Successor to 3135?

[K3vin]

I want. Even though I'm average <+1 sec /day on my 3135, the casebacks aren't getting clearer, and more power reserve could mean less time on the wrist.... I want. Such a ridiculous passion of ours.

[Mike_Templar]

What's VERY interesting to me at least, is that Rolex is introducing a new caliber and going DOWN in case size, while Omega significantly increased case size for their new calibers. This is a win to me for Rolex.

[Scholar]

Originally Posted by whysleep

So is 3235 going to be that much better than the 3135? I don't know why there isn't more discussion going on about this. I still don't know much or anything that is going to be a game changer. I remember when the Omega went from ETA to 8500 everyone was going crazy.

I don't know if better (or worse) are the right words to be using in this case, simply because the 3130 series serves its function perfectly well. The power reserve is a nice bonus but I can see people who use the more toolish watches for their work preferring 3130 series movements due to their ubiquity and ease to work on.

When the 8500 came out, what made it such a big deal was that it was the first in-house Omega movement in decades, and the first mass-produced movement built around the Co-Axial escapement. (Yes the Omega 2500 calibre featured the escapement, but it was a modified 2892.)

Originally Posted by Mike_Templar

What's VERY interesting to me at least, is that Rolex is introducing a new caliber and going DOWN in case size, while Omega significantly increased case size for their new calibers. This is a win to me for Rolex.

The bizarre thing is that Omega's new in-house movements are not only technically advanced, but slimmer than Rolex movements– yet they've been almost exclusively placed in massively thick cases.