How To Use Your Rolex Air-King - Set & Change Time | Bob's Watches

We’re back with another installment of the Bob’s Watches Tutorial series featuring the Air-King. Click here to shop the pre-owned Rolex Air-King: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-air-king-1.html Are you looking for something else? Shop our entire inventory of certified pre-owned Rolex watches here: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex/ The Rolex Air-King was developed in 1945 as part of the “Air Series” of watches that also included the Air Giant, Air Lion, and Air Tiger. It was officially released to the market in 1958. Today, the Air-King is the only other Air Series watch that remains in production. Rumor has it that Hans Wilsdorf initially developed the Air King upon hearing that the British Royal Air Force pilots preferred their own Rolex watches over the timepieces issued to them by the military. To honor their loyalty, Wilsdorf released the Air-King as an affordable option. With a modest design set and time-only movement, the Air-King has always remained an entry-level model within the Rolex catalog. FEATURE SET Early examples of the Air-King featured a similar design set as the iconic Rolex Oyster Perpetual with a smooth bezel, three-hand dial with a time-only function, and a waterproof Oyster case. What set the Air King apart from the OP was the movement. The first handful of references were powered by a hand-wound movement, which was later succeeded by Perpetual movements with self-winding. The automatic examples feature the name Air-King inscribed on the