I don’t know how controversial my opinion is but I find the modern #Rolex Air King extremely unappealing. It has lost a lot of the traits from the original looking more like a weird downgraded mix between an Explorer and a Milgauss. And it doesn’t even live up to its name anymore as its design is inspired by a car and has almost nothing to do with airplanes/pilots. #watches#watchesofmastodon
@ppn it's true that in photos it doesn't look good, but I can tell you that irl the large, very simple dial gives a very calss and sober style, a perfect watch for a dayli
@Ruttalex07 I have seen it IRL and I still disagree that it is a simple dial. It's very busy with a clumsy amount of "5" markers. When you put it side by side with an Explorer that has just 3/6/9, it honestly looks like a messy version of it. Almost nothing in the modern Air-king makes sense. It is not even related to airplane/pilot anymore since it is designed after a car.
@ppn It's true that since the car turned out to be a fiasco, Rolex had to invent something quickly to still be able to sell this model and it's true that the original design was much better. but personally if I was given the choice between a Datjust Oysterstell and an Air-King I would still take the Air-King because quite to choose simplicity I might as well choose the originality of a different watch with its identity and its own stories.
@Ruttalex07 In a modern lineup with Oyster perpetual, Datejust, Air-king and Explorer, I would chose any watch except the Air-king. It is literally the only one who has currently zero identity design-wise. I feel like the Air-king has never really managed to find its proper identity. As much as I like vintage Air-king from 50s-70s, it is hard to deny that even then they were very close to late Speedking and Oyster Perpetual. I don't understand what Rolex is trying to achieve at this point.
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