Oyster Perpetual 36 White Grape

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. 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.

116000-0011 is one of 6 executions of the 116000 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a champagne sunburst dial and a stainless steel case.

The 3130 is the no-date version of the Rolex 3135, the movement of the Oyster Perpetual, the no-date Submariner and the Explorer from the 1990s until 2020. It powers 17 watches in this library. It is the [3135](/calibers/rolex-3135) without its calendar: 28.5 mm across with 31 jewels, a 48-hour reserve and a beat of 28,800 vph, with the full balance bridge and, in later examples, the blue Parachrom hairspring, and every one is a COSC chronometer. The [3135-to-3235 piece](/blog/rolex-3135-to-3235-what-changed) explains the generation it belongs to. In the library it powers 7 [Oyster Perpetual 34](/brands/rolex/oyster-perpetual-34) references, 6 [Oyster Perpetual 36](/brands/rolex/oyster-perpetual-36) 116000s with their coloured dials of the 2010s, 3 no-date [Submariners](/brands/rolex/submariner) and one Explorer. The [3132](/calibers/rolex-3132) is the same movement with Paraflex shock absorbers, and the [3230](/calibers/rolex-3230) the 2020 no-date movement with the Chronergy escapement that replaced both.

16 other watches in the library run the Rolex 3130.

Rolex

Oyster Perpetual 36 Black

116000-0013 · 36 mm

Rolex

Oyster Perpetual 34 Black

114200-0023 · 34 mm

Rolex

Oyster Perpetual 34 White

114200-0024 · 34 mm

Rolex

Submariner No-Date / Stainless Steel / Black Four Liner

14060M-0004 · 40 mm