Rolex Air King 116900 - Review after 1 year

Will the Rolex Air King be discontinued in 2022? Is it a good investment? I don't know, but I let you know whether I like it as a watch!
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[@watchyouwant1617]

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[@aleuleit]

Buy at 7300 euro, now is 11000 . Top investment

[@WatchUnwind]

I have always liked the air king it’s essentially an explorer III. It’s a bigger explorer I with a few extra numbers on the dial and better anti magnetic properties

[@watchyouwant1617]

Yes, somehow I think of it as a „use of leftovers“ in the Rolex factory but in a good way

[@life-onmars8223]

No...it's the Milgauss

[@watchyouwant1617]

@@life-onmars8223 But with Explorer numerals

[@boop8621]

I love the idea of an explorer III. What an interesting way to think about it.

[@rbj521]

Konnte meine erste Rolex, auch die Air King vor 2 Wochen beim Konzi abholen. Wartezeit war 12 Monate. Bin mit der Air King absolut zufrieden. Ich liebe das Zifferblatt 💛💚 LG Roland

[@watchyouwant1617]

Das klingt sehr gut! Glückwunsch! Da wünsche ich viel Freude mit der Air King

[@WatchUnwind]

Congrats !!! Awesome pick up wear that watch proud

[@Anonymouslyme1]

Very cool watches, very happy I have one in my collection. Prefer it to my Sub, they are so ubiquitous.

[@watchyouwant1617]

Thank you for your feedback! Interesting to hear that you prefer it to a Sub. The AK definitely surprised me when I finally got my hands on it. A cool piece for sure

[@kobateman]

Ich hatte die Hulk/Batman/Deepsea/Seadweller/Datejust/Milgauss/SubDate/ alle haben mich gelangweilt und mussten für die nächste gehen🤣 nun ist die Airking da und begeistert mich am meisten 😂 irgendwie witzig da ich die Uhr am Anfang tot hässlich fand!!!

[@watchyouwant1617]

Es ist schon kurios, wie sich der Geschmack verändert. Bei mir war es auch keine Lieben auf den ersten Blick mit der Airking. Jetzt finde ich sie einfach klasse

[@TomSmith-kc8mz]

Yes. Buy it. It's still available and unpopular and since it's not popular (like the original white explorer) it will jump in value.

[@japd7897]

60% of a Rolex price is compounded by AD margin + VAT (21% here in Spain), the production cost is quite low, and, of course, never pay over retail.

[@watchyouwant1617]

Thank you very much for your input!

[@japd7897]

@@watchyouwant1617 The truth is I would buy it without hesitation.

[@msp459]

I Love mine.... For the same price you get a zenith defy ....better watch for less money... But the resale value Is not there... This watch IS an Scratch magned, the Lume Is only in the Hans, the saphire doesnt have antirereflective coating.... But its a rolex ,that It sounds cooler...

[@watchyouwant1617]

You‘ve nailed it!

[@WatchUnwind]

All of Rolex watches are pretty bad with anti reflective coating I just got an OP 41 which suppose to have some and it’s not very good but the rest of the watch is awesome

[@flynnjp19]

This watch is shooting up in value at the moment, if you're thinking about getting this watch, hurry up!

[@watchyouwant1617]

Yes it is and I‘m thinking about selling this one

[@alex100uk]

Great video but didnt like how he discarded the Omega and it just rolled forward onto the wood surface, its such a stunning watch, but I do agree the Rolex is the brand to have and still a great watch going up & up in value, good video be kinder to the watches though !!!!

[@watchyouwant1617]

Thank you very much for your feedback!

[@Alucart111]

I'm sorry sir, I also own an air king, but yours looks a little bit fake...did you buy from AD?

[@watchyouwant1617]

Why? And yes, I did.

[@Alucart111]

@@watchyouwant1617 oh, than I thinks just the light flashing problem, the 369 seems a lil bit strange, my apology~

[@goldbytheounce4411]

It looks completely fine. Stop it

[@jerrywallop5647]

It will be discontinued soon I think, it’s such a bad design but it’s an ugly duckling that will evolve into Must have masterpiece…….

[@watchyouwant1617]

It seems like it’s the way it goes with any „odd“ Rolex

[@WatchUnwind]

I am not sure why everyone says it’s a bad design it’s a larger explorer with numbers on it instead of indices

[@jerrywallop5647]

@@WatchUnwind too many 5s& a bad layout…..that’s what makes it brilliant……it always gets a reaction……🤟🏼

[@WatchUnwind]

@@jerrywallop5647 I have heard that argument but that’s how many 5s exist in a 60 minute scale. It looks like every other fleiger scale. I think people need to take that up with Father Time

[@jerrywallop5647]

@@WatchUnwind 👍😉🙈

[@aleuleit]

+62% in 1 year for air king

[@watchyouwant1617]

Yes man, that’s insane!

[@boop8621]

An interesting irony is that prx design is a ripoff of a Rolex 1630/17000

[@watchyouwant1617]

Yes it is. But it was the design language of the 70ies like the Tissot Seaststar.

[@jaejr.]

Stop looking at watches as an investment!

[@watchyouwant1617]

You‘re right! But at the same time I demand from the central banks: stop inflation and rise the interest rates

[@WatchUnwind]

No one wants to lose money 💰 if you can wear a watch toy like for free or make money wearing a watch like a backward lease essentially then it is what it is people invest in art, purses , and a lot of other stuff. Some watches are 100% investments to some degree

[@watchyouwant1617]

@@WatchUnwind Totally agree

[@jaejr.]

@@WatchUnwind I understand that, but the problem with it is you push the wrong narrative that causes an increase in hype with people who are completely in it for all the wrong reasons. There are a lot of watches/watch brands that offer far more horology than Rolex at these insane prices people are buying them for because they don’t know any better but just want to impress other people. Educate people on horology rather than hype