Rolex Day-Date vs Datejust: What Is the Difference?

The Datejust and Day-Date share a classic Rolex design language, but they sit in different parts of the range.

Complications

Datejust displays the date. Day-Date adds the fully spelled-out day of the week alongside the date.

Materials

Datejust is available in steel and steel-and-gold combinations as well as other configurations. Day-Date is positioned around precious-metal construction.

Bracelets

Datejust is strongly associated with Oyster and Jubilee. Day-Date is closely associated with the President bracelet.

Price

Day-Date models generally sit significantly higher in the market because of their precious-metal construction and positioning.

Which should you buy?

Choose Datejust for versatility and broader configuration choice. Choose Day-Date if you want a more overtly luxury, precious-metal Rolex.

Read our Datejust guide and Day-Date 40 guide.

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