Eight things you need to know about the 2016 Rolex Air King

[Olives]

Personally
I love it
I can't wait to see one for real

[Dynam0humm]

I like the extra colour and I like the minute markers. I don't like how it looks like an excercise to use up the old Explorer dials with the WG hour markers though. Maybe when the supply of old hour markers has been used up they'll revert to all minute markers and this one will be a future collectors item.

Here's a picture from the Hodinkee comments section with a photoshopped dial, much nicer imo -

[oiljam]

I don't like it, it looks hideous. I wonder if it would get this much attention if it didn't have Rolex on the dial. Really can't understand why it's got AirKing on the dial either. It just doesn't work for me. I'll pass

[Umbongo]

I like the extra colour and I like the minute markers. I don't like how it looks like an excercise to use up the old Explorer dials with the WG hour markers though. Maybe when the supply of old hour markers has been used up they'll revert to all minute markers and this one will be a future collectors item.

Here's a picture from the Hodinkee comments section with a photoshopped dial, much nicer imo -

And that, right there, is the watch they SHOULD have made. The simple exclusion of those old-explorer-hand-me-down numerals makes the world of difference and makes the watch more like the instrument its modelled on (for those who genuinely care...).

[jonasy]

And that, right there, is the watch they SHOULD have made. The simple exclusion of those old-explorer-hand-me-down numerals makes the world of difference and makes the watch more like the instrument its modelled on (for those who genuinely care...).

Now we just need baton hands ...

[Umbongo]

Now we just need baton hands ...

Yes. Though not a disaster, ideally the "Mercedes" setup would be replaced by baton hands. Good call.