2025 Rolex Yachtmaster 40 Complete Set!

Rolex Yacht-Master 40 — Ref. 126655

IN PRODUCTION
This is the Rolex that breaks the brand's own rules. Full 18K Everose gold on a rubber strap — not Rolesor, not two-tone, not a compromise — a solid precious-metal case paired with the Oysterflex bracelet, and the result is a sports watch that has no visual equivalent anywhere in the Rolex catalog or outside it. Everose is Rolex's proprietary rose gold alloy, cast in their own foundry and patented specifically because it resists the fading that conventional rose gold suffers over years of UV exposure, which means the warm pink tone on the case and the polished raised numerals on the matte black Cerachrom bezel will look identical a decade from now. That three-material contrast — warm gold, matte black ceramic, black dial — gives the 126655 a visual density that the Rolesium 126622 (steel and platinum) can't match. The Oysterflex itself is a patented construction: a flexible titanium-nickel alloy blade overmolded in high-performance elastomer with a longitudinal cushion system on the interior, secured by an Everose gold Oysterlock clasp with Glidelock extension for 15mm of tool-free micro-adjustment in 2.5mm steps. It wears dramatically lighter than a full gold bracelet while delivering the same clasp security.
The Cal. 3235 is Rolex's current-generation workhorse — the Chronergy escapement alone accounts for a 15% efficiency gain over its predecessor, which is how Rolex gets to a 70-hour power reserve without increasing the barrel size. The paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring is ten times more resistant to shock than a conventional spring and unaffected by magnetic fields, and the Paraflex shock absorbers add another 50% impact absorption over the previous KIF system. Superlative Chronometer certification means every watch is tested after casing to -2/+2 seconds per day — tighter than COSC by a factor of three. The Chromalight display on the dial emits a long-lasting blue glow rather than the green of most competitors, and the Mercedes-style hands and applied hour markers in matching Everose gold ensure the dial reads as a single, cohesive material language from edge to edge.
Key Details

• Case diameter: 40 mm
• Case thickness: 12 mm
• Lug-to-lug: 48 mm
• Lug width: 20 mm
• Weight: not officially listed by Rolex
• Case material: 18K Everose gold (Rolex proprietary alloy, fade-resistant)
• Case construction: monobloc middle case, screw-down caseback
• Caseback: solid
• Crystal: scratch-resistant sapphire with Cyclops lens over date at 3 o'clock
• Water resistance: 100 m / 330 ft / 10 bar
• Crown: screw-down, Triplock triple waterproofness system
• Bezel: bidirectional rotating 60-minute graduated, matt black Cerachrom ceramic insert, polished raised Everose gold numerals and graduations
• Dial: intense black, matte
• Hands: Mercedes-style, 18K Everose gold, Chromalight luminous fill (blue glow)
• Hour markers: applied 18K Everose gold, Chromalight luminous fill
• Date: 3 o'clock, instantaneous jump with rapid setting
• Caliber: Rolex 3235 (manufacture)
• Movement type: self-winding automatic (Perpetual rotor, bidirectional)
• Escapement: Chronergy (patented, nickel-phosphorus)
• Frequency: 28,800 vph / 4 Hz
• Jewels: 31
• Power reserve: ~70 hours
• Balance spring: paramagnetic blue Parachrom
• Shock absorbers: Paraflex (patented)
• Accuracy: -2/+2 sec/day after casing
• Certification: Superlative Chronometer (COSC + Rolex post-casing)
• Bracelet: Oysterflex (titanium-nickel alloy blade, high-performance black elastomer overmold, longitudinal cushion system)
• Clasp: 18K Everose gold Oysterlock safety clasp with Glidelock extension (~15 mm adjustment in ~2.5 mm increments)