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 === Caliber 3185 into 3186 ===
-The movement story across the family is simpler than the bezel story. Caliber 3186 powered the launch 116718LN at Baselworld 2005 and became the standard GMT-Master II movement for the entire 5-digit ceramic era. The 3186 debut on the 116718LN makes the yellow-gold reference the first Rolex to carry the movement. The 3186 carried a blue Parachrom hairspring, Paraflex shock protection, and a revised GMT wheel that cleaned up the independent-hour-hand mechanism from the earlier 3185.
+The movement story across the family is simpler than the bezel story. Caliber 3186 launched in the 116718LN at Baselworld 2005 and is the movement of record across the ceramic 5-digit family. It brought the blue Parachrom hairspring, Paraflex shock protection, and a cleaner independent-hour-hand mechanism than the earlier 3185.
-Caliber 3185 remained in service on the late-run aluminum-bezel [[Reference:16710|16710]] through to the end of that reference’s production. On the 5-digit ceramic references, caliber 3186 is the movement of record across every documented example in the current corpus. No caliber 3185-equipped 116718LN, 116713LN, 116710LN, 116710BLNR, or 116719BLRO has entered the source layer. A 3185 transitional branch, if one exists, needs direct book sourcing before it enters the article.
+The late aluminum-bezel [[Reference:16710|16710]] still used 3185, but no documented ceramic 5-digit example has surfaced with it. If a true 3185 transitional ceramic watch exists, it needs stronger direct evidence before it is treated as settled.
-Power reserve is 48 hours. The 3186 is what collectors mean when they say the Batman and the all-black ceramic GMT share hearts. They do.
+Power reserve is 48 hours.
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