Rolex 3035
ProbableThe caliber that brought quickset date-setting to the Submariner Date (16800) and GMT-Master. Its arrival is a useful dating anchor: a quickset date on a watch otherwise presented as mid-1970s is a question worth asking.
Specifications
- Movement manufacturer
- Rolex
- Production
- 1977–1988
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Jewels
- 27
- Power reserve
- 48 hours
- Winding
- automatic
- Complications
- Centre seconds · Quickset date
- Balance
- Free-sprung, Microstella regulating nuts
- Certification
- Officially Certified Chronometer
Architecture
Higher-frequency successor to the 15xx family, introducing the quickset date and a redesigned going train.
Related calibers
Preceded by
Rolex 1575Succeeded by
Rolex 3135Preceded by
Rolex 1570
References using this caliber
- Rolex 16800Factory
Submariner · Whole production
- Rolex 16014Factory
Datejust · Whole production
- Rolex 16660Factory
Sea-Dweller · Whole production
- Rolex 168000Factory
Submariner · Whole production
Provenance of this record
Sources & Evidence
Secondary sourceCollector research
Ranfft Watch Movement Archive
Dr. Roland Ranfft (archived and maintained by volunteers)
- Accessed
- 2026-08-18
Cited for
This referenceProbable
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