The most sensible watch Rolex makes, in its least sensible colour.
The Datejust is the watch Rolex built the rest of the catalogue around: the first self-winding, waterproof wristwatch with a date window, from 1945, and largely unchanged in intent since. The 126334 is the 41 mm version in Oystersteel with a fluted 18 ct white gold bezel, on calibre 3235 with about 70 hours of reserve.
What makes this one worth a page of its own is the dial. Rolex offers the 126334 in a long list of colours, most of them variations on doing the safe thing well. The green sunburst is not one of those. It is the dial that gets noticed across a table, and it is the reason people who were going to buy a Datejust eventually buy this Datejust.
The other decision is the bracelet. The same reference is listed on the Oyster and on the Jubilee, and it is genuinely a different watch on each — the Jubilee softer and dressier, the Oyster flatter and more modern. Tell us which you want, because it is not a strap swap.
- Green sunburst dial, the one colour that is not a safe choice
- Fluted 18 ct white gold bezel against an Oystersteel case
- Calibre 3235, approximately 70 hours of power reserve
- Offered on both the Oyster and the Jubilee bracelet