Rolex Oyster Date Air-King Precision 5500

Rolex Oyster Date Air-King Precision 5500. Circa 1963. Steel Case, 34mm diameter,  Automatic movement. Ivory dial with Gold baton hour markers and hands. Polished steel bezel. Plexi-glass. jubilee bracelet. box only 1963. Rolex Oyster perpetual Air-King Super Precision 5500. 34mm steel case. Ivory dial with gold baton markers and hands. Steel polished bezel. Rolex USA made steel Jubilee Bracelet with a folding clasp. Circa 1963. Box only.

Rolex introduced the ‘Air-King’ reference 5500 in 1957. Amongst the earliest versions of the model are some interesting and unusual dial variations which were produced before the design was standardized in the 1960s.