Black Lacquer Dial and Diamond Hour Markers
The black lacquer dial is the contrast surface that anchors this Rolex Day-Date 228398TBR super clone, finished with a deep glossy lacquer that reflects the diamond bezel and the gold case furniture in clean specular highlights. The dial carries 10 baguette-cut faux-diamond hour markers set in white-gold-tone bezels, positioned at the 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 hour positions. The 6 position holds an additional baguette marker, with the day window at 12 and the date window at 3 occupying the remaining hour slots.
Day Window at 12 and Date Window at 3
The Rolex Day-Date 228398TBR super clone displays the full English day of the week in the arched aperture at 12 o'clock, the layout the Day-Date pioneered in 1956 as the first wristwatch to show the day spelled out in full. The date window sits at 3 o'clock under the Cyclops lens, showing the current date in 2.5x magnification. Both windows carry color-matched black discs with white printed text for visual continuity across the dial surface, matching the genuine 228398TBR dial-disc grammar.
Pavé Bezel Setting and Faceted Hands
The 36-stone trapezoid-baguette bezel uses individual prong settings that hold each diamond at the same height across the bezel circumference, with no visible glue and no facet misalignment under 10x magnification. Faceted yellow-gold-tone hour and minute hands match the marker bezels, with a slim sweep seconds hand carrying a counterweighted coronet at the tail. The applied yellow-gold-tone Rolex coronet sits at 12 o'clock above the printed "ROLEX" wordmark, with "OYSTER PERPETUAL DAY-DATE" text below the coronet and "SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED" above the 6 position in fine sans-serif print.