What reference is it - 5500?
What has your research shown so far? Do you have any other pictures?
From what limited info we have it certainly doesn't seem like a great buy to me. If it's unserviced from a private seller I'd say it's at or probably slightly above market.
2400 is quite steep for that example. The 5500 is quite common as well and with a little bit of patience, can be had in better form for less or equal money. The jubilee a lot of stretch and a repair on that will be a lot of ¥£€$.
I bought my ‘69 Air King from a single owner with service history for $1,800 a couple months ago. It didn’t have the original rivet bracelet anymore but with a bit of patience and the help of another member on here, I for a NOS full link no stretch ‘69 Rolex rivet bracelet For $500. here is the watch pre bracelet. Once the bracelet came in I gave it to my dad
That’s a beautiful watch and example. I do love the jubilee bracelet combo but this doesn’t feel like the one. (Adding it to my vintage Seamaster and Connie Hunt, though. Eventually one of these will have to hit, right?)
Oh and to add, early years came on rivet bracelets. Later years came on oyster bracelets. I could be wrong but I don’t believe they (Air kings) came on jubilee.
New to watches and while I’ve learned quite a bit (though nowhere near enough) about omegas, I know next to nothing about Rolexes except there are a lot of fakes out there.
looking at this air king. Going for 2400. Any insight as to if it’s worth a dang or not is much obliged.
Oh and to add, early years came on rivet bracelets. Later years came on oyster bracelets. I could be wrong but I don’t believe they (Air kings) came on jubilee.
I could be wrong but I don’t believe they (Air kings) came on jubilee.
The dial patina is even, but isn’t attractive to me, it’s too yellow and these dials should sparkle in all their silver glory.
It could also be even because it's a yellow gold dial 😁
Did they make a gold dial for the Airking?!?! That would be a new one on me - but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
Yep and also made two-tone airkings as well as airking dates. No real rhyme or reason to the Rolex models.
Yep and also made two-tone airkings as well as airking dates. No real rhyme or reason to the Rolex models.
You know, I thought I was looking at a white balance issue that made the dial extra gold colored, but I found it weird the case/bracelet weren’t affected the same way. Now this...
...is leaving me with more questions than answers. The idea of collecting them all seems endless 👎 challenge accepted though 👍
Just don’t buy a gold dial- it’s fugly
