1:1 Replica Rolex Watches UK Wimbledon Review: The Tennis Dial Datejust

The Rolex “Wimbledon” Datejust is a relatively recent fan-favorite among Rolex enthusiasts, with a distinctive design blending classical elegance with the spirit of sporting competition — much like the game of tennis that it celebrates. Here is what you should know about the Rolex Wimbledon replica watches UK, from the history behind it to the modern elements that can help you recognize one Wimbledon version over another.

Datejust Origins

The Datejust model that underpins the Rolex Wimbledon editions is not only one of the oldest and most enduringly popular models from AAA Rolex fake watches but also one of the most significant and influential wristwatches in the world. When it debuted in 1945, the Rolex Datejust was the first watch that combined the robustness of the Crown’s waterproof Oyster case (introduced way back in 1926) with the user-friendliness of its self-winding “Perpetual” movement (unveiled in 1931) — hence ushering in the telltale descriptor “Oyster Perpetual” that is now a ubiquitous presence on many Rolex watch dials.


The Datejust was also the first watch to feature the now-widely adopted date display at 3 o’clock, the first automatic (i.e. self-winding) watch with a quick-change function for that date display, and the first to be mounted on Rolex’s now-famous five-row Jubilee bracelet. A few years later, in 1948, came the first Datejust with the bubble-shaped “Cyclops” lens directly above the date aperture, which magnified the date numeral by a factor of 2.5 for greater legibility at a glance. Rolex filed for a patent on the Cyclops lens in 1952. Legend has it that Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf came up with the feature after his wife lamented to him how difficult it was for her to read the date on her replica Rolex watches for sale, and that the idea came to him after a droplet of water fell onto his watch’s crystal over the date window while he was washing his hands in the bathroom.

The first Datejust (Ref. 4467), originally only offered in yellow gold and containing the chronometer-certified, self-winding Caliber A295, established the familiar aesthetic of the Datejust models — including those that have garnered the “Wimbledon” nickname — most notably the fluted bezel and clean, elegant dial with triangular indexes. The earliest models used a bright red numerical font for the date, an element that was eventually abandoned as the Cyclops lens became common throughout the line. The Datejust has been a mainstay in the Rolex collection ever since, all the while evolving and upgrading to more advanced movements as Rolex expands on its horological savoir-faire. It’s still available in many iterations of its original 36mm case size, but Swiss Rolex clone watches have expanded the models’s appeal by adding some larger-dimensioned models — the Datejust II in 2009, and then the Datejust 41 in 2016, both of which featured a more contemporary case size of 41mm and contained Rolex’s in-house, COSC-certified perpetual Caliber 3136. And it is from this Datejust series that the Wimbledon models have emerged.

When Rolex Met Wimbledon

How did Rolex become associated with Wimbledon, the world’s most famous grand slam tennis tournament, in the first place? It was merely an outgrowth of a tradition of high-end sports sponsorships that can be traced all the way back to the brand’s earliest days and to the marketing savvy of its founder. One of Wilsdorf’s most legendary initiatives was a partnership with British swimmer Mercedes Gleitze, who famously wore a Rolex Oyster watch in her 1927 bid to become the first woman to swim the English channel. Another was Rolex supplying Explorer watches to accompany Sir Edmund Hillary’s milestone summit of Mount Everest in 1953. Rolex became the official timekeeper of auto racing’s Daytona 500 in 1962 (naming its famous chronograph cheap fake Rolex watches after the race a year later), kicking off a long string of motorsport sponsorships.

In 1967, Rolex teamed up with golf legend Arnold Palmer (and eventually also Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player), establishing a long tradition of sponsorships in that sport, its major tournaments (like the Masters) and its stars of yesterday and today, including Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. In 1978, Rolex added tennis to its sponsorship repertoire, starting with the Championships at Wimbledon, and shortly thereafter partnering with other major tournaments, the ATP and WTA tours, and international stars like Roger Federer, who has been photographed wearing many top Rolex fake watches during one of his many championship trophy presentations — including the model we call the Rolex Wimbledon.

The First Generation

With the launch of the Datejust II collection in 2009 came the first iteration of the timepiece we now call the Wimbledon. As noted above, the Datejust 41 was simply a larger version of the original 36mm Datejust, and undoubtedly a market reaction by Rolex to an era in which tastes in the watch enthusiast community were trending definitively (albeit, as we now know with hindsight, temporarily) toward larger watches. The first Datejusts to be tagged with the “Wimbledon” nickname were Ref. 116333 (two-tone “Rolesor” with yellow gold and steel) and Ref.116334 (all steel). What made these particular models special was their use of a distinctive slate-gray sunray dial and applied, black-enamel Roman numeral hour markers (an option on some other Datejust models) outlined in green. The latter element, evocative of the world-renowned grass courses on which Wimbledon players compete at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, are the strongest visual link to the tournament while still being relatively subtle in the grand scheme of the watch’s design.

The Wimbledon models featured the hallmark fluted bezel of the Datejust collection and the date magnifying Cyclops lens. Inside the case is the Rolex “perpetual” Caliber 3136, with a 48-hour power reserve, a movement that would be superseded in just about every respect by the one in the second generation of Wimbledon models. Also setting this original model apart from its successor is the curious lack of luminous treatment on the aforementioned Roman numeral markers; the only luminous detail on these references is the bar-shaped index at 9 o’clock. Rolex produced these perfect copy Rolex watches from 2009 through 2016; on the secondary market, a pre-owned one can run you from $10,000 to $15,000 or more.

The Wimbledon Today

The Datejust II gave way to the more descriptively named Datejust 41 in 2016, and with the new series came another Wimbledon. The differences between the two timepieces were modest but substantial on the outside — the Datejust 41’s slimmer, more refined case profile, with tapered lugs, replacing the more boxy case, with fatter lugs, of the Datejust Ii — and high-tech and revolutionary on the inside, with the Caliber 3136 giving way to the upgraded Caliber 3235. The power reserve jumped from the barely weekend-proof 48 hours of the 3136 to the extended 70 hours of the 3235.

Acknowledging the popularity of the first-generation Wimbledon Datejust, best selling Rolex replica watches now offer the Wimbledon dial option — slate-gray sunburst dial, green-outlined enamel Roman numerals (still non-lumed), 3 o’clock Cyclops lens — in numerous materials and material combinations, from all stainless steel (Ref. 126300) to three different two-tone “Rolesor” combinations in steel-yellow gold (Ref. 126303), steel-white gold (Ref. 126334), and steel-Everose gold (Ref. 126331). Also in the realm of cultivating more choices, the Datejust 41 Wimbledon models are available on either the classical, three-link Oyster bracelet and the more elegant five-link Jubilee bracelet, whereas the original Datejust II versions were offered only on the Oyster. Smooth bezels, rather than the more traditionally fluted ones, joined the Wimbledon portfolio as well. The Datejust 41 Wimbledon models are actively on the market, priced by Rolex from just over $8,000 to around $14,500.

In 2018, Rolex replica watches for men added what many probably figured was the inevitable Wimbledon line extension into the smaller, more traditional 36mm size (now called the Datejust 36). These smaller models feature the same tennis-inspired dial design, the same Caliber 3135 movement, and the same array of steel and precious metal combinations. The Datejust 36 “Wimbledon” has also opened up the sub-family to diamond-set bezels, as on some of the models pictured here. The MSRPs of the current 36mm models can range from about $7,450 to upwards of $20,000 for diamond-set Rolesor versions. You can learn more at rolex.com

The UK Best Replica Rolex 1908 “Ice Blue” Platinum 52506 And The Case For Rolex Dress Watches

For whatever reason, the new platinum-cased Rolex Perpetual 1908 timepiece that debuted at Watches & Wonders 2024 was so compelling that aBlogtoWatch needed to write about it three times (so far). Most recently, Mike Razak from the aBlogtoWatch team shared his glowing thoughts as an observer of the new “Ice Blue” guilloché-dial Rolex Perpetual 1908 52506. We also included the Rolex 1908 platinum in our list of the top 10 watches released at Watches & Wonder Geneva 2024. Now, I discuss my own wearing experience with this novel dress replica watches UK that deserve plenty of attention, not only for design and poise but also for its value proposition. The Rolex 1908 watch family was introduced in 2023 as a replacement for the Rolex Cellini. 18k gold models began the 1908 collection (there is no steel option, and there probably won’t be one), and now, Rolex has added a version with the reference 52506 platinum dial to more fully flesh out the 1908 collection.

Rolex nearly always gives its platinum watches the company’s “ice blue” dial color. Most people are familiar with the platinum Daytona and Day-Date “President” models that feature this beautiful hue. What is new here with the 1908 isn’t the color but the guilloché engraving technique. The vast majority of 1:1 Rolex replica watches do not feature any type of guilloché engraving, but the company does have this capability since it has been used in the relatively recent past on some other Rolex dress watches. Perhaps none have been able to make as big a splash as the 1908 platinum watch, however. The combination of color and guilloché decoration technique is not only beautiful but results in a Rolex that feels like none other, especially in the brand’s current catalog. It’s interesting because Rolex has been quite rightly accused of having too many AAA replica Rolex watches that look the same. Recently, the company has put more effort into creating watches (or dials) that look nothing like what else is available from the storied Swiss luxury watch brand.

Platinum is a very expensive watch case material, and Rolex probably produces more platinum watches than any other luxury watch brand. As with gold watches, Rolex offers some of the best gold and the best value for gold when compared to the competition. The same is true for platinum, and in many ways, this 52506 watch (while by no means cheap) feels like a very solid value for a platinum-cased watch at just over $30,000 USD. Clearly this isn’t a full-platinum watch on a matching bracelet (though the brown alligator strap and matching platinum deployant are lovely), but it still feels well-priced. Indeed, there are probably some less expensive platinum top fake Rolex watches on the market now, but I am curious to know if the watch lover community also feels that Rolex is offering a decent value proposition here (all things considered, of course).

Most interest in Rolex surrounds its sports watches produced within the larger Oyster Perpetual family. Dress watches from Rolex have — over the last 30 years, at least — been very niche. Part of this simply reflects changing attitudes toward dress watches and style preferences. In other words, as people dress up less, the applicability of dress watches diminishes unless you know how to style a dress watch with more casual attire, which has traditionally been hard with ultra-simple monochromatic “tuxedo watches,” but today’s dress timepieces are very different. Other brands (including, in large part, Japanese brands) helped popularize the concept of fun, bright-colored dress perfect Rolex fake watches that you can enjoy more casually. Every color and texture you could imagine has been experimented with (or will be) for use on such timepieces, and surely, Rolex has noticed. Even though the 1908 watch is still quite conservative by nature, this platinum version with a guilloché-decorated blue dial is, in a sense, Rolex’s answer to this burgeoning trend. The question now is whether Rolex will continue this concept by augmenting the 18k gold fake Rolex 1908 watches for sale family with more spirited colors aside from off-white and black.


The 1908 case has 50 meters of water resistance — versus the 100 meters or more for Rolex Oyster Perpetual cases, so it is less sporty, but there are benefits, too. First, the 39mm wide 1908 case is just 9.5mm thick. That allows for a much slimmer wearing profile than most Rolexes. Second, the Perpetual 1908 family is the only men’s watch line Rolex currently makes with its high-performance caliber 7140 automatic movements. These movements feature Rolex’s Syloxi silicon hairspring technology and slightly edge out the already incredible performance of Rolex’s other two-second-per-day accurate Superlative Chronometer calibers. The 4Hz, 66 hours of power reserve automatic 7140 movements are also incredibly beautiful. Most Swiss copy Rolex watches do not have sapphire crystal casebacks, but that is another way in which 1908 timepieces are distinctive within the larger brand’s collection. While not hand-finished per se, what we see applied to the 7140 are probably the best industrially applied finishing techniques on any timepiece I’ve seen (though Grand Seiko is another strong leader in this category). The 7140 is a fantastic movement to simply admire visually, and operationally, it offers just the time with a subsidiary seconds dials.


The biggest complaint I’ve heard from the community about the Rolex 1908 platinum regards the “SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER” text on the dial. I’ve not heard this complaint about any other Rolex with this same text, but I suppose that means there is nearly nothing for people to complain about on the high quality clone Rolex watches. Would the dial look a bit more clean without this text? Perhaps, but this text is also important for Rolex branding and it is part of the brand’s legacy to remind people that its watch movements perform quite competently. I don’t think this dial text is going to convince anyone to stay away from this satisfying horological beauty.

The story and impressive nature of this best selling replica Rolex 1908 platinum watches mean that you can easily get away with wearing it more casually. Pairing it with sweatpants might be a stretch, but I can see this watch being a very comfortable near-daily wear for many. It has a stealthy high-end feel since it doesn’t immediately scream “Rolex” to many novices, and it has so much timeless beauty and style that there is only a very small number of people who simply don’t like the design (though you can’t please everyone). I’m not personally in the market to spend $30,000 on a watch right now because most of my disposable income goes to my kids, but this Rolex 1908 platinum would be high on my list of “sensible luxury watches” that simply make you feel good to wear. What do you think about it? Price for the reference 52506 Rolex Perpetual 1908 “Ice Blue” platinum watch is $30,900 USD. Learn more at the Rolex watches website.