Rolex Air King Pool Intairdril Dial Ref 5500 enicar The case back is engraved

The case back is engraved “10 Jahre Wochen Spiegel” which leads us to believe that the watch was a ten-year service award to an employee of the German newspaper Wochenspiegel

which bears the serial 2654xxxx

- 1950s Rolex Precision- 34mm 9kt gold DS&S snap back case- No-lume waffle dial- No-lume gold-toned hands- Manual wind movement- Movement serial 73xxx- Comes on the pictured strap with 9kt gold buckle- Fully serviced by our watchmaker- One-year mechanical warranty- Includes a handmade leather watch pouch- Free worldwide Fedex Priority shipping

255 automatic movement- Original Patek white gold buckle- Comes with archive extract stating production in 1975 and sale 1976- Fully checked by our watchmaker- One-year mechanical warranty- Includes a handmade leather watch pouch- Free worldwide Fedex Priority shipping

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Rolex Air King Pool Intairdril Dial Ref 5500 enicar The case back is engravedThe Air King has been in the Rolex line up since it was introduced in the 1940s to pay respect to the Royal Air Force pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain. This is an interesting AIr King as it was an employee gift from Pool Intairdril, an oil servicing company. It supplied the labour, rigs and plant equipment to the big oil companies including Occidental, Agip and the Libyan NOC (National Oil Company). The watches were given to Pool