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Two Points of View on the Rolex Air-King

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Regular WatchTime reader and watch aficionado Rich Tyson, our special guest blogger, contributes this very different review of one of his own favorite timepieces, the Rolex Air-King Ref. 14010, in which he and a trained watchmaker each examine the watch from their own POV.

The Rolex Air-King is a “time-only” watch that Rolex has offered since 1945. It was named by Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf, who wanted to honor the British Royal Air Force that was so highly regarded after returning from their missions in the 1930s. Replica Watches at one point offered an entire line of “Air” models, yet only the Air King remains. At 34 mm in diameter, it is the smallest watch in the Rolex family of men’s watches. While many men today would scoff at a 34-mm wristwatch, the Oyster case adds a beefiness to the piece that makes it appear larger. If you are like me, you enjoy watches with history and ones of typical vintage sizes.

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I find myself in an exciting time in my watch collecting life. I was once a quantity-over-quality guy, grabbing anything that was different than what I already had, and often the bigger the better. What changed my entire mindset was inheriting my great grandfather’s Bulova manual-wind wristwatch, possibly to be discussed in a future article. I brought the Cheap Replica Watches to Dave Kuyt, who I had known since high school and whose family owns and operates a watch-and-clock repair business here in Rochester, NY. After an overhaul and a ton of education about proper ownership of a manual-wind piece, I set off to try it out. What I found shocked me: wearing a 34-mm timepiece that needed daily attention to stay the reliable timekeeping course was a fantastic feeling. Adding to that the realization that my great grandfather had done so with the same piece, as did my grandfather and, for a period of time, my father; the sentimental history of that piece; and finally the feeling of interacting with a watch as a machine — it all changed me entirely.
Aesthetically speaking, I love the Cheap Rolex Replica. Though 34 mm, it wears a bit larger yet still feels comfortable under the sleeve of a dress shirt. It is as much at home on my wrist in a suit, as it is with a polo shirt during summer. Not the same can be said for all watches measuring 36 mm or less, including my Bulova. The thickness of the Oyster case and Jubilee bracelet really give it the wrist presence the watch needs to be as versatile as it is. There is even more to love about the the Oyster case and steel Jubilee bracelet. Having a year-and-a-half-old daughter with me full time, you can imagine what gets thrown at me during a given day, literally and figuratively. Whether washing bottles, changing diapers, feeding or bath time, I know this Cheap Rolex Replica UK can take it. It is a very comforting feeling not having to take it off or be extra cautious with it during the day. Also, the fact that it is in steel and can be easily polished gives me peace of mind if I happen to I smack it into a door frame while showing houses or subject it to any of the other abuses it faces in a given day.

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Lastly, as I noted above, I enjoy the history of a piece, both individually and within a model line. The Rolex Air-King has a lengthy and unique history. Having been in the U.S. Navy, and specifically in the aviation field, I appreciate the roots of the Air King. Anything designed to honor the military wins in my book, and this piece does so without making it the focus.

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Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph

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Cartier’s ultra-complicated models, such as this year’s Grand Complication, have garnered much of the watch industry spotlight in recent years, but not to be overlooked is the Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, introduced at SIHH 2015, the first timepiece in the Rotonde de Cartier family to combine these two popular complications.

The watch, which comes in a 42-mm-diameter case of rose gold (pictured) or white gold, is powered by cartier replica watches automatic manufacture caliber 9423 MC, which includes a new, in-house, dial-side module for the perpetual calendar functions. The calendar mechanism, which is designed to compensate for the irregularities of the Gregorian calendar, such as 30- and 31-day months and leap years, is a complex system of snails and cams that has at its heart a wheel that completes one revolution every four years. The wheel has 48 indentations of various depths on its circumference that indicate, via a feeler, the length of the current month. A retrograde hand, mounted on the dial at 6 o’clock, indicates the days of the week, and another center-mounted hand indicates the cheap cartier replica date by pointing at the numerals 1 through 31 along the edge of the dial.

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The dial features openworked areas and guilloché and sunray patterns, both Roman and Arabic numerals, and sword-shaped (for the hours and minutes) and hammer-shaped (for the date and day) hands in blued steel. The caseback features a sapphire window offering a view of the movement. The beaded gold crown is accented by a sapphire cabochon. The fake cartier comes on a black or brown alligator strap with a gold double-adjustable folding clasp.

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The Best Rolex Replica Watches For Sales Online

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Cheap Rolex Replica, a brand known for keeping things mostly traditional in its watch designs, made a somewhat bold aesthetic statement at Baselworld 2015 this week, introducing a striking black-and-gold version of its Rolex Yacht-Master, which also features the brand’s innovative “Oysterflex” bracelet in matte black.

This latest edition of the Cheap Rolex Replica UK uses Rolex’s proprietary Everose gold for its iconic Oyster case, topping it off with a matte black Cerachrom insert, with polished, raised black numerals and indices, in its notched bezel. The matte black dial — with Chromolight-treated hands and hour markers — is the first in the Fake Rolex Watches collection.

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The other first on the new Yacht-Master is the dial-matching black Oysterflex bracelet, which boasts yet another Replica Rolex Daytona UK patent. That’s right: Rolex calls it a bracelet, not a strap, though at first look it very much resembles a more-or-less traditional rubber strap. The interior is equipped with a patented “longitudinal cushion” system that Rolex says gives its wristlet the suppleness and comfort of a strap and the tough resistance and stability of a bracelet. Like the case, the Rolex Oysterlock safety clasp is made of Everose gold — an alloy containing gold, copper, and a smidgen of platinum — which Rolex Milgauss Replica makes in its own foundry.

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The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Yacht Master 40 is powered by Rolex’s manufacture Caliber 3135; the 37-mm version uses Caliber 2236. Both are mechanical automatic movements (Rolex uses the term “perpetual”) and, like all watch movements in Rolex’s current collection, both are COSC-certified chronometers. The Yacht-Master 37 will be priced at $22,000; the Fake Rolex UK. Both should be on the market, Rolex says, by Summer 2015.

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