Air King

[Ken Cox]

As a career helicopter pilot, I have had several helicopter pilot friends who have owned Air Kings.

I note amongst my friends only the plain bezel Air King with the stick indices (no numerals).

I wear a GMT Master II from 1986 and, if I had it to do over again, I'd go with a plain bezel Air King with stick indices.

A lovely, professional understatement; nothing to prove.

I appears to me that Rolex no longer makes this particular style of Air King with a plain bezel and no numerals.

Do I understand that correctly?

[Zanuf]

Originally Posted by dieseldragon

I have 2 AirKings...

Looks great with the jubilee!

[Zanuf]

Originally Posted by Ken Cox

As a career helicopter pilot, I have had several helicopter pilot friends who have owned Air Kings.

I note amongst my friends only the plain bezel Air King with the stick indices (no numerals).

I wear a GMT Master II from 1986 and, if I had it to do over again, I'd go with a plain bezel Air King with stick indices.

A lovely, professional understatement; nothing to prove.

I appears to me that Rolex no longer makes this particular style of Air King with a plain bezel and no numerals.

Do I understand that correctly?

You have a choice of domed (plain), fluted or engine turn bezel. The most minimal dial will have the 3-6-9 with stick indices. I think with most Rolex models, the dial styles come and go over the years.

[browns fan]

i own a 1987 vintage 5500 ss ak love the watch +1 to +2 sec fast a day every day very good for a auto watch almost quartz like

[ayecarumba]

Thanks for the topic and thanks everyone for the feedback...always enjoy picking through the posts and daydreaming...seeing what other points of view I may have missed in my own consideration of a particular model...

The white face/orange number AK is on my list! I love the simple, understated, elegant yet rugged look of this beauty. Also, I don't have any white faced in my collection (all predominantly black).

Also, as watches grow ever larger, I like that it's kind of the "anti-huge" watch and the "original" pilots watch. Cool.