Watches and Wonders 2022: My best attempt on trying to take a decent picture of the new Rolex Air King.
As already said, there are three main features about the new Rolex Air King: - Crown Guards. - Luminous 3 / 6 / 9. - An extra " 0 " to the 5 minute index. Picture taken through the window display, as it was super though to find an opportunity to have an a...
Now it is an official sports Rolex, with those crown guards
I liked without guards more, too. Other additions: fully agree.
I’m also not sold on the crown guards with a plain steel bezel…
and can’t recall another model done this way. Interesting 🤔 and wonder upon the fate of the Milgauss. It would have made chronological sense to introduce this change with it instead, if the ultimate goal is to have all professional models have crown guard...
I find the dial an improvement overall from the prior version
The crown guards don’t bother me much.
Over the years the dial
has grown on me, may take equally as much time for crown guards to do the a same. I'm not saying I don't like them, just not ready to say I do either.
Well, since you clearly asked for my opinion...
About this spectacular last iteration, let me resume my thoughts in the following dialogue: - Hi there, new watch mate?! New Submariner/GMT! huh?! Hang on, what's that! Where's the rotating bezel mate? Wow, so nice.... Want one, need one. Love it! They ha...
Is the dial still matte black (like the previous gen)?
Agree that full lume would have been even better, and +1 for no crown guards.
I share the same thoughts. Of course, I’m biased but setting that aside..
I’m a big fan of “balance” but is there such a thing as being too balanced? I find the single 5 to be an aid in legibility. Having a bit of dyslexia in me, I can easily misread that for a 50 even if the position is clearly at 1:00. With the double digit 5...
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Overall I like the new dial and I think I agree with the general consensus re the crown guard. However what I am most pleased about is that there still is an Air King with a dial inspired by Bloodhound. I think it’s great to see Rolex sticking with this. ...
I have never had the opportunity to see a Airking in flesh…..
but from pictures I would think that the biggest difference would be the case shape. I always liked the bulkiness of the AK case, especially the lugs seems to be very thick and long, something the new one doesn’t have anymore.
Deeply disappointed with the addition of crown guards
Watch design 101: no pilot watch should have crown guards, now we have a hybrid submariner-air king. So happy I got the first iteration 😃