A longtime favorite of style icons, from Charlize Theron’s steel Datejust to Victoria Beckham’s vintage gold “Stella,” this midsize Datejust slips an 18k white gold bezel into plain sight on a steel case. Like a tailored Tom Ford suit that looks simple until you clock its fabric, quiet flex is its entire point.

Presents itself in brand new condition with no signs of wear. Its 18k white gold fluted bezel runs a hair warmer than surrounding Oystersteel, tossing sharp little reflections like a row of tiny mirrors, a stealth-luxury tell that you’re wearing gold while everyone assumes steel. A five-piece-link Jubilee bracelet pours over your wrist with that liquid, Mercury-drop flex Rolex has nailed since this model’s debut. And its mint green sunray dial, brushed in fine grooves from center out, shifts its glow as your wrist moves, so its color reads a dozen different ways across a single afternoon.

Functions include hours, minutes, seconds, and an instantaneous quick-set date. Everything runs through a screw-down Twinlock crown, since no pushers clutter this case. Unscrew it and pull to first click to spin that date wheel forward in a snap; pull to second click and your seconds hand hacks, letting you set time down to an exact second, then screw it back down to lock in 100m of water resistance. Inside, an in-house caliber 2236 keeps Superlative Chronometer time on a silicon Syloxi hairspring.

Comes as a full set, double-boxed, including the watch pillow, warranty card, warranty wallet, Datejust manual, and the Rolex green and white hang tags.

Like a little black dress that owns a boardroom and a gala without breaking stride, this 31mm White Rolesor lands in that do-everything sweet spot between a Lady-Datejust 28 and a Datejust 36. For a collector who wants one elegant, blue-chip Rolex to cover Monday meetings and Saturday weddings, hold its value better than almost anything in Rolex’s catalog, and whisper its luxury instead of shouting it, this is your piece.