The flagship of Rolex - the Datejust

appeared in 1945, highlight the jährigen anniversary of the founding of the Rolex, is the best-selling watch from Rolex Datejust. Originally in honour of the victory of the allies in the second world war which called Wilsdorf they "The Victory", thought he was shortly afterwards but future "Jubilee" and Datejust,. Initially, many thought that the Datejust a variation of Bubbleback which was released in the 1940s and both have been known as Ovettone for its curved back.

A new kannelierte bezel with a larger Crown bezel, first introduced in the Datejust models replaced edge of the coin. The model 6605 of Datejust was released in the 1950s. In this model on the date on the watch, quartz is a Cyclops or magnifying glass bubble. A model Datejust clock with a turn O Graph gold bezel, was released in 1956 Rolex. This model was 1625 as "Thunderbird" model.

In Platinum or white offered after the huge success of Datejust was offered only in 18kt yellow gold and stainless steel. Models were the two-color Datejust in 1962 available. Also, the Datejusts offered a variety of options for the watches tapes. They contain a leather strap to see, Oyster Bracelet, bracelet or a Jubliee.

A number of improvements to a change in the form of Datejust led model during the 1970s. A person was a Datejust model could easily set it reverse function without the Crown and again - that was a powerful feature called "Quick Set". This feature was responsible for the solution of one of the biggest Rolex and year 1983, all Rolex models had this feature. In addition the old Rolex eliminates gewölbtes plastic glass and the new Datejust had Sapphire Crystal. This new feature drastically improved aesthetics and longevity of watch, as it provided for improved safety and was waterproof scratchproof and. In addition, eliminated the old Rolex pie pan dial and changed the dial and the case to the Sapphire Crystal one had smaller and thinner profiles.

Rolex changed earlier four-digit case under the document number to a five-digit number. During this time, the oyster was introduced to date that was similar to the Datejust. The only special feature was that it was less than 2 mm. The "middle class" version of Datejust was and was approximately 80% of original size.