Rolex Air-King*** 5500 Pool Intairdril*** 1979
ROLEX Rare Vintage Air King with Pool Intairdril Dial Ref. 5500, excellent condition, 1974
Serial # 630XXXX
Circa: 1979
DESCRIPTION: Rare vintage 1979 Rolex Air King 5500 with Petroleum dial in excellent condition, 1974
MOVEMENT: Caliber 1520, Self-winding mechanical movement with 17 jewels
DIAL: Original great condition silver dial with applied black baton hour markers, luminous dots. Original hands with central sweep seconds. ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL Air King and Pool Intairdrill or "petroleum' LOGO printed on the Dial.
CASE: 34mm, great condition stainless steel with smooth bezel
BRACELET: Vintage black Italian hand-made leather strap
MANUFACTURER: Black vintage hand-made Italian leather strap
NOTES:
The Rolex Air King history dates back to the 1930’s during World War II when the British RAF airforce pilots chose to wear Rolex watches due to their durability. Hans Wilsdorf, founder of Rolex, was so touched by this that he decided to pay homage to these brave men and the Air collection for Rolex began looking into different names and several were taken into consideration such as Air Tiger, Air Lion and Air Giant. The Air King was launched in the 1940’s and remains a fine example of how Rolex was part of world history over the 20th century.
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