With all the GMT masters and Submariners burnt into your eyes, this “no dial” (excuse my French) design really strikes above all other Rolex dials I know. No hour markers and a dial made of a rare semi-precious stone. While the AAA perfect fake Rolex Day-Date is one of Rolex’s staple collection models, this particular version that sheds almost all of the dial elements in favor of a deep ultramarine lapis lazuli stone is really something.
Leaving “only” the day window at 12, the Rolex brand inscription, and the date cyclops at there o’clock behind, the dial is more than enough to occupy the eye. It proves that sometimes less is more. Especially given the fact that the lapis lazuli stone is known to take on almost purple and golden hues when exposed to direct sunlight. Would I buy it? No, because I need hour indexes to feel good. Funnily enough, I consider this more striking than any number of jewels somebody puts on high-quality replica watches of Rolex.
