Rolex Air King watches
At the end of the Second World War, Hans Wilsdorf decided to create a new collection of Rolex watches, the Air-King, as a tribute to the Royal Air Force. The first Air-King, the Ref 4365 model, was created in 1945 and featured a particularly small second hand at 6 o'clock. Many other models were released until 1957. The Ref 5500, an iconic model, marked an aesthetic turn in the Air-King collection. Its characteristics are as follows:
- Oyster case with screwed back and crowns
- sleek dial
- central second hand
- absence of date (although there are some exceptions)