{"product_id":"rolex-air-king-explorer-dial-as07787","title":"Rolex Air King 'Explorer Dial'","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 114200, features \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ea 34mm stainless steel Oyster case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, and a polished bezel. It features a lovely sunburst blue 'Explorer' dial with applied luminous 'baton' indices and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003equadrant \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArabic\u003c\/em\u003e indices, a matching ‘stick’ handset, and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet with Oysterclasp. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by a  robust and reliable automatic-winding movement within, this piece, like most Air KIngs, is\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e incredibly versatile for everyday use, and can easily be dressed-up for formal occasions or dressed-down and worn as a sporty everyday companion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolex","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39978007953495,"sku":"40922396","price":6350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS07787_40922396_ROLEX_EXPLORERDIALAIRKING_114200-6.jpg?v=1665694553","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/rolex-air-king-explorer-dial-as07787","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}