bobandshawn Posted October 28, 2017 Report Posted October 28, 2017 (edited) Hey guys, I was thinking about projects and realized that every watch I have built was black-faced...plus, not really anything a little dressier. So, a little creativity and we have a "1990" Rolex Air King. JMB case set, gen crown and tube, Gen ETA 2824, Raffles dial and hands. Thoughts? B Previous iteration... Edited October 28, 2017 by bobandshawn 2
lorenzo1910 Posted October 28, 2017 Report Posted October 28, 2017 (edited) Second is much better than the previous... but with a black dial (the old one) it would be even better... (BTW... if it's fine for you then it is good...) Edit: Sorry I was thinking about an Explorer... That's good to be an Air King... Oh... wait... you get a wrong dial... Edited October 28, 2017 by lorenzo1910
kernow Posted October 29, 2017 Report Posted October 29, 2017 I'm into white faced watches at the moment so you can guess which one I like. Looks great to me.
bobandshawn Posted October 29, 2017 Author Report Posted October 29, 2017 MORON UPDATE: After all the work put into this...obviously close-in...I just realized that the dial is an OP, not an Air King. MORON UPDATE: After all the work put into this...obviously close-in...I just realized that the dial is an OP, not an Air King. 1
lorenzo1910 Posted October 29, 2017 Report Posted October 29, 2017 Told you.... That's fine anyway...at first sight could be taken for a 116000...
bobandshawn Posted October 30, 2017 Author Report Posted October 30, 2017 Back on track! After realizing I put the wrong dial/date/hands combo she had to come back apart. Here we go !!! 1
alligoat Posted October 31, 2017 Report Posted October 31, 2017 I had to do a little brush up on AKs- most of them are 34mm cases 5500 14000, 14010 114200, 114234 The 116900 AK is new and is a 40mm case. Oyster Perpetuals are 36mm early ones are like 1002, and 1013 later ones are 116000 but I can't figure out when they started. So your first watch is more correct than your AK as far as the 36mm case size but who's going to notice? Nice job.
bobandshawn Posted October 31, 2017 Author Report Posted October 31, 2017 1 hour ago, alligoat said: I had to do a little brush up on AKs- most of them are 34mm cases 5500 14000, 14010 114200, 114234 The 116900 AK is new and is a 40mm case. Oyster Perpetuals are 36mm early ones are like 1002, and 1013 later ones are 116000 but I can't figure out when they started. So your first watch is more correct than your AK as far as the 36mm case size but who's going to notice? Nice job. I wish I could find out some more about them. I'm trying my best to reconcile the JMB case (lug holes) to a year and model...with limited vendors for dials that will fit. I THINK lugholes went to about 1990. The white dial was OK, but I wasn't crazy about the blue sticks. And, you are right...no one is gonna tell on the wrist (it still wears pretty small). Thanks, B
alligoat Posted October 31, 2017 Report Posted October 31, 2017 I certainly can't figure out the OP line. Watches like the 1002 and 1013 were from the 60s thru the 80s- maybe as far as up to around 1990 like the 1016 Explorer and the 5513. Those 1520/1570 movements had a long run. I would assume that the 116000 OP came out in 2000 at the earliest- I bought a 118208 recently which has a P serial. So there's a gap between 1990 and 2000 when it would appear that Rolex didn't make an Oyster Perpetual by itself. I think lugholes went out around 1995 on DJs- the model 16200, etc. early ones had holes and later ones didn't.
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