Rolex explorer I vs airking

[JayHantz]

Originally Posted by JacksonStone

Explorer = classic, perfected in 2016.

Air-King = confused mess, an attempted and ultimately misguided marketing tie-in with the Bloodhound SSC*. Its idiosyncrasies may endear it to some, but that doesn't mean it isn't an aesthetic jumble that will likely go down in history as one of Rolex's more head-scratching design forays.


* The Air-King debuted the year the Bloodhound SSC was supposed to make its record-breaking run, and was intended to be a nice bit of cross-promotion. The Bloodhound run still hasn't happened, leaving Rolex nothing to show for its efforts but a quirky watch that most people don't even recognize as being related to the car.

Originally Posted by Thuilln

Post of the year.

<slow clap>

Well, that sums it up perfectly. Mods, you may now close this thread.