Rolex Rolex - 268621-0003 Yacht-Master 37 Rolesor Everose / Chocolate
Rolex Rolex - 268621-0003 Yacht-Master 37 Rolesor Everose / Chocolate
Rolex Rolex - 268621-0003 Yacht-Master 37 Rolesor Everose / Chocolate
Rolex Rolex - 268621-0003 Yacht-Master 37 Rolesor Everose / Chocolate
Rolex

Yacht-Master 37 Rolesor Everose / Chocolate

REF. 268621-0003

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Uncommon

Case

MaterialRose Gold, Stainless Steel
Diameter37 mm
Lug width17 mm
ShapeRound
CrystalSapphire
Case backClosed
Water resistance100 m

Dial

ColourBrown
FinishSunburst
IndexesStick / Dot Hands: Mercedes
HandsMercedes

Movement

Caliber2236
Typeautomatic
Reserve55 h
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In Context

At 37 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. 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. 55 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.

268621-0003 is one of 2 executions of the 268621 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a brown sunburst dial and a rose gold, stainless steel case. Introduced in 2016.

The 268621 family

268621-0003 is one of 2 variants sharing the 268621 base reference — same watch underneath, different dial, bezel, or bracelet execution. Browse the others:

Inside: Caliber 2236

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The 2236 is the Rolex movement inside more watches in this library than any other: 907, in the 28 mm Lady-Datejust and the 31 mm Datejust 31. It was the first Rolex caliber with a silicon hairspring. Introduced in 2014 in the Pearlmaster 34, it is a 20 mm automatic with a date, 31 jewels, a 55-hour reserve and a beat of 28,800 vph, certified by the COSC and then tested again by Rolex after casing to the Superlative Chronometer tolerance of two seconds a day. Its distinction is the Syloxi hairspring: silicon, immune to magnetism, etched to a patented geometry that keeps the spring concentric in every position, and paired with Paraflex shock absorbers. The larger Rolex calibers kept the Parachrom alloy spring; Syloxi did not reach a men's movement until the 7140 of 2023. The [2236 piece](/blog/the-rolex-2236-the-most-common-movement-in-this-library) sets out that history. In the library it powers 488 [Datejust 31](/brands/rolex/datejust-31) references, the seven-digit 2782xx generation of 2020, 399 [Lady-Datejusts](/brands/rolex/lady-datejust) of the 2791xx generation of 2015, 15 [Pearlmasters](/brands/rolex/pearlmaster) and 5 [Yacht-Master 37s](/brands/rolex/yacht-master). The [2235](/calibers/rolex-2235) is the 48-hour movement it replaced, the [2232](/calibers/rolex-2232) its no-date sibling for the Oyster Perpetual, and the [3235](/calibers/rolex-3235) its counterpart in the 36 mm and 41 mm cases.

906 other watches in the library run the Rolex 2236.

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