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Old 19 January 2018, 03:07 AM   #1
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Caliber 3186 and 3187

If Rolex decided to put calibre 3187 inside a GMT-Master II does that mean the watch will be sporting a 42mm case ? Or will Rolex just going to put the paraflex in the calibre 3186 ?
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Old 19 January 2018, 03:12 AM   #2
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If Rolex decided to put calibre 3187 inside a GMT-Master II does that mean the watch will be sporting a 42mm case ? Or will Rolex just going to put the paraflex in the calibre 3186 ?


3187 will not fit inside GMT II case.
The main plate is too big.




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Old 19 January 2018, 05:03 AM   #3
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If Rolex decided to put calibre 3187 inside a GMT-Master II does that mean the watch will be sporting a 42mm case ? Or will Rolex just going to put the paraflex in the calibre 3186 ?
I think that the paraflex is going to be Rolex standard shock system at some future date, otherwise, why develop it.

Right now paraflex is put into movements using larger plates and so they would need to down-size the design, or machine the current cases, to accept the larger movements.
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Old 16 February 2018, 05:53 AM   #4
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How much "better" or "shock proof" is the 3187 compared to the 3186 then?
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Old 16 February 2018, 07:39 AM   #5
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How much "better" or "shock proof" is the 3187 compared to the 3186 then?
Don't be confused.. The Paraflex is a Rolex manufactured shock system. That is not to say that it is any "better" than the KIF system.

Functionally, the movements are the same.
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Old 16 February 2018, 05:28 PM   #6
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Oh okay, so it might just be a different material who can or cannot be better?

Basically the same with the 3185 vs 3186?
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Old 16 February 2018, 10:58 PM   #7
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Right now paraflex is put into movements using larger plates
Actually the new Caliber 2236 has Paraflex shock absorbers and used in the 28mm Lady-Datejust. Seems all recently released movements (3235, 2236, etc) have Paraflex shock absorbers.
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Old 17 February 2018, 12:29 AM   #8
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Pretty close


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Old 17 February 2018, 02:10 AM   #9
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Lost one of them paraflex springs today, sneaky little buggers if they decide to get airborne.
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Lost one of them paraflex springs today, sneaky little buggers if they decide to get airborne.


yes!!


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Old 17 February 2018, 05:26 PM   #11
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We need someone to do a crash test to figure out how much better they really are!

I will offer myself to take over a broken GMT Master 2 - 16710 afterwards!
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