Reference:14000 - Revision history

Klaudiusz: Deep audit: qualify chronology and dial claims, humanize prose, and repair image gallery

2026-09-29T03:23:06Z

Deep audit: qualify chronology and dial claims, humanize prose, and repair image gallery

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Admin: Audit 14000: correct and humanize prose; qualify disputed dates and market claims; add image gallery

2026-09-28T17:48:13Z

Audit 14000: correct and humanize prose; qualify disputed dates and market claims; add image gallery

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Admin: Add dial-detail image from verified Wind Vintage editorial set (image coverage pass)

2026-09-14T16:03:58Z

Add dial-detail image from verified Wind Vintage editorial set (image coverage pass)

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	The volume dial. Sunburst silver ground, applied stick or baton hour markers, "OYSTER PERPETUAL" and "AIR-KING" in two lines above six with "PRECISION" above them. The standard 14000 across the run.		The volume dial. Sunburst silver ground, applied stick or baton hour markers, "OYSTER PERPETUAL" and "AIR-KING" in two lines above six with "PRECISION" above them. The standard 14000 across the run.

			[[File:Ref 14000 dial-detail.webp\|thumb\|right\|260px\|alt=Rolex Air-King 14000 dial-detail close-up, silvered stick-marker dial\|Dial-detail close-up of the silvered stick-marker dial, showing the tritium-era "T SWISS MADE T" lume marking]]

	<span id="matte-black-stick"></span>		<span id="matte-black-stick"></span>

Admin: Layout: restore the original lead caption

2026-09-06T22:58:22Z

Layout: restore the original lead caption

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	<div class="rp-lead">		<div class="rp-lead">
	[[File:Ref 14000 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex ~~14000~~ Air-King\|Rolex ~~14000~~ Air-King]]		[[File:Ref 14000 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Air-King 14000, silvered dial with applied stick markers, c.1996\|Rolex Air-King 14000, silvered dial with applied stick markers, c.1996]]
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2026-09-06T22:52:33Z

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	<div class="rp-lead">		<div class="rp-lead">
	[[File:Ref 14000 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Air-King ~~14000, silvered dial with applied stick markers, c.1996~~\|Rolex Air-King ~~14000, silvered dial with applied stick markers, c.1996~~]]		[[File:Ref 14000 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex 14000 Air-King\|Rolex 14000 Air-King]]
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Admin: Layout: hero promoted to lead

2026-09-06T22:27:45Z

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	<small>[[Reference:air-king\|Air-King]] › '''14000'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:air-king\|Air-King]] › '''14000'''</small>

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			[[File:Ref 14000 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Air-King 14000, silvered dial with applied stick markers, c.1996\|Rolex Air-King 14000, silvered dial with applied stick markers, c.1996]]
			</div>

	The 14000 is the Air-King's first sapphire-crystal reference, an eleven-year run from 1989 to 2000 that bridges the long-serving 5500 (Cal. 1530, then 1520) and the Cal. 3130 generation that follows on the 14000M and 114200. The 34mm steel Oyster envelope carries over from the 5500 unchanged. Everything else moves: sapphire in place of acrylic, Cal. 3000 in place of Cal. 1520, non-drilled lugs in place of drilled, and a dial catalogue wider than any earlier Air-King generation ran. Salmon, 3-6-9 Explorer, Roman numeral, Arabic numeral, blue, white, matte black, silvered stick — the 5500 never offered anything close.		The 14000 is the Air-King's first sapphire-crystal reference, an eleven-year run from 1989 to 2000 that bridges the long-serving 5500 (Cal. 1530, then 1520) and the Cal. 3130 generation that follows on the 14000M and 114200. The 34mm steel Oyster envelope carries over from the 5500 unchanged. Everything else moves: sapphire in place of acrylic, Cal. 3000 in place of Cal. 1520, non-drilled lugs in place of drilled, and a dial catalogue wider than any earlier Air-King generation ran. Salmon, 3-6-9 Explorer, Roman numeral, Arabic numeral, blue, white, matte black, silvered stick — the 5500 never offered anything close.
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	~~[[File:Ref 14000 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex 14000 Air-King silvered dial\|Rolex Air-King 14000, silvered dial with applied stick markers, c.1996]]~~

	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

Admin: site-wide: layout classes (core-facts card, breadcrumb, entry-point cards)

2026-09-05T01:20:06Z

site-wide: layout classes (core-facts card, breadcrumb, entry-point cards)

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	<small>[[Reference:air-king\|Air-King]] -> '''14000'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:air-king\|Air-King]] › '''14000'''</small>

	The 14000 is the Air-King's first sapphire-crystal reference, an eleven-year run from 1989 to 2000 that bridges the long-serving 5500 (Cal. 1530, then 1520) and the Cal. 3130 generation that follows on the 14000M and 114200. The 34mm steel Oyster envelope carries over from the 5500 unchanged. Everything else moves: sapphire in place of acrylic, Cal. 3000 in place of Cal. 1520, non-drilled lugs in place of drilled, and a dial catalogue wider than any earlier Air-King generation ran. Salmon, 3-6-9 Explorer, Roman numeral, Arabic numeral, blue, white, matte black, silvered stick — the 5500 never offered anything close.		The 14000 is the Air-King's first sapphire-crystal reference, an eleven-year run from 1989 to 2000 that bridges the long-serving 5500 (Cal. 1530, then 1520) and the Cal. 3130 generation that follows on the 14000M and 114200. The 34mm steel Oyster envelope carries over from the 5500 unchanged. Everything else moves: sapphire in place of acrylic, Cal. 3000 in place of Cal. 1520, non-drilled lugs in place of drilled, and a dial catalogue wider than any earlier Air-King generation ran. Salmon, 3-6-9 Explorer, Roman numeral, Arabic numeral, blue, white, matte black, silvered stick — the 5500 never offered anything close.
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	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable rp-facts"
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	! detail		! detail

Admin: site-wide: domain move BezelBase → Rolexopedia (rolexopedia.net)

2026-09-05T00:36:13Z

site-wide: domain move BezelBase → Rolexopedia (rolexopedia.net)

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Rolex 14000 Air-King}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Rolex 14000 Air-King}}
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	\|title=Rolex 14000 Air-King — First Sapphire Air-King, Cal 3000 \| ~~BezelBase~~		\|title=Rolex 14000 Air-King — First Sapphire Air-King, Cal 3000 \| Rolexopedia
	\|description=The 14000 is the first sapphire-crystal Air-King — 1989 to 2000, 34mm steel Oyster, Cal 3000 (Rolex's first 28,800 vph time-only caliber). Bridges the long-run 5500 to the modern 14000M / 114200 generation. Salmon, 3-6-9 Explorer, Roman numeral, and Domino's variants documented.		\|description=The 14000 is the first sapphire-crystal Air-King — 1989 to 2000, 34mm steel Oyster, Cal 3000 (Rolex's first 28,800 vph time-only caliber). Bridges the long-run 5500 to the modern 14000M / 114200 generation. Salmon, 3-6-9 Explorer, Roman numeral, and Domino's variants documented.
	\|keywords=Rolex, 14000, Air-King, sapphire crystal, Cal 3000, Domino's, salmon dial		\|keywords=Rolex, 14000, Air-King, sapphire crystal, Cal 3000, Domino's, salmon dial

Admin: Fact fix: attribute disputed 14000 launch year (1989 vs Revolution/Povey 1991) per hard rule 6

2026-08-11T16:21:03Z

Fact fix: attribute disputed 14000 launch year (1989 vs Revolution/Povey 1991) per hard rule 6

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	\| 1989–2000 ~~(replaced by 14000M with Cal 3130~~; some sources end at 1999 with overlap into 2000)		\| 1989–2000 per most editorial histories; some sources end 14000 production at 1999 with overlap into 2000; Revolution/Ross Povey instead dates the 5500-to-14000 changeover to 1990–1991
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	== Production outline ==		== Production outline ==

	Marcus Siems' Air-King family history, Erik Slaven at Monochrome (January 2025), Robb Report's Air-King guide (Allen Farmelo and Gareth Munden) and Watch-Wiki all give 1989 as the introduction year. The 14000 ships at Baselworld 1989 and the 5500 retires the same year — a clean cutover with no overlap production.		Marcus Siems' Air-King family history, Erik Slaven at Monochrome (January 2025), Robb Report's Air-King guide (Allen Farmelo and Gareth Munden) and Watch-Wiki all give 1989 as the introduction year. The 14000 ships at Baselworld 1989 and the 5500 retires the same year — a clean cutover with no overlap production. Ross Povey's Revolution Watch history reads differently: it keeps the 5500 in the catalogue until 1990 and dates the 14000's arrival to 1991, a year later than the rest of the record.

	The end year is contested at the margin. Monochrome and Robb Report read 1999, with the 14000M succeeding in 2000; Watch-Wiki reads 2000. Both fit if 14000 assembly effectively ends in 1999 and 1999-built watches sell through into early 2000 alongside the new 14000M. 1989–1999 is the active production span, with 1999–2000 the late-stock window where the two references ran briefly in parallel.		The end year is contested at the margin. Monochrome and Robb Report read 1999, with the 14000M succeeding in 2000; Watch-Wiki reads 2000. Both fit if 14000 assembly effectively ends in 1999 and 1999-built watches sell through into early 2000 alongside the new 14000M. 1989–1999 is the active production span, with 1999–2000 the late-stock window where the two references ran briefly in parallel.

Admin: Fact fix: the 14010 is steel, not a gold/two-tone variant (per daughter-page cross-check, op-e research)

2026-08-10T21:27:16Z

Fact fix: the 14010 is steel, not a gold/two-tone variant (per daughter-page cross-check, op-e research)

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	== Case and construction ==		== Case and construction ==

	34mm across, 11.2mm thick, 43mm lug to lug: a three-piece stainless steel Oyster of case middle, threaded caseback and threaded crown. Every 14000 is steel. No precious-metal example surfaces in the auction record~~, and the two-tone and gold-capped Air-Kings of the era carry their own reference numbers — the~~ 14010 engine-turned-bezel sibling, ~~and~~ the 14238 / 14239 18K gold variants.		34mm across, 11.2mm thick, 43mm lug to lug: a three-piece stainless steel Oyster of case middle, threaded caseback and threaded crown. Every 14000 is steel. No precious-metal example surfaces in the auction record. The 14010 engine-turned-bezel sibling is steel, not gold or two-tone; the 14238 / 14239 references are the era's documented 18K gold variants.

	The crystal is sapphire, the first on an Air-King, and it puts the reference on the modern Rolex standard the rest of the Oyster sport line had already adopted by the late 1980s. The bezel is fixed, smooth steel; the engine-turned version belongs to the 14010, not to the 14000 itself.		The crystal is sapphire, the first on an Air-King, and it puts the reference on the modern Rolex standard the rest of the Oyster sport line had already adopted by the late 1980s. The bezel is fixed, smooth steel; the engine-turned version belongs to the 14010, not to the 14000 itself.