Confused About Day-Date Dial Swap Options

[AboutTime]

As far as I know, only two roman dial choices appear in the Rolex dial catalog for a 36 mm YG Day-Date 118238, white roman or champagne roman. But, the SwissLuxury.com web site advertises unused 118238s with mother-of-pearl roman dials. So here’s the question. If I were to send a two or three-year old 118238 with a champagne roman dial to RSC for a change to another roman dial, would the white roman dial be the only choice or would a mother-of-pearl roman dial be another option? Or, put another way, what roman dial options would RSC offer for a two or three-year old 118238?

[Andad]

IMO Rolex would only offer you a dial that was original to the model.
I also think they might keep the original dial?

[Cesium133]

Originally Posted by directioneng

IMO Rolex would only offer you a dial that was original to the model.
I also think they might keep the original dial?

x2. They will offer you the styles that were available to that watch. For example, if you had a blue dial (but it came in blue, black, or white) you could pick any of the 3 colors. Same goes for markers (roman numeral, stick, ect...). And the price of the part is dependent on you surrending the original part.

If you want customization, go through a trusted seller for the parts and an independent watch repair specialist for the service.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Leem

As far as I know, only two roman dial choices appear in the Rolex dial catalog for a 36 mm YG Day-Date 118238, white roman or champagne roman. But, the SwissLuxury.com web site advertises unused 118238s with mother-of-pearl roman dials. So here’s the question. If I were to send a two or three-year old 118238 with a champagne roman dial to RSC for a change to another roman dial, would the white roman dial be the only choice or would a mother-of-pearl roman dial be another option? Or, put another way, what roman dial options would RSC offer for a two or three-year old 118238?

I would visit any AD and ask to see the master catalogue for the dial options on your watch.

[Elmie]

someone posted a link to a copy of the dial catalog. there are also roman dials with pave diamonds.

[Watch Pro]

According to RCS, they will switch out your existing dial to only a few basic stick dials or diamond dials. From memory, the colors you can choose from are black, blue, champagne, silver or white. They will not add any specialty or fancy dials like MOP or meteorite. They will also keep your existing dial as a trade in.
I know this is the way they do it in the U.S., but might be done differently in other countries.