Rolex Air King 14010

Rolex Air-King 14010 30 Year Award watch for the Kuwait Oil Company

First released in 1945 in honor of the British RAF following their efforts in WWII, the Air-King has become one of the longest-serving members of Rolex’s catalog, with its official debut as a standalone collection, as we know it today, tracing its origins a little bit more recently to 1958. Since then, the collection has become one of Rolex’s most unique collections, with its design and construction often used as a means to push aesthetic boundaries and experiment with design in a way that few other collections within the Rolex family could. As such, the Air-King collection has been found to sport a vast expanse of dial colors and set-ups, with different bezel configurations and a large variety of sizes. Offered here, we have the ref. 14010 with a white Buckley-style dial sporting applied hour markers above its black Roman numerals. Topped off with an engine-turned stainless steel bezel sitting atop a 34mm stainless steel case on an Oyster bracelet. Produced between the 1990s and into the early 2000s, this variant marks one of the last Air-King variants to be offered prior to the collection’s evolution into what we know it as today. Brand : Rolex Dimensions : 34mm Model : Air-King Movement : Automatic cal. 3130 Reference : 14010 Bracelet : Stainless steel Oyster bracelet Year : 2002 Condition : Excellent Material : Stainless steel Included : Watch only Dial Color : White THE DIAL Boasting a white dial with Buckley-style Roman numerals that are then paired with applied indices, the ref. 14010's display harbors an aesthetic that has since become a signature of neo-vintage Air-King models. THE CASEBACK Celebrating the original owner's 30 years of service to the Kuwait Oil Company, this example's commemorative caseback harks back to the tradition of employers giving their best and longest-serving employees Rolexes and other luxury watches. TIMING MACHINE READOUT This reading was taken (crown down) with a ONEOF Accuracy Boutique Edition timing machine at time of cataloging. It is provided as a courtesy only, and shall not be construed as a warranty or guarantee of any kind. Please refer to our terms and conditions of sale for more information.