Rolex Air King Neo-vintage The chronographs were nixed

The chronographs were nixed

with the way the sinuous twists of the spiral telemeter and tachymeter tracks contrast with the glossy black dial

is in outstanding

Offered with two signed straps and a matching pin buckle

Rolex Air King Neo-vintage The chronographs were nixedThe Air King is an oddball in the modern Rolex catalog, but its roots are nothing short of fascinating. Legend has it that during the Second World War, British aviators in the RAF were sometimes known to purchase Rolex Oyster watches for use as personal timepieces, and that certain of these may even have seen combat during the Battle of Britain. Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf then named a series of watches after these intrepid warriors of the skies, with