Black Dial

Air-King 5500 — Black Dial

Undated

Black dial with baton markers, offered alongside the common silver. Dated examples from 1960 (case 571865, cal. 1530) to 1988 (sold April 1988, case R373967); a c.1981 example (case 6596095) has gold hands and gold faceted batons.

Officially sold from 1958. Antiquorum lots span case 374283 (c.1958) to L925254 (c.1989).

Antiquorum lot: Air-King 5500 in steel with black dial, applied baton indexes and "Air-King" script under the Oyster Perpetual line. · Photo: Antiquorum · © Antiquorum, used with permission · Source: https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/rolex-ref-5500-air-king-lot-379-88

Identifying details

Smooth bezel
Plain polished fixed bezel instead of a rotating or fluted one.

Variants of 5500

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Air-King Explorer-Style 3-6-9 Dial	Undated
Black Dial

Case & movement

Reference: 5500
Production: Undated
Case material: Stainless steel
Case diameter: 34 mm
Crown guards: None
Crystal: Acrylic
Movement: Automatic
Chronometer: No

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Air-King 5500 — Black Dial

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Air-King 5500 — Black Dial

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