Reference:14010 - Revision history

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	==Dial map==		==Dial map==

	The surviving dealer listings reviewed here show several finishes, but they are not a complete factory dial catalogue. ~~HQ Milton lists~~ a ~~1994~~ blue-dial example and a 1997 glossy-black example; ~~its~~ photographs show the engine-turned bezel and the dial text on those individual watches. Slaven describes wider Air-King dial changes during this period, including blue, salmon, and numeral variations, but that account does not establish that every option was offered on every 14010.		The surviving dealer listings reviewed here show several finishes, but they are not a complete factory dial catalogue. A 1994 listing documents a blue-dial example and a 1997 listing a glossy-black example; their photographs show the engine-turned bezel and the dial text on those individual watches. Slaven describes wider Air-King dial changes during this period, including blue, salmon, and numeral variations, but that account does not establish that every option was offered on every 14010.

	Lume markings changed during the run. Slaven places the transition from tritium to LumiNova around 1998 across the Air-King range. The dated 1994 and 1997 14010 examples listed above have tritium markings. Use dial text as a dating clue alongside the serial and paperwork, not as an exact year code.		Lume markings changed during the run. Slaven places the transition from tritium to LumiNova around 1998 across the Air-King range. The dated 1994 and 1997 14010 examples listed above have tritium markings. Use dial text as a dating clue alongside the serial and paperwork, not as an exact year code.
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	==Bracelet and clasp==		==Bracelet and clasp==

	~~HQ Milton’s listings~~ for 1991, 1994, and 1997 ~~examples~~ describe 78350 Oyster bracelets with 557B end links. These are ~~useful~~ records of specific watches, not proof that every 14010 left Rolex with the same bracelet or that a bracelet now on a watch is its original one. A clasp code dates the clasp, not the watch head. The [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet guide]] documents the 78350 and its end-link references.		Listings for examples identified as 1991, 1994, and 1997 describe 78350 Oyster bracelets with 557B end links. These are records of specific watches, not proof that every 14010 left Rolex with the same bracelet or that a bracelet now on a watch is its original one. A clasp code dates the clasp, not the watch head. The [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet guide]] documents the 78350 and its end-link references.

	==Authentication and condition==		==Authentication and condition==

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	The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King, the running mate to the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000\|14000]] through the sapphire-crystal generation. Case, movement, crystal, crown and bracelet all carry over from the 14000 unchanged. The bezel is the ~~whole difference~~. Fine machine-cut grooves run around the rim, interrupted by polished flat segments set at the hour positions, and that one change pushes the watch out of the sport-Oyster register toward something closer to a dress watch. Rolex added it around 1991, two years after the 14000 launched, and retired it when the M-suffix generation took over at the turn of the millennium.		The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King, the running mate to the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000\|14000]] through the sapphire-crystal generation. Case, movement, crystal, crown and bracelet all carry over from the 14000 unchanged. The bezel distinguishes the two references. Fine machine-cut grooves run around the rim, interrupted by polished flat segments set at the hour positions, and that one change pushes the watch out of the sport-Oyster register toward something closer to a dress watch. Rolex added it around 1991, two years after the 14000 launched, and retired it when the M-suffix generation took over at the turn of the millennium.

	~~The rest reads as pure 14000. A~~ 34mm steel Oyster case, sapphire crystal, Cal. 3000 turning at 28,800 vph without chronometer certification, and a dial that reads PRECISION. The chronometer text does not appear on the Air-King line until 2007. The dial palette is shared as well, from silvered and glossy black through blue, salmon and Roman numerals~~. What the engine-turned bezel buys is a second face for the same watch~~.		It shares the 14000’s 34mm steel Oyster case, sapphire crystal, Cal. 3000 turning at 28,800 vph without chronometer certification, and a dial that reads PRECISION. The chronometer text does not appear on the Air-King line until 2007. The dial palette is shared as well, from silvered and glossy black through blue, salmon and Roman numerals.

	==Core facts==		==Core facts==
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	==Production outline==		==Production outline==

	Erik Slaven at Monochrome gives the reference as 1991 to 2001, and Marcus Siems' Air-King family history gives 1991 to 1999. Both put the introduction two years after the 14000's 1989 launch, which makes the 14010 a later addition to the generation. Watch-Wiki instead groups the 14010 with the 14000 in a single 1989-onward block, ~~which reads as tabular convenience~~.		Erik Slaven at Monochrome gives the reference as 1991 to 2001, and Marcus Siems' Air-King family history gives 1991 to 1999. Both put the introduction two years after the 14000's 1989 launch, which makes the 14010 a later addition to the generation. Watch-Wiki instead groups the 14010 with the 14000 in a single 1989-onward block, without distinguishing their introduction dates.

	Dated examples in the dealer market settle the question better than the reference maps do. The earliest is a 1991 watch sold with its box and Japanese papers, and the run continues through 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1999 to a 2001 example, also with papers. That spread supports the 1991 introduction and leans toward 2001 over 1999 as the closing year. It also shows the 14010 and the 14010M in the market together in 2001, which fits a handover that stretched across a season.		Dated examples in the dealer market settle the question better than the reference maps do. The earliest is a 1991 watch sold with its box and Japanese papers, and the run continues through 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1999 to a 2001 example, also with papers. That spread supports the 1991 introduction and leans toward 2001 over 1999 as the closing year. It also shows the 14010 and the 14010M in the market together in 2001, which fits a handover that stretched across a season.

	Rolex publishes no production totals for the Air-King, and the 14010 has none of the auction visibility that would produce a census by other means. No 14010 lot has been catalogued at Phillips, Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams or Antiquorum. The reference exists in the record as dealer inventory and as a line in the family reference maps~~, which is roughly what an entry-tier Oyster made in ordinary numbers for a decade should look like~~.		Rolex publishes no production totals for the Air-King, and the 14010 has none of the auction visibility that would produce a census by other means. No 14010 lot has been catalogued at Phillips, Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams or Antiquorum. The reference exists in the record as dealer inventory and as a line in the family reference maps.

	==Movement notes==		==Movement notes==
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	34mm across, 11.2mm thick, 43mm lug to lug: the same three-piece steel Oyster the 14000 uses, of case middle, threaded caseback and threaded crown. Lugs are 19mm and non-drilled. The crystal is sapphire, the crown a Twinlock, and water resistance is rated at 100m. Every 14010 is steel.		34mm across, 11.2mm thick, 43mm lug to lug: the same three-piece steel Oyster the 14000 uses, of case middle, threaded caseback and threaded crown. Lugs are 19mm and non-drilled. The crystal is sapphire, the crown a Twinlock, and water resistance is rated at 100m. Every 14010 is steel.

	The bezel is ~~where~~ the ~~reference earns its number~~. Rolex machines a dense pattern of fine grooves around the bezel and leaves flat polished segments at the hour positions, so the rim alternates between matte texture and mirror as the watch moves. Erik Slaven describes the effect as fine grooves between polished plates sitting adjacent to the dial indices, which is exactly what the surviving examples show. Marcus Siems reads the same bezel as a machine-turned surface with fine grooves. The bezel is fixed, not rotating, machined into the same steel blank as the 14000's smooth version.		The engine-turned bezel is the reference’s distinguishing feature. Rolex machines a dense pattern of fine grooves around the bezel and leaves flat polished segments at the hour positions, so the rim alternates between matte texture and mirror as the watch moves. Erik Slaven describes the effect as fine grooves between polished plates sitting adjacent to the dial indices, which is exactly what the surviving examples show. Marcus Siems reads the same bezel as a machine-turned surface with fine grooves. The bezel is fixed, not rotating, machined into the same steel blank as the 14000's smooth version.

	The practical consequence is that the engine-turning wears. Polishing a scratched 14010 bezel softens the grooves and rounds the polished segments, and a bezel whose pattern has gone shallow or whose flats have lost their edges has been through a lathe. The 14000's smooth bezel hides that history; the 14010's does not.		The practical consequence is that the engine-turning wears. Polishing a scratched 14010 bezel softens the grooves and rounds the polished segments, and a bezel whose pattern has gone shallow or whose flats have lost their edges has been through a lathe. The 14000's smooth bezel hides that history; the 14010's does not.
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	==Special branches==		==Special branches==

	No Domino's Pizza, Tiffany & Co.-signed or government-crest 14010 has surfaced in the dealer market or the auction record. The corporate-incentive and retailer-signed programs that ran on the 5500 and continued onto the 14000 appear to have stayed with the smooth-bezel reference~~, which fits the way Rolex handled bulk commissions: the volume reference took the order~~.		No Domino's Pizza, Tiffany & Co.-signed or government-crest 14010 has surfaced in the dealer market or the auction record. The corporate-incentive and retailer-signed programs that ran on the 5500 and continued onto the 14000 appear to have stayed with the smooth-bezel reference.

	==Market and auction record==		==Market and auction record==
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	==Authentication==		==Authentication==

	~~The bezel is~~ the ~~first check and~~ the ~~fastest. Two of the mistakes worth knowing about show up in dealer listings~~: a 14010 ~~title over a photograph~~ showing a smooth bezel ~~is a~~ mislabelled ~~14000, and the error is common enough to be worth~~ a ~~second look at every listing photograph before anything else is verified~~. The reference engraved between the lugs and the stamp inside the caseback should both read 14010.		Start by comparing the listed reference with the bezel: a listing titled 14010 but showing a smooth bezel may be mislabelled or show a replaced bezel. The reference engraved between the lugs and the stamp inside the caseback should both read 14010.

	Lume and dial text place the watch in the run. Tritium and "T SWISS MADE T" belong to the earlier production, Luminova and "SWISS MADE" to the last of it, and Luminova on an early serial means a service dial. A dial reading SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED is a 114200-era part, since the Air-King carried no chronometer certification until 2007.		Lume and dial text place the watch in the run. Tritium and "T SWISS MADE T" belong to the earlier production, Luminova and "SWISS MADE" to the last of it, and Luminova on an early serial means a service dial. A dial reading SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED is a 114200-era part, since the Air-King carried no chronometer certification until 2007.

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	The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King, the running mate to the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000\|14000]] through the sapphire-crystal generation. Case, movement, crystal, crown and bracelet all carry over from the 14000 unchanged. The bezel is the whole difference. Fine machine-cut grooves run around the rim, interrupted by polished flat segments set at the hour positions, and that one change pushes the watch out of the sport-Oyster register toward something closer to a dress watch. Rolex added it around 1991, two years after the 14000 launched, and retired it when the M-suffix generation took over at the turn of the millennium.		The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King, the running mate to the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000\|14000]] through the sapphire-crystal generation. Case, movement, crystal, crown and bracelet all carry over from the 14000 unchanged. The bezel is the whole difference. Fine machine-cut grooves run around the rim, interrupted by polished flat segments set at the hour positions, and that one change pushes the watch out of the sport-Oyster register toward something closer to a dress watch. Rolex added it around 1991, two years after the 14000 launched, and retired it when the M-suffix generation took over at the turn of the millennium.

	The rest reads as pure 14000. A 34mm steel Oyster case, sapphire crystal, Cal. 3000 turning at 28,800 vph without chronometer certification, and a dial that reads PRECISION ~~rather than the~~ chronometer text the Air-King line ~~would not carry~~ until 2007. The dial palette is shared as well, from silvered and glossy black through blue, salmon and Roman numerals. What the engine-turned bezel buys is a second face for the same watch.		The rest reads as pure 14000. A 34mm steel Oyster case, sapphire crystal, Cal. 3000 turning at 28,800 vph without chronometer certification, and a dial that reads PRECISION. The chronometer text does not appear on the Air-King line until 2007. The dial palette is shared as well, from silvered and glossy black through blue, salmon and Roman numerals. What the engine-turned bezel buys is a second face for the same watch.

	==Core facts==		==Core facts==
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	Rolex ran the modern Air-King in pairs. A smooth-bezel reference carried the volume and an engine-turned reference sat beside it at the same price tier, differing in nothing but the bezel finish. The 14010 is that second reference for the Cal. 3000 generation, the 14010M for the Cal. 3130 generation that follows, and the 114210 for the chronometer-certified 114200 generation of 2007. Watch-Wiki tabulates all three as the decorative-bezel column of the modern Air-King, and the pattern holds until the line is redesigned at 40mm in 2016.		Rolex ran the modern Air-King in pairs. A smooth-bezel reference carried the volume and an engine-turned reference sat beside it at the same price tier, differing in nothing but the bezel finish. The 14010 is that second reference for the Cal. 3000 generation, the 14010M for the Cal. 3130 generation that follows, and the 114210 for the chronometer-certified 114200 generation of 2007. Watch-Wiki tabulates all three as the decorative-bezel column of the modern Air-King, and the pattern holds until the line is redesigned at 40mm in 2016.

	Tony Traina at Rescapement puts the 14010 plainly as a slight variation of the 14000, the reference on which Rolex introduced the engine-turned bezel to the sapphire-era Air-King. Ross Povey, writing in Revolution, reads the same way and adds the part that matters to a buyer looking at both: the 14010 carries the pre-COSC PRECISION dial text and the solid-link Oyster bracelet, so the choice between the two references ~~is a choice about~~ how dressy the watch should look~~, not about what it is~~.		Tony Traina at Rescapement puts the 14010 plainly as a slight variation of the 14000, the reference on which Rolex introduced the engine-turned bezel to the sapphire-era Air-King. Ross Povey, writing in Revolution, reads the same way and adds the part that matters to a buyer looking at both: the 14010 carries the pre-COSC PRECISION dial text and the solid-link Oyster bracelet, so the choice between the two references comes down to how dressy the watch should look.

	The engine-turned bezel is also what separates the 14010 from the reference it most resembles across the catalogue. A fluted bezel means gold on a Rolex, whether solid or capped; engine-turning is a steel treatment, machined into the same bezel blank the smooth reference uses. On the Air-King the fluted option arrives only with the white-gold-bezel 114234 in the 114200 generation, three references later.		The engine-turned bezel is also what separates the 14010 from the reference it most resembles across the catalogue. A fluted bezel means gold on a Rolex, whether solid or capped; engine-turning is a steel treatment, machined into the same bezel blank the smooth reference uses. On the Air-King the fluted option arrives only with the white-gold-bezel 114234 in the 114200 generation, three references later.
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	==Production outline==		==Production outline==

	Erik Slaven at Monochrome gives the reference as 1991 to 2001, and Marcus Siems' Air-King family history gives 1991 to 1999. Both put the introduction two years after the 14000's 1989 launch, which makes the 14010 an addition to the generation ~~rather than part of it from the start~~. Watch-Wiki instead groups the 14010 with the 14000 in a single 1989-onward block, which reads as tabular convenience ~~rather than as a competing dating~~.		Erik Slaven at Monochrome gives the reference as 1991 to 2001, and Marcus Siems' Air-King family history gives 1991 to 1999. Both put the introduction two years after the 14000's 1989 launch, which makes the 14010 a later addition to the generation. Watch-Wiki instead groups the 14010 with the 14000 in a single 1989-onward block, which reads as tabular convenience.

	Dated examples in the dealer market settle the question better than the reference maps do. The earliest is a 1991 watch sold with its box and Japanese papers, and the run continues through 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1999 to a 2001 example, also with papers. That spread supports the 1991 introduction and leans toward 2001 over 1999 as the closing year. It also shows the 14010 and the 14010M in the market together in 2001, which fits a handover that ~~took~~ a season ~~rather than a switch thrown on a single date~~.		Dated examples in the dealer market settle the question better than the reference maps do. The earliest is a 1991 watch sold with its box and Japanese papers, and the run continues through 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1999 to a 2001 example, also with papers. That spread supports the 1991 introduction and leans toward 2001 over 1999 as the closing year. It also shows the 14010 and the 14010M in the market together in 2001, which fits a handover that stretched across a season.

	Rolex publishes no production totals for the Air-King, and the 14010 has none of the auction visibility that would produce a census by other means. No 14010 lot has been catalogued at Phillips, Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams or Antiquorum. The reference exists in the record as dealer inventory and as a line in the family reference maps, which is roughly what an entry-tier Oyster made in ordinary numbers for a decade should look like.		Rolex publishes no production totals for the Air-King, and the 14010 has none of the auction visibility that would produce a census by other means. No 14010 lot has been catalogued at Phillips, Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams or Antiquorum. The reference exists in the record as dealer inventory and as a line in the family reference maps, which is roughly what an entry-tier Oyster made in ordinary numbers for a decade should look like.
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	The concentric wave dial that becomes a 114200 hallmark does not appear on the 14010; that pattern arrives with the 2007 redesign.		The concentric wave dial that becomes a 114200 hallmark does not appear on the 14010; that pattern arrives with the 2007 redesign.

	Lume ~~follows~~ the period ~~rather than~~ the ~~reference~~. Tritium, marked "T SWISS MADE T" at six, runs through the mid-to-late 1990s and is present on documented 1994 and 1997 examples and on later A-prefix serials. Luminova and a plain "SWISS MADE" follow on the last of the production. The transition is close enough to 1997–98 to place an undated 14010 within a few years from the dial text alone, though the observed tritium examples run later than a hard 1997 cutoff would allow.		Lume type tracks the manufacturing period, and the same transition point applies across the whole modern Air-King range. Tritium, marked "T SWISS MADE T" at six, runs through the mid-to-late 1990s and is present on documented 1994 and 1997 examples and on later A-prefix serials. Luminova and a plain "SWISS MADE" follow on the last of the production. The transition is close enough to 1997–98 to place an undated 14010 within a few years from the dial text alone, though the observed tritium examples run later than a hard 1997 cutoff would allow.

	==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==		==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown==
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	34mm across, 11.2mm thick, 43mm lug to lug: the same three-piece steel Oyster the 14000 uses, of case middle, threaded caseback and threaded crown. Lugs are 19mm and non-drilled. The crystal is sapphire, the crown a Twinlock, and water resistance is rated at 100m. Every 14010 is steel.		34mm across, 11.2mm thick, 43mm lug to lug: the same three-piece steel Oyster the 14000 uses, of case middle, threaded caseback and threaded crown. Lugs are 19mm and non-drilled. The crystal is sapphire, the crown a Twinlock, and water resistance is rated at 100m. Every 14010 is steel.

	The bezel is where the reference earns its number. Rolex machines a dense pattern of fine grooves around the bezel and leaves flat polished segments at the hour positions, so the rim alternates between matte texture and mirror as the watch moves. Erik Slaven describes the effect as fine grooves between polished plates sitting adjacent to the dial indices, which is exactly what the surviving examples show. Marcus Siems reads the same bezel as a machine-turned surface with fine grooves. The bezel is fixed, not rotating, ~~and it is cut from~~ the same steel blank as the 14000's smooth version ~~rather than applied as a separate part~~.		The bezel is where the reference earns its number. Rolex machines a dense pattern of fine grooves around the bezel and leaves flat polished segments at the hour positions, so the rim alternates between matte texture and mirror as the watch moves. Erik Slaven describes the effect as fine grooves between polished plates sitting adjacent to the dial indices, which is exactly what the surviving examples show. Marcus Siems reads the same bezel as a machine-turned surface with fine grooves. The bezel is fixed, not rotating, machined into the same steel blank as the 14000's smooth version.

	The practical consequence is that the engine-turning wears. Polishing a scratched 14010 bezel softens the grooves and rounds the polished segments, and a bezel whose pattern has gone shallow or whose flats have lost their edges has been through a lathe. The 14000's smooth bezel hides that history; the 14010's does not.		The practical consequence is that the engine-turning wears. Polishing a scratched 14010 bezel softens the grooves and rounds the polished segments, and a bezel whose pattern has gone shallow or whose flats have lost their edges has been through a lathe. The 14000's smooth bezel hides that history; the 14010's does not.
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	==Market and auction record==		==Market and auction record==

	The 14010 trades entirely through the dealer market. Phillips, Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams and Antiquorum carry no catalogued 14010 lots, and the reference has never had essay-grade treatment from a major house. Dated examples circulate steadily enough ~~that~~ a buyer ~~can~~ be selective about condition, papers and bracelet stretch ~~rather than waiting for one to appear~~.		The 14010 trades entirely through the dealer market. Phillips, Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams and Antiquorum carry no catalogued 14010 lots, and the reference has never had essay-grade treatment from a major house. Dated examples circulate steadily enough for a buyer to be selective about condition, papers and bracelet stretch.

	Values track the 14000 closely, with the engine-turned bezel adding a small premium where the pattern is crisp and no premium at all where it has been polished away. Blue, salmon and white Roman dials sit above the standard silvered and black configurations, in the same order they do on the 14000.		Values track the 14000 closely, with the engine-turned bezel adding a small premium where the pattern is crisp and no premium at all where it has been polished away. Blue, salmon and white Roman dials sit above the standard silvered and black configurations, in the same order they do on the 14000.
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	==Authentication==		==Authentication==

	The bezel is the first check and the fastest. Two of the mistakes worth knowing about ~~are on~~ dealer listings ~~rather than on watches~~: a 14010 title over a photograph showing a smooth bezel is a mislabelled 14000, and the error is common enough to be worth a second look at every listing photograph before anything else is verified. The reference engraved between the lugs and the stamp inside the caseback should both read 14010.		The bezel is the first check and the fastest. Two of the mistakes worth knowing about show up in dealer listings: a 14010 title over a photograph showing a smooth bezel is a mislabelled 14000, and the error is common enough to be worth a second look at every listing photograph before anything else is verified. The reference engraved between the lugs and the stamp inside the caseback should both read 14010.

	Lume and dial text place the watch in the run. Tritium and "T SWISS MADE T" belong to the earlier production, Luminova and "SWISS MADE" to the last of it, and Luminova on an early serial means a service dial. A dial reading SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED is a 114200-era part, since the Air-King carried no chronometer certification until 2007.		Lume and dial text place the watch in the run. Tritium and "T SWISS MADE T" belong to the earlier production, Luminova and "SWISS MADE" to the last of it, and Luminova on an early serial means a service dial. A dial reading SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED is a 114200-era part, since the Air-King carried no chronometer certification until 2007.
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	The movement should be Cal. 3000. Cal. 1520 in a 14010 is wrong, since the reference launched on the 3000 and no transitional examples are recorded, and Cal. 3130 in a 14010 is a service replacement, since the 3130 belongs to the 14010M. The bracelet should be a 78350 with 557B end links; anything else is a refit and worth flagging at sale.		The movement should be Cal. 3000. Cal. 1520 in a 14010 is wrong, since the reference launched on the 3000 and no transitional examples are recorded, and Cal. 3130 in a 14010 is a service replacement, since the 3130 belongs to the 14010M. The bracelet should be a 78350 with 557B end links; anything else is a refit and worth flagging at sale.

	Restoration is a lighter question here than on a 5500 or a 4925. The 14010 is recent enough that most survivors have never been through a dial restoration, so an original dial is the norm and a clean example is ~~plausible rather than suspicious~~. Case polishing is the exception, because the bezel records it.		Restoration is a lighter question here than on a 5500 or a 4925. The 14010 is recent enough that most survivors have never been through a dial restoration, so an original dial is the norm and a clean example is unremarkable. Case polishing is the exception, because the bezel records it.

	== Related references ==		== Related references ==

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	The rest reads as pure 14000. A 34mm steel Oyster case, sapphire crystal, Cal. 3000 turning at 28,800 vph without chronometer certification, and a dial that reads PRECISION rather than the chronometer text the Air-King line would not carry until 2007. The dial palette is shared as well, from silvered and glossy black through blue, salmon and Roman numerals. What the engine-turned bezel buys is a second face for the same watch.		The rest reads as pure 14000. A 34mm steel Oyster case, sapphire crystal, Cal. 3000 turning at 28,800 vph without chronometer certification, and a dial that reads PRECISION rather than the chronometer text the Air-King line would not carry until 2007. The dial palette is shared as well, from silvered and glossy black through blue, salmon and Roman numerals. What the engine-turned bezel buys is a second face for the same watch.


	==Core facts==		==Core facts==
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	==Dial map==		==Dial map==

	[[File:Ref 14010 blue dial.webp~~\|thumb\|right\|250px~~\|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010 blue dial\|Blue stick-marker 14010, 1994, with tritium "T SWISS MADE T" text]]		<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
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	[[File:Ref 14010 black dial.webp~~\|thumb\|right\|250px~~\|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010 glossy black dial\|Glossy black tritium 14010, 1997, sold with box and papers]]		File:Ref 14010 black dial.webp\|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010 glossy black dial\|Glossy black tritium 14010, 1997, sold with box and papers
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	The 14010 drew on the same dial catalogue as the 14000, and the standard configurations turn up on both references in roughly the same proportions.		The 14010 drew on the same dial catalogue as the 14000, and the standard configurations turn up on both references in roughly the same proportions.

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	[[File:Ref 14010 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Air-King ~~14010, silvered dial with applied stick markers and the engine-turned bezel that defines the reference~~\|Rolex Air-King ~~14010, silvered dial with applied stick markers and the engine-turned bezel that defines the reference~~]]		[[File:Ref 14010 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex 14010 Air-King\|Rolex 14010 Air-King]]
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	<small>[[Reference:air-king\|Air-King]] › '''14010'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:air-king\|Air-King]] › '''14010'''</small>

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			[[File:Ref 14010 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010, silvered dial with applied stick markers and the engine-turned bezel that defines the reference\|Rolex Air-King 14010, silvered dial with applied stick markers and the engine-turned bezel that defines the reference]]
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	The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King, the running mate to the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000\|14000]] through the sapphire-crystal generation. Case, movement, crystal, crown and bracelet all carry over from the 14000 unchanged. The bezel is the whole difference. Fine machine-cut grooves run around the rim, interrupted by polished flat segments set at the hour positions, and that one change pushes the watch out of the sport-Oyster register toward something closer to a dress watch. Rolex added it around 1991, two years after the 14000 launched, and retired it when the M-suffix generation took over at the turn of the millennium.		The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King, the running mate to the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000\|14000]] through the sapphire-crystal generation. Case, movement, crystal, crown and bracelet all carry over from the 14000 unchanged. The bezel is the whole difference. Fine machine-cut grooves run around the rim, interrupted by polished flat segments set at the hour positions, and that one change pushes the watch out of the sport-Oyster register toward something closer to a dress watch. Rolex added it around 1991, two years after the 14000 launched, and retired it when the M-suffix generation took over at the turn of the millennium.
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	The rest reads as pure 14000. A 34mm steel Oyster case, sapphire crystal, Cal. 3000 turning at 28,800 vph without chronometer certification, and a dial that reads PRECISION rather than the chronometer text the Air-King line would not carry until 2007. The dial palette is shared as well, from silvered and glossy black through blue, salmon and Roman numerals. What the engine-turned bezel buys is a second face for the same watch.		The rest reads as pure 14000. A 34mm steel Oyster case, sapphire crystal, Cal. 3000 turning at 28,800 vph without chronometer certification, and a dial that reads PRECISION rather than the chronometer text the Air-King line would not carry until 2007. The dial palette is shared as well, from silvered and glossy black through blue, salmon and Roman numerals. What the engine-turned bezel buys is a second face for the same watch.

	[[File:Ref 14010 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010 silvered dial with engine-turned bezel\|Rolex Air-King 14010, silvered dial with applied stick markers and the engine-turned bezel that defines the reference]]

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

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	<small>[[Reference:air-king\|Air-King]] -> '''14010'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:air-king\|Air-King]] › '''14010'''</small>

	The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King, the running mate to the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000\|14000]] through the sapphire-crystal generation. Case, movement, crystal, crown and bracelet all carry over from the 14000 unchanged. The bezel is the whole difference. Fine machine-cut grooves run around the rim, interrupted by polished flat segments set at the hour positions, and that one change pushes the watch out of the sport-Oyster register toward something closer to a dress watch. Rolex added it around 1991, two years after the 14000 launched, and retired it when the M-suffix generation took over at the turn of the millennium.		The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King, the running mate to the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000\|14000]] through the sapphire-crystal generation. Case, movement, crystal, crown and bracelet all carry over from the 14000 unchanged. The bezel is the whole difference. Fine machine-cut grooves run around the rim, interrupted by polished flat segments set at the hour positions, and that one change pushes the watch out of the sport-Oyster register toward something closer to a dress watch. Rolex added it around 1991, two years after the 14000 launched, and retired it when the M-suffix generation took over at the turn of the millennium.
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	\|title=Rolex Air-King 14010 — Engine-Turned Bezel, Cal 3000, 1991–2001 \| ~~BezelBase~~		\|title=Rolex Air-King 14010 — Engine-Turned Bezel, Cal 3000, 1991–2001 \| Rolexopedia
	\|description=The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King — c.1991 to 2001, 34mm steel Oyster, Cal 3000, non-COSC "Precision" dial. Twin to the smooth-bezel 14000 in everything but the bezel: machine-cut grooves broken by polished hour plates. Silvered, black, blue, salmon and Roman dials documented.		\|description=The 14010 is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King — c.1991 to 2001, 34mm steel Oyster, Cal 3000, non-COSC "Precision" dial. Twin to the smooth-bezel 14000 in everything but the bezel: machine-cut grooves broken by polished hour plates. Silvered, black, blue, salmon and Roman dials documented.
	\|image=Ref 14010 hero.webp		\|image=Ref 14010 hero.webp