Datejust 36 Stainless Steel Fluted / Oyster / White Roman

In Context

At 36 mm it is classically proportioned: the size a dress watch was understood to be for most of the twentieth century, and small enough to sit under a cuff. At 12 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. 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.

116234-0090 is one of 53 executions of the 116234 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a white dial and a white gold, stainless steel case.

Rolex

White

116234-0078 · 36 mm

Rolex

Black · White Gold, Stainless Steel

116234-0079 · 36 mm

Rolex

Silver · White Gold, Stainless Steel

116234-0080 · 36 mm

Rolex

Silver · White Gold, Stainless Steel

116234-0081 · 36 mm

Rolex

Black · White Gold, Stainless Steel

116234-0083 · 36 mm

Rolex

Silver · White Gold, Stainless Steel

116234-0084 · 36 mm

Rolex

Black · White Gold, Stainless Steel

116234-0085 · 36 mm

Rolex

Black · White Gold, Stainless Steel

116234-0086 · 36 mm

+ 44 more variants in this family.

The 3135 is the Rolex workhorse of 1988 to 2018. It is the automatic with a date that powered the Datejust 36, the Submariner Date and the Sea-Dweller for thirty years. It powers 421 watches in this library. It is 28.5 mm across and 6 mm high with 31 jewels, a 48-hour reserve and a beat of 28,800 vph, and its full balance bridge, anchored on both sides, is the reason it is regarded as the most robust Rolex movement of its era. The blue Parachrom hairspring, a niobium-zirconium alloy insensitive to magnetism, arrived in the mid-2000s. Every one is a COSC chronometer. The [3235](/calibers/rolex-3235) succeeded it from 2015, and the [3135-to-3235 piece](/blog/rolex-3135-to-3235-what-changed) sets out what the new generation changed and what it kept. In the library it powers 351 [Datejust 36](/brands/rolex/datejust) references, the six-digit 116xxx generation, 39 [Submariners](/brands/rolex/submariner), the 16610 and 116610 generations, 14 of the 34 mm Date, 10 [Sea-Dwellers](/brands/rolex/sea-dweller) and 7 [Yacht-Masters](/brands/rolex/yacht-master). Cases run from 34 mm to 44 mm, with 36 mm at 351 references and 40 mm at 54. The [3130](/calibers/rolex-3130) is the same movement without the date, the [3155](/calibers/rolex-3155) the Day-Date version, and the [3186](/calibers/rolex-3186) the GMT derivative.

420 other watches in the library run the Rolex 3135.

Rolex

Datejust 36 Everose Baguette / Oyster / Pink Computer

116285bbr-0011 · 36 mm

Rolex

Datejust 36 Rolesor Everose Fluted / Oyster / MOP

116231-0079 · 36 mm

Rolex

Datejust 36 Stainless Steel Diamond / Oyster / Pink

116244-0061 · 36 mm

Rolex

Datejust 36 Rolesor Everose Domed / Oyster / MOP

116201-0102 · 36 mm