery watch is authenticated by an independent watchmaker before it changes hands, never by us. Viewing by appointment at our Collins Street boutique in Melbourne, insured delivery Australia-wide. We \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/sell-your-rolex-australia\"\u003ebuy Rolex outright\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/source-a-watch\"\u003esource specific references\u003c\/a\u003e on request.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620703736033,"sku":null,"price":80000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/1939\/7345\/files\/rolex-228235-2023-01-hero.jpg?v=1790761897","url":"https:\/\/thesmilingsecond.com.au\/products\/rolex-day-date-40-rose-gold-olive-dial-228235-2023","provider":"The Smiling Second","version":"1.0","type":"link"}