{"product_id":"rolex-air-king-as08387","title":"Rolex Air King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Air-King is an oddball in the modern Rolex catalog, but its roots are nothing short of fascinating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLegend 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 monikers such as Air-Tiger, Air-Lion, Air-Giant, and Air-King. The Air-King is the only model name to have survived through the decades, and lives on the current Reference 126900 — the first to add crown guards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe particular Air-King we have here, a Reference 126900, was released in 2022 and features a updated, sharper case with the addition of crown guards, a refreshed dial layout, and it constituted a design refresh for the model family, taking inspiration from vintage dashboard clocks but maintaining the signature “Air King” script on the dial. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e126900\u003c\/span\u003e features a 40mm stainless steel Oyster case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, a polished bezel, a glossy black dial with printed and applied \u003cem\u003eArabic\u003c\/em\u003e indices and a matching handset, and a green ‘lollipop’ seconds hand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered Rolex's Calibre 3230 automatic winding movement with a 70-hour power reserve, it comes paired to a stainless steel Oyster bracelet with Oysterclasp and Rolex's fantastic Easylink system.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis is the latest in the long and interesting lineage of Air King models, more at home in the Professional lineup that every before!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDon’t sleep on it! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40187738259543,"sku":"40922719","price":7000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS08387_40922719_ROLEX_AIRKING_126900-6.jpg?v=1685024128","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/rolex-air-king-as08387","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}