Rolex · Datejust 41
Rolex Datejust 41 126334: specifications and what to check
Steel case, white gold bezel. White Rolesor means two metals in one watch, and the fluted bezel is the gold part — which makes bezel condition a materially different question from bezel condition on a steel watch.
Reference 126334 · specifications read from the manufacturer on 2026-09-22 · listed as current
Specifications
As published by Rolex. A field the manufacturer does not state is left out rather than filled in.
- Case
- Oyster, 41 mm, Oystersteel and white gold. White Rolesor — combination of Oystersteel and white gold
- Diameter
- 41 mm
- Water resistance
- Waterproof to 100 metres / 330 feet
- Crystal
- Scratch-resistant sapphire, Cyclops lens over the date
- Bezel
- Fluted
- Dial
- Bright blue, with highly legible Chromalight display with long-lasting blue luminescence
- Case back
- Screw-down
- Crown
- Screw-down, Twinlock double waterproofness system
- Bracelet
- Oyster, three-piece solid links, Oystersteel
- Clasp
- Folding Oysterclasp with Easylink 5 mm comfort extension link
Movement
- Calibre
- Calibre 3235, Manufacture Rolex
- Type
- Perpetual, mechanical, self-winding; bidirectional self-winding via Perpetual rotor
- Power reserve
- Approximately 70 hours
- Certification
- Superlative Chronometer (official chronometer certification + Rolex certification after casing)
- Notes
- Precision −2/+2 sec/day after casing. Instantaneous date with rapid setting and stop-seconds.
What to check before you buy
- Treat the fluted bezel as gold, because it is. White gold takes marks more readily than steel and the flute peaks are exactly where a careless polish rounds the profile.
- Check the flute edges are even all the way round. A bezel that has been polished shows flattened peaks on the side that sat against a desk, and the asymmetry is visible once you look for it.
- Note the clasp is an Oysterclasp rather than the Oysterlock used on the sports references — there is no safety catch, which is correct here and not a missing part.
- Look for a colour mismatch between bezel and case under daylight. White gold and steel are deliberately close in tone, and a replaced bezel from the wrong material becomes obvious side by side.
- Confirm the Cyclops magnifies the date correctly and is centred over the aperture, since a Datejust's date window is the feature the whole reference is named for.
Two metals, one watch
Rolex calls this White Rolesor: an Oystersteel case and bracelet with a white gold bezel. The dial here is bright blue, but the material combination is the thing that defines the reference.
It matters commercially because most of the watch is steel and the part everybody looks at is not. When you assess condition, you are assessing two different metals with different hardness, different wear behaviour and very different replacement costs — on a single object that photographs as one colour.
Fluted white gold is the vulnerable part
A fluted bezel is a series of peaks and valleys machined into the metal. Gold is softer than steel. Put those two facts together and the flute peaks are the first thing to suffer from desk contact, and the first thing a polisher rounds.
Turn it in the light and look along the flutes from a shallow angle. Correct ones have consistent, sharp peaks running evenly around the bezel. A worn or refinished bezel shows flattened, dulled sections — usually concentrated on the side that faced downward during years of wear.
That is not a cheap component to replace, and on a two-metal watch it is not a part you can substitute from a steel donor.
Oysterclasp, not Oysterlock
A small point that trips people up when comparing references. The sports watches on this site use an Oysterlock safety clasp with a folding catch. This reference is specified with an Oysterclasp — no safety catch.
That is correct for the Datejust, not an omission or a replacement. Knowing the difference stops you flagging a correct watch as wrong, which is a more common error than the reverse.
Same movement, calmer case
The calibre 3235 here is the same movement family as in the Submariner: seventy hours, −2/+2 seconds a day, instantaneous date with rapid setting.
The difference is everything around it. 100 metres, a Twinlock crown, and no rotating bezel. The Datejust shares the mechanical substance of the sports line and none of its tool-watch armour, which is precisely its appeal.
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Sources
Not affiliated with Rolex. Specifications are read from the manufacturer's own published documentation on the date shown and may change; the manufacturer's current documentation governs.