Rolex Air King Pool Intairdril Dial Ref 5500 watch-essentials

Rolex Air King Pool Intairdril Dial Ref 5500 watch-essentialsThe Air King has been in the Rolex line up since it was introduced in the 1940s to pay respect to the Royal Air Force pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain. This is an interesting AIr King as it was an employee gift from Pool Intairdril, an oil servicing company. It supplied the labour, rigs and plant equipment to the big oil companies including Occidental, Agip and the Libyan NOC (National Oil Company). The watches were given to Pool

- Original black dial

The case remains in great all-round condition with even lugs

The dial is flawless with the oversized hour plots having a cool cream patina that is a very good match with the hands and bezel pearl

Tudors are some of coolest sports watches

The Oversize 6 and 9 Sigma Index DJ

Diamonds and emeralds make this chrono racy

The watch has a great condition Jubilee bracelet reference 62510H

These watches were available with a number of different dial variations and our 6265 has maybe one of the coolest and most sought after – the Big Eyes

It has Roman numerals at 12

The Eye of the Tiger…Must de Cartier is essentially what it says its is…the essence of Cartier and there is no denying that this is a very classic looking Tank

- Serial 306xxxx dating to 1972

The cat gets the cream…We have another cool Datejust fitted with an example of the so-called Buckley dial