3230

About the Rolex 3230

It is the 3235 without its calendar: the Chronergy escapement, the blue Parachrom hairspring, Paraflex shock absorbers, a 70-hour reserve from a redesigned barrel, 31 jewels and a beat of 28,800 vph at 28.5 mm across, tested after casing to the Superlative Chronometer standard of two seconds a day. The 3135-to-3235 piece explains the generation.

In the library it powers 16 references of the 41 mm Oyster Perpetual, 14 of the Oyster Perpetual 36 with its coloured dials, 3 Explorers, 2 Sea-Dweller Deepsea Challenges at 50 mm, one no-date Submariner and one Air-King. The 41 mm case accounts for 17 references and the 36 mm for 16.

The 3130 is the 48-hour no-date movement it replaced, and the 2232 its counterpart in the 28 mm to 34 mm Oyster Perpetuals.