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Rolex Day-Date 40 228238 in yellow gold with a white Roman numeral dial, fluted bezel and President bracelet
Rolex Roman Numeral Dials: Day-Date, Datejust and Daytona References
|Filip Biczak
Which Rolex Day-Date, Datejust and Daytona references have Roman numeral dials in 2026: Rolex's 78 Roman Day-Dates and 296 Roman Datejusts with US list prices, the Wimbledon and VI IX... Read more...
Rolex Air-King 126900 in Oystersteel with a black dial, large 3, 6 and 9 numerals, a five-minute scale, green seconds hand and crown guards
Rolex Air-King vs Oyster Perpetual vs Explorer: Which Entry Rolex to Buy
|Filip Biczak
How the Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Air-King and Explorer differ in 2026: Rolex's specifications for every steel size from 28 to 41 mm, the Air-King's aviation dial and crown guards, the... Read more...
Rolex Explorer II 226570 in Oystersteel with a black dial, orange 24-hour hand, engraved 24-hour bezel and Cyclops date
Rolex Explorer vs Explorer II: Size, Movement, Dials and Price
|Filip Biczak
How the Rolex Explorer and Explorer II differ in 2026: Rolex's specifications for the Explorer 36, Explorer 40 and 42 mm Explorer II, what the orange 24-hour hand and fixed... Read more...
Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time 5524G-001 in white gold with a navy blue dial, LOCAL and HOME day/night windows and a brown calfskin strap
Patek Philippe 5524 Calatrava Pilot Travel Time: 5524G, 5524R and Prices
|Filip Biczak
What the Patek Philippe 5524G is and how its Travel Time works, the blue 5524G-001 against the ivory 5524G-010 and rose gold 5524R-001, the 37.5 mm 7234 and the 5924... Read more...
Rolex Day-Date 40 228235 in 18 kt Everose gold with a chocolate Roman numeral dial, fluted bezel and President bracelet
Chocolate Dial Rolex: Day-Date, Daytona, Datejust and Yacht-Master References
|Filip Biczak
Every chocolate dial Rolex in the 2026 catalogue: the Day-Date 40 228235 and 228345RBR, the Everose Daytona 126505 and 126515LN, the Datejust 41 126331 and 126301 on Oyster or Jubilee,... Read more...
IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 TOP GUN Ceratanium IW388106 with matte black Ceratanium case and black dial on a black strap
IWC Top Gun Ceratanium and Ceramic: Every Reference, Specs and Prices
|Filip Biczak
The IWC Ceratanium Top Gun IW388106 against the black ceramic IW389401, how IWC makes Ceratanium, every Ceratanium and Colors of TOP GUN reference from Mojave Desert to Miramar, and earlier... Read more...
Rolex Submariner Date 126613LB in Oystersteel and yellow gold with a royal blue dial and blue Cerachrom bezel
Blue Dial Rolex Submariner: Bluesy, Yellow Gold and White Gold References
|Filip Biczak
Every blue-dial Rolex Submariner: the two-tone Bluesy 126613LB and yellow gold 126618LB in Rolex's 2026 catalogue, the 116613LB, 116618LB and white gold Smurf 116619LB, the 16613 and 16618, the black-dial... Read more...
Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300GR-001 in white and rose gold, time side with a brown hobnail-pattern dial
Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime and Minute Repeaters: References and Prices
|Filip Biczak
What the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300 does and costs, how Patek's minute repeaters, sonneries and chiming alarms work, and every chiming reference in the 2026 catalogue with Patek's US... Read more...
Rolex Datejust 36 126234 in Oystersteel and white gold with a white mother-of-pearl dial set with 10 diamonds, fluted bezel and Jubilee bracelet
Rolex Mother-of-Pearl Dials: Datejust, Day-Date and Daytona References
|Filip Biczak
Which Rolex watches have mother-of-pearl dials in the 2026 catalogue, by model and size (the Datejust 41 has none); white, black and 'Tahitian' mother-of-pearl explained; Rolex US list prices and... Read more...
Rolex Datejust 31 278274 in Oystersteel and white gold with a fluted bezel, bright blue Roman numeral dial and Oyster bracelet
Rolex Datejust 31: References, Dials and Prices
|Filip Biczak
Every Rolex Datejust 31 in the 2026 catalogue: the 17 references from the Oystersteel 278240 to the white gold 278289RBR, their bezels and bracelets, the blue, pink, olive green and... Read more...
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Rainbow 116599RBOW in white gold with a rainbow sapphire bezel, diamond-set lugs and a black dial with diamond hour markers
Off-Catalogue Rolex: The Rare References Rolex Does Not List
|Filip Biczak
What off-catalogue means at Rolex and how to check a reference on rolex.com: the gem-set models Rolex does list, the Rainbow, Leopard, SABR, SARU and TRU references it does not,... Read more...
A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus 363.179 in stainless steel with a dark-blue dial, outsize date and day-of-week display
A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus: References, Dials and Prices
|Filip Biczak
Every A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus reference, from the blue-dial steel 363.179 and grey-dial white gold to the titanium 363.117, Honeygold 363.150 and Odysseus Chronograph 463.178, with Lange's specifications and... Read more...