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|description=The Rolex 118235 is the Everose-gold (patented fade-resistant 18k rose gold) Day-Date 36 — fluted bezel, caliber 3155, circa 2005-2019, best known for its chocolate dial. The rose-gold counterpart to the yellow-gold 118238.
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<small>[[Reference:day-date|Day-Date]] → '''118235'''</small>

The 118235 is the Everose Day-Date 36, the rose-gold President of the 6-digit era. Everose is Rolex's patented pink-gold alloy, introduced in 2005 with a small platinum addition that keeps it from fading the way ordinary rose gold does, and the 118235 is the fluted-bezel Day-Date that wears it. It is the warm-metal counterpart to the yellow-gold [[Reference:118238|118238]], on the same 36mm case and caliber 3155, and it is most associated with the chocolate-brown dial that became the signature Everose President. It ran until about 2019, when the caliber-3255 Day-Date 36 replaced it.

[[File:Ref 118235 hero.webp|thumb|right|260px|alt=Everose Rolex Day-Date 118235 chocolate dial|Rolex Day-Date 36 118235 in Everose gold — the fluted Everose bezel and the chocolate-brown dial that is the reference's signature.]]

==Core facts==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! detail
! value
|-
| reference
| 118235
|-
| family
| Day-Date (Day-Date 36, 6-digit)
|-
| production
| from around 2005 to about 2019
|-
| movement
| caliber 3155, 31 jewels, 28,800 vph, ~48h, double quickset, Parachrom hairspring, COSC
|-
| case
| 36mm 18k Everose gold
|-
| crystal
| sapphire
|-
| bezel
| fluted
|-
| bracelet
| Everose President with concealed Crownclasp, solid links
|-
| dial
| chocolate/brown (signature), sundust, champagne, ivory, rhodium, mother-of-pearl, meteorite, diamond-set
|-
| crown
| Twinlock screw-down
|-
| metal
| Everose — Rolex's patented fade-resistant 18k pink gold (2005)
|-
| siblings
| 118238 (yellow gold), 118239 (white gold); 118205 (smooth Everose), 118135 (leather-strap Everose)
|-
| successor
| 128235 (Day-Date 36, caliber 3255, from 2019)
|}

==Where it sits in the line==

The 118235 is the Everose member of the 6-digit Day-Date 36, the generation that from 2000 gave the President broader lugs, solid links and a concealed Crownclasp. The [[Reference:118238|118238]] is the yellow-gold fluted volume reference, the 118239 the white gold, and the 118235 the Everose. The metal is the story: Everose is Rolex's in-house pink-gold alloy, cast in its own foundry and patented in 2005, with a touch of platinum that arrests the copper fade that dulls ordinary rose gold over time. The 118235 is the fluted Everose; the smooth-bezel Everose is the 118205 and the leather-strap Everose the 118135. It ran until about 2019, when the caliber-3255 Day-Date 36, the 128235, took over.

==Production outline==

The 118235 occupies the rose-gold slot of the 6-digit Day-Date 36, which from 2005 was cast in Everose rather than conventional rose gold. It ran to about 2019. The timing of the movement change is sometimes given as 2015, but that conflates the 36mm Day-Date with the 41mm Day-Date 40, which moved to the caliber 3255 in 2015; the 36mm 118235 stayed on the caliber 3155 until the 6-digit 128235 replaced it in 2019. No Rolex production figure has surfaced. The 118235 is a liquid modern reference rather than a variant hunt, its interest concentrated in the metal and the dial.

==Movement notes==

The 118235 runs the caliber 3155, the double-quickset Day-Date movement: 31 jewels, 28,800 vph, a roughly 48-hour reserve and COSC certification, with both the day and the date set from the crown. Later production carries the Parachrom hairspring that Rolex rolled across the line from around 2005. It is the same movement as the yellow-gold 118238; the Everose case and the chocolate dial are what set the 118235 apart, not the calibre. The [[Reference:Movements]] page holds the caliber lineage, and the [[Reference:118238|118238]] entry covers the 3155 in detail.

==Dial map==
[[File:Ref 118235 chocolate detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Everose 118235 chocolate dial with diamond and ruby markers|A gem-set chocolate dial — diamond markers and ruby baguettes on the warm Everose ground, a variant of the signature chocolate face.]]


The chocolate-brown dial is the signature of the Everose Day-Date, the pairing that defines the reference: a warm sunburst brown against the pink gold, with applied baton markers. Beyond it the 118235 was offered in sundust, champagne, ivory, rhodium and black, in mother-of-pearl and meteorite, and in diamond-set and gem-set versions, including chocolate dials with diamond markers and ruby baguettes. The Everose metal flatters the warmer dials in particular, which is why the chocolate and sundust faces are the ones most associated with the reference. The deep dial taxonomy that spans the President line sits on the [[Reference:1803|1803]] entry.

==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==

The case is the 36mm Everose Oyster of the 6-digit Day-Date, with the broader lugs of the generation, a sapphire crystal and Cyclops, a Twinlock screw-down crown and a screw-down caseback. The bezel is fluted, the Day-Date signature, here in Everose. The case is solid Everose gold; the alloy's stability is the practical point of the reference, since it holds its pink tone where older rose-gold Rolexes can dull.

==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

The 118235 wears the Everose President bracelet, the three-piece semi-circular-link bracelet with the concealed Crownclasp and the solid links of the 6-digit era, heavier and more rigid than the 5-digit bracelets. As with any President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet rather than the head, and the cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].

==Special branches==

===Everose, the fade-resistant rose gold===

The reason the 118235 exists is the metal. Ordinary rose-gold alloys lose their pink over time as the copper in them oxidises; Everose adds a small amount of platinum to the gold-and-copper mix to lock the colour in place. Rolex casts it in its own foundry and patented it in 2005, and the Day-Date is one of the references it most defines. On the 118235 the warm metal and the warm dials, chocolate above all, are the whole appeal.

===The chocolate dial===

The chocolate-brown dial is the configuration most tied to the Everose Day-Date, in plain baton-marker form and in gem-set versions with diamond markers and ruby baguettes. It is the pairing that reads as Everose on sight, the way the ice-blue dial reads as platinum, and it carries the strongest following on the reference.

==Market==

The 118235 is a liquid modern reference that trades through the dealer and certified-pre-owned market rather than the catalogued auctions; it does not generate headline auction lots, and the major houses route Everose Day-Dates through private sale rather than under the hammer. The one auction-house example that surfaces is an Antiquorum rosé diamond-dial 118235, estimated around CHF 17,000–21,000. On the secondary market a standard Everose 118235 sits roughly in the USD 30,000–50,000 range, a slight premium over the yellow-gold 118238 on the strength of the rose metal, with diamond-set and special dials, meteorite and the gem-set chocolate, reaching higher.

==Sources==

* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
* [https://www.rolex.com/watchmaking/features/materials/everose "Everose - Materials, Watchmaking Features", Rolex]
* [https://live.antiquorum.swiss/lots/view/1-AEWWHG/rolex Antiquorum, "Rolex Ref. 118235 Day-Date 36, 18k Everose gold with rosé diamond-set dial — Antiquorum", Antiquorum]
* [https://www.the1916company.com/blog/rolex-certified-pre-owned-a-remarkable-day-date-ref-118235f-0093-with-chocolate-dial.html The 1916 Company editorial, "Rolex Certified Pre-Owned: a Day-Date Ref. 118235F-0093 with chocolate dial", The 1916 Company]
* [https://watchbase.com/rolex/day-date/118235f-0121 WatchBase, "Rolex Day-Date 118235 — reference data", WatchBase]
* [https://watchbase.com/rolex/caliber/3155 WatchBase, "Rolex caliber 3155 (registry page)", WatchBase]
* [https://millenarywatches.com/what-is-rolex-everose-gold-a-complete-guide/ "What is Rolex Everose Gold? A Complete Guide", Millenary Watches]
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/history-rolex-day-date-1956-present-president-watch-in-depth-review/ Monochrome editorial, "In-Depth: The History of the Rolex Day-Date, The Presidential Watch", Monochrome Watches]
* [https://italianwatchspotter.com/the-history-of-the-rolex-day-date/?lang=en Italian Watch Spotter editorial, "The History of the Rolex Day-Date", Italian Watch Spotter]
* [https://www.sothebys.com/ Sotheby's editorial, "The Rolex Day-Date: A Complete Collector's Guide", Sotheby's]
* [https://www.fratellowatches.com/exploring-evergreens-the-rolex-day-date-18238/ Fratello editorial, "Exploring Evergreens: The Rolex Day-Date 18238", Fratello Watches]
* [https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-president-day-date-everose-gold-118235.html Bob's Watches, "Rolex President Day-Date Everose Gold 118235, chocolate dial", Bob's Watches]

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