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Admin: Fact fix: remove Khimji Ramdas / Oman provenance from Phillips onyx lot 895 (belongs to lot 919, a ref. 116000)

2026-08-03T14:41:33Z

Fact fix: remove Khimji Ramdas / Oman provenance from Phillips onyx lot 895 (belongs to lot 919, a ref. 116000)

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	The understated case is the canvas, and the special dials are where the 18028 becomes collectible. A bloodstone-dial example sold at Christie's in Hong Kong in 2024 for HKD 504,000, the high-water mark for the reference; a turquoise lacquered dial reached CHF 31,250 at Christie's in Geneva in 2014; an onyx-dial example ~~with a Gulf-retail provenance~~ sold at Phillips in 2017; and a green dégradé diamond dial brought CHF 32,760 at Sotheby's in 2021. The plain bezel keeps the eye on the dial, which is exactly why the stone and lacquered dials read so strongly on this reference.		The understated case is the canvas, and the special dials are where the 18028 becomes collectible. A bloodstone-dial example sold at Christie's in Hong Kong in 2024 for HKD 504,000, the high-water mark for the reference; a turquoise lacquered dial reached CHF 31,250 at Christie's in Geneva in 2014; an onyx-dial example sold at Phillips in 2017; and a green dégradé diamond dial brought CHF 32,760 at Sotheby's in 2021. The plain bezel keeps the eye on the dial, which is exactly why the stone and lacquered dials read so strongly on this reference.

	==Auction record==		==Auction record==

	The 18028 is thinly represented at the major houses, and the standard stick-dial example rarely earns a standalone catalogue slot; almost every strong result is a special dial. Christie's sold the bloodstone-dial example in Hong Kong in 2024 for HKD 504,000. Sotheby's sold a green dégradé diamond-set example in Geneva in 2021 for CHF 32,760, and Christie's a turquoise lacquered example in 2014 for CHF 31,250. Phillips sold an onyx-dial example ~~with a Khimji Ramdas guarantee~~ in Hong Kong in 2017 for HKD 155,000. For a standard yellow-gold smooth-bezel 18028 with a stick or Roman dial the secondary market sits roughly in the low-to-mid five figures in dollars, at much the same level as the fluted 18038: the smooth bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value attaches to the dial.		The 18028 is thinly represented at the major houses, and the standard stick-dial example rarely earns a standalone catalogue slot; almost every strong result is a special dial. Christie's sold the bloodstone-dial example in Hong Kong in 2024 for HKD 504,000. Sotheby's sold a green dégradé diamond-set example in Geneva in 2021 for CHF 32,760, and Christie's a turquoise lacquered example in 2014 for CHF 31,250. Phillips sold an onyx-dial example in Hong Kong in 2017 for HKD 155,000. For a standard yellow-gold smooth-bezel 18028 with a stick or Roman dial the secondary market sits roughly in the low-to-mid five figures in dollars, at much the same level as the fluted 18038: the smooth bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value attaches to the dial.

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	\| Phillips Hong Kong, lot 895		\| Phillips Hong Kong, lot 895
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	* Christie's, "Rolex Ref. 18028 Day-Date, 18k yellow gold smooth bezel with bloodstone (jasper) dial — Christie's Hong Kong, lot 20", Christie's, 2024		* Christie's, "Rolex Ref. 18028 Day-Date, 18k yellow gold smooth bezel with bloodstone (jasper) dial — Christie's Hong Kong, lot 20", Christie's, 2024
	* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/important-watches-6/day-date-ref-18028-yellow-gold-and-diamond-set Sotheby's, "Rolex Ref. 18028 Day-Date, 18k yellow gold smooth bezel with green dégradé diamond-set dial — Sotheby's Important Watches Part I, Geneva, lot 68", Sotheby's, 2021]		* [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/important-watches-6/day-date-ref-18028-yellow-gold-and-diamond-set Sotheby's, "Rolex Ref. 18028 Day-Date, 18k yellow gold smooth bezel with green dégradé diamond-set dial — Sotheby's Important Watches Part I, Geneva, lot 68", Sotheby's, 2021]
	* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/HK080217/895 Phillips, "Rolex Ref. 18028 Day-Date, 18k yellow gold smooth bezel with onyx dial~~, Oman / Khimji Ramdas provenance~~ — Phillips Hong Kong Watch Auction FIVE, lot 895", Phillips, 2017]		* [https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/HK080217/895 Phillips, "Rolex Ref. 18028 Day-Date, 18k yellow gold smooth bezel with onyx dial — Phillips Hong Kong Watch Auction FIVE, lot 895", Phillips, 2017]
	* Christie's, "Rolex Ref. 18028 Day-Date, 18k yellow gold smooth bezel with turquoise lacquered dial — Christie's Geneva, lot 358", Christie's, 2014		* Christie's, "Rolex Ref. 18028 Day-Date, 18k yellow gold smooth bezel with turquoise lacquered dial — Christie's Geneva, lot 358", Christie's, 2014
	* [https://www.sothebys.com/ Sotheby's editorial, "The Rolex Day-Date: A Complete Collector's Guide", Sotheby's]		* [https://www.sothebys.com/ Sotheby's editorial, "The Rolex Day-Date: A Complete Collector's Guide", Sotheby's]

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	\|~~titlemode~~=~~replace~~		\|description=The Rolex 18028 is the yellow-gold smooth-bezel (plain polished) 5-digit Day-Date President — caliber 3055, sapphire crystal, circa 1977-1988. The understated outlier of the generation; rarer than the fluted 18038 but valued on its dial, especially stone and Stella dials.
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2026-06-22T15:45:39Z

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	==Auction record==		==Auction record==

	The 18028 is thinly represented at the major houses, and the standard stick-dial example rarely earns a standalone catalogue slot; almost every strong result is a special dial. Christie's sold the bloodstone-dial example in Hong Kong in 2024 for HKD 504,000. Sotheby's sold a green dégradé diamond-set example in Geneva in 2021 for CHF 32,760, and Christie's a turquoise lacquered example in 2014 for CHF 31,250. Phillips sold an onyx-dial example with a Khimji Ramdas guarantee in Hong Kong in 2017 for HKD 155,000. For a standard yellow-gold smooth-bezel 18028 with a stick or Roman dial the secondary market sits roughly in the low-to-mid five figures in dollars, at much the same level as the fluted 18038: the smooth bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value attaches to the dial ~~rather than the bezel~~.		The 18028 is thinly represented at the major houses, and the standard stick-dial example rarely earns a standalone catalogue slot; almost every strong result is a special dial. Christie's sold the bloodstone-dial example in Hong Kong in 2024 for HKD 504,000. Sotheby's sold a green dégradé diamond-set example in Geneva in 2021 for CHF 32,760, and Christie's a turquoise lacquered example in 2014 for CHF 31,250. Phillips sold an onyx-dial example with a Khimji Ramdas guarantee in Hong Kong in 2017 for HKD 155,000. For a standard yellow-gold smooth-bezel 18028 with a stick or Roman dial the secondary market sits roughly in the low-to-mid five figures in dollars, at much the same level as the fluted 18038: the smooth bezel carries no premium of its own, and the value attaches to the dial.

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	The smooth bezel pairs most naturally with a clean dial, and the common 18028 is a champagne or silvered dial with applied baton or stick markers, the dressiest and most discreet face in the line. Beyond that the 18028 takes the full 5-digit Day-Date dial menu: Roman-numeral, mother-of-pearl, diamond-index and the special dials. It is the special dials that carry the reference. Stone dials such as onyx and bloodstone, lacquered Stella colours like turquoise, and dégradé dials with diamond markers all turn up on the smooth case, and they are where an 18028 leaves the everyday band behind. The deep dial taxonomy that spans the President line sits on the [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry; on the 18028 the dial~~, not the bezel,~~ is the story.		The smooth bezel pairs most naturally with a clean dial, and the common 18028 is a champagne or silvered dial with applied baton or stick markers, the dressiest and most discreet face in the line. Beyond that the 18028 takes the full 5-digit Day-Date dial menu: Roman-numeral, mother-of-pearl, diamond-index and the special dials. It is the special dials that carry the reference. Stone dials such as onyx and bloodstone, lacquered Stella colours like turquoise, and dégradé dials with diamond markers all turn up on the smooth case, and they are where an 18028 leaves the everyday band behind. The deep dial taxonomy that spans the President line sits on the [[Reference:1803\|1803]] entry; on the 18028 the dial is the story.

	==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==		==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==
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	==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==		==Bracelets, end links, and clasps==

	The 18028 wears the President bracelet, reference 8385, with the 55B end-links, the concealed Crownclasp and the solid links of the 5-digit era. There is no documented Jubilee or Oyster fitment; the smooth-bezel Day-Date shipped on the President like its siblings. As with any President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet ~~rather~~ than the head, and the cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].		The 18028 wears the President bracelet, reference 8385, with the 55B end-links, the concealed Crownclasp and the solid links of the 5-digit era. There is no documented Jubilee or Oyster fitment; the smooth-bezel Day-Date shipped on the President like its siblings. As with any President, a clasp date code dates the bracelet, which may be older or newer than the head, and the cross-family detail sits on [[Reference:Bracelets]].

	==Special branches==		==Special branches==

Admin: 18028: fix successor cell 18228 -> 18208 (wikitable format)

2026-06-21T01:18:41Z

18028: fix successor cell 18228 -> 18208 (wikitable format)

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Admin: 18028: fix successor ref 18228 -> 18208 (the correct cal-3155 smooth-bezel number) + link it

2026-06-21T01:18:21Z

18028: fix successor ref 18228 -> 18208 (the correct cal-3155 smooth-bezel number) + link it

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	==Production outline==		==Production outline==

	The 18028 ran from the late 1970s, when the 5-digit references took over from the 4-digit line with sapphire crystals and the caliber 3055, until 1988, when the caliber 3155 arrived and the smooth-bezel reference became the ~~18228~~. The smooth bezel was a catalogue option across the run, but a minority one, so the 18028 was made in smaller numbers than the fluted 18038 without ever being a limited series. No Rolex production figure has surfaced. Within the run the reference is a stable, single-spec watch, and its variety lives entirely in the dial.		The 18028 ran from the late 1970s, when the 5-digit references took over from the 4-digit line with sapphire crystals and the caliber 3055, until 1988, when the caliber 3155 arrived and the smooth-bezel reference became the [[Reference:18208\|18208]]. The smooth bezel was a catalogue option across the run, but a minority one, so the 18028 was made in smaller numbers than the fluted 18038 without ever being a limited series. No Rolex production figure has surfaced. Within the run the reference is a stable, single-spec watch, and its variety lives entirely in the dial.

	==Movement notes==		==Movement notes==