93rd Auction
2016/5/14
Lot 92
Rolex "Oyster Perpetual Air-King-Date Precision", Case No. 3782370, Ref. 5701, Cal. 1520, 35 mm, circa 1974
A gentleman's automatic bi-color wristwatch with date
Case: steel/gold, screw back ref. 1500 with dedication engraving, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, folded steel/gold "Oyster" bracelet ref. 7835/19/257. Dial: silvered. Movm.: rotorwind movement, Glucydur balance.
Very rare Rolex reference 5701; the "Air-King-Date" was mainly sold in Canada and the other Commonwealth countries and was called the "hot Rolex watch" in the late 1960s and early 1970s. "Air-Kings" usually do not have a date, which makes this reference with date all the more special.
A gentleman's automatic bi-color wristwatch with date
Case: steel/gold, screw back ref. 1500 with dedication engraving, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, folded steel/gold "Oyster" bracelet ref. 7835/19/257. Dial: silvered. Movm.: rotorwind movement, Glucydur balance.
Very rare Rolex reference 5701; the "Air-King-Date" was mainly sold in Canada and the other Commonwealth countries and was called the "hot Rolex watch" in the late 1960s and early 1970s. "Air-Kings" usually do not have a date, which makes this reference with date all the more special.
Sold
estimated
2.200—3.200 €
Price realized
3.300 €