At first glance, the perfect replica Rolex Day-Date ‘Tridor’ looks like just a normal two-tone Day-Date – but those in the know, know that Rolex only ever makes the Day-Date in either gold or platinum, reflecting its status as Rolex’s flagship luxury watch. So what’s going on here?
Well, ‘Tridor’ is UK high quality copy Rolex watches’ name for a combination of three types of gold: yellow, rose and white gold (just as they call their proprietary combination of steel and gold ‘Rolesor’). As you can see, the centre link of the watch’s President bracelet features those three metals fused together in perfectly straight lines running through the entire length of the bracelet – an impressive display of metalworking.
So while it looks like it might be two-tone stainless steel and gold, the case of the Day-Date ‘Tridor’ is actually made of white gold, and its bezel is made of yellow gold. Anyhow, it’s an incredibly unique-looking best fake Rolex. Unsurprisingly, this watch was introduced in the 1980s.
The most famous person to ever wear a Day-Date ‘Tridor’ was legendary golfer Arnold Palmer, a lifelong Rolex wearer and the first official Rolex golf ambassador. Cheap super clone Rolex discontinued Tridor a long time ago, but with all things golf having a moment right now, could we see Tridor make a comeback?