The Rolex Air-King first began its existence after Rolex co-founder, Hans Wilsdorf heard stories of replica rolex day date watches British World War II pilots ditching their standard-issue, field watches in favor of their personally purchased, Oyster Perpetual timepieces, due to their superior accuracy and dependability. To honor the brave RAF pilots who were so fond of his products, Wilsdorf decided to release a series of watches with aviation-themed names. Despite the numerous different lines of watches that were released to market, only the Air-King remained in production, and can still be found in the Rolex catalogue today.
The very first Rolex Air-King from 1945 was the reference 4925, which combined a number of different traits that were characteristic of Rolex’s other various aviation-themed watches. A small number of Air-King references quickly followed the reference 4925; however in 1957, Rolex released a new generation of fake rolex watches the Air-King, the reference 5500, that would go on to remain in production for the next 37 years. |
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