Let’s kick things off with a personal favorite. As some of you might know, I have a thing for the combination of black and yellow gold. Something magical about those two colors wins me over every time. While I love a perfect replica Rolex Day-Date or, even better, a gold Datejust with a regular black dial, a black onyx dial is even more special.

It loses the indices and the minute track, resulting in a super clean and deep black dial. If you have ever seen a black onyx dial, you will understand what makes it so special. Forget about Vantablack, Acktar Black, or Black 4.0. Nothing beats a natural onyx stone.

The initial onyx dials were like those in the pictures and available for the Day-Date refs. 18038 and 18238. Later, Swiss movement replica Rolex offered black onyx dials with diamond-set 6 and 9 numerals. There was also the option of all diamond indices. But they remove the magic of the dials you see in the pictures. The Crown also used black onyx dials for its Submariner ref. 16618. They are scarce, as you would expect, and hard to distinguish from regular black Submariner dials.

Black onyx dials are the least rare and most popular in the AAA quality fake Rolex universe. As you would expect, I perfectly understand why. Asking prices for a pre-owned 1:1 fake Rolex Day-Date with an onyx dial are roughly between €40K and €50K.