Datejust 31 Rolesor Everose Domed / Oyster / Silver

About This Watch

The Rolex Datejust 31 178241-0002 exemplifies the quiet sophistication of the Rolesor collection, where rose gold and stainless steel converge in a harmonious balance of warmth and resilience. Its 31mm domed case, a subtle evolution of the Datejust’s enduring silhouette, frames a silver dial finished with a sunburst pattern that catches light with understated elegance. The dial’s stick hands and indexes, paired with a clean, uncluttered layout, reflect the collection’s legacy of combining precision with timeless design. The Everose gold, a proprietary alloy developed by Rolex, lends the case a distinctive hue that resists tarnish, ensuring the watch retains its luster over decades of wear. At its core lies the Calibre 2235, an automatic movement refined for reliability and accuracy, featuring a Parachrom balance spring that enhances resistance to shocks and magnetic fields. The Oyster caseback, sealed with a screw-down crown, underscores the watch’s robustness, while the 100-meter water resistance makes it as practical as it is refined. The Datejust collection, introduced in 1945, has long been a symbol of discreet luxury, and this reference honors that heritage with modern craftsmanship. This watch is for those who value subtlety over ostentation, seeking a timepiece that embodies heritage, precision, and enduring style. It suits the boardroom, the evening gala, or the quiet moments of everyday life—worn by individuals who understand that true luxury lies in the details that remain unnoticed until appreciated.

In Context

At 31 mm it is small by current standards, in the range most wristwatches occupied before cases began growing through the 1990s. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 100 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 48 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

178241-0002 is one of 30 executions of the 178241 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a silver sunburst dial and a rose gold, stainless steel case.

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Pink · Rose Gold, Stainless Steel

178241-0001 · 31 mm

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Pink · Rose Gold, Stainless Steel

178241-0005 · 31 mm

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White · Rose Gold, Stainless Steel

178241-0010 · 31 mm

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Pink · Rose Gold, Stainless Steel

178241-0012 · 31 mm

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Black · Rose Gold, Stainless Steel

178241-0015 · 31 mm

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Silver · Rose Gold, Stainless Steel

178241-0029 · 31 mm

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Silver · Rose Gold, Stainless Steel

178241-0037 · 31 mm

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Silver · Rose Gold, Stainless Steel

178241-0040 · 31 mm

+ 21 more variants in this family.

The 2235 is the small Rolex automatic of the six-digit generation, a 20 mm movement with a date. It carried the Datejust 31 and the 26 mm Lady-Datejust from around 2000 until the 2236 replaced it. It powers 733 watches in this library. It has 31 jewels, a 48-hour reserve and a beat of 28,800 vph, and every one is a COSC chronometer. It is the same architecture as the [2236](/calibers/rolex-2236) that followed, without the silicon Syloxi hairspring and with seven hours less reserve; the [2236 piece](/blog/the-rolex-2236-the-most-common-movement-in-this-library) explains what changed. The library finds it almost entirely in the [Datejust 31](/brands/rolex/datejust-31): 682 references, the 1782xx generation, whose 45 base references and hundreds of dial variants make that collection the largest here. The 26 mm [Lady-Datejust](/brands/rolex/lady-datejust) of the 1791xx generation accounts for 29, the [Pearlmaster](/brands/rolex/pearlmaster) 29 mm and 34 mm for 19, and the 35 mm Yacht-Master for 3. A six-digit Datejust 31 reference is a 2235; the seven-digit one is a 2236, as the [reference-number guide](/blog/how-to-read-a-watch-reference-number) explains. The 2231 was its no-date sibling in the Oyster Perpetual, and the [3135](/calibers/rolex-3135) its counterpart in the 36 mm cases.

732 other watches in the library run the Rolex 2235.

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Datejust 31 Yellow Gold Diamond / Oyster / Black MOP

178158-0056 · 31 mm

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Datejust 31 Stainless Steel Diamond / Oyster / Pink MOP

178384-0061 · 31 mm

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Datejust 31 Rolesor Everose Domed / Jubilee / Black MOP

178241-0043 · 31 mm

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Datejust 31 Yellow Gold Domed / Oyster / Champagne Roman

178248-0079 · 31 mm