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|title=Rolex 114200 Air-King — First COSC-Certified Air-King, Cal 3130 | Rolexopedia
|title=Rolex Air-King 114200, 34mm COSC reference, 2007–2014 | Rolexopedia
|description=The 114200 is the first chronometer-rated Air-King — 2007 to 2014, 34mm steel Oyster, Cal 3130 with Parachrom hairspring. Engraved rehaut, concentric "wave" dial palette in multiple colors, Domino's Pizza 114200 documented at Christie's. Closes the 34mm Air-King chapter before the 116900 redesign.
|description=The Rolex 114200 is a 34mm steel Air-King made as an Air-King from 2007 to 2014, with caliber 3130, COSC dial text, an engraved rehaut, and several concentric and numeral dials. A 2013 Domino's Pizza presentation watch is documented at Christie's.
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<small>[[Reference:air-king|Air-King]] -> '''114200'''</small>
<small>[[Reference:air-king|Air-King]] › '''114200'''</small>


The 114200 is the modern Air-King: launched at Baselworld 2007, dropped from the catalogue in 2014, a 34mm steel Oyster running Cal. 3130 with a Parachrom hairspring. It is also the first chronometer-rated Air-King in the line's history. Every earlier reference ran sub-COSC, with dials reading "PRECISION" or "SUPER PRECISION"; the 114200 arrives with "SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED" on the dial and the Air-King finally joins the tier the rest of the Rolex catalogue had occupied for decades.
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[[File:Ref 114200 hero.webp|thumb|center|640px|alt=Rolex Air-King 114200, silver concentric "wave" dial, c.2010|Rolex Air-King 114200, silver concentric "wave" dial, c.2010]]
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It also brings the concentric "wave" dial, circles radiating from the center out to the chapter ring, offered in silver, black, blue, green, salmon, white and champagne, and paired with applied stick markers, 3-6-9 Explorer Arabic numerals, Roman numerals or a full set of Arabics at every hour. The dial menu is the widest the Air-King line ever ran, and it is what most 114200 buyers are actually shopping for. This is also the last 34mm Air-King: the line goes quiet in 2014 and returns in 2016 as the 40mm 116900.
The 114200 is the 34mm steel Air-King sold from 2007 to 2014. It uses caliber 3130, an engraved rehaut, and the "Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified" dial line. Earlier Air-King references used non-chronometer movements, so the 114200 is the first Air-King reference in the published line with COSC wording. Rolex returned the Air-King name in 2016 on the 40mm 116900, a different case and dial design.
 
The reference was offered with several dial layouts: concentric or wave surfaces in multiple colours, Explorer-style 3-6-9 numerals, Roman numerals, and full Arabic numerals. The exact catalogue mix changed by market and year; the surviving examples do not establish a complete option list. Christie's records a 2013 Domino's Pizza presentation watch with a 114200 case, caliber 3130, original guarantee, and a logo on the caseback and bracelet plaque.


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[[File:Ref 114200 hero.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex 114200 Air-King silver concentric dial|Rolex Air-King 114200, silver concentric "wave" dial, c.2010]]


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


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| family
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| "the modern Air-King," "the COSC Air-King," "the concentric Air-King"
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| production
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| 2007–2014 as the Air-King, per most editorial histories, consistent with the 2-year catalogue gap before the 116900 arrived in 2016; Rolex's own site shows the bare reference number 114200 continuing to 2020 as a non-Air-King Oyster Perpetual 34, the likely source of a specialist reading giving 2007–2020
| 2007–2014 as an Air-King; later Oyster Perpetual 34 watches also used the bare number 114200
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| Cal 3130, automatic, 28,800 vph, ~48h reserve, hack feature, Parachrom hairspring; jewel count contested (Slaven/Monochrome and Robb Report: 31; Siems: 27)
| caliber 3130, automatic, 28,800 vph, about 48-hour reserve, hacking seconds, Parachrom hairspring; catalogues report 27 or 31 jewels
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| chronometer
| yes — first COSC-certified Air-King; dial reads "SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED"
| yes, first COSC-certified Air-King; dial reads "SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED"
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| 116900 (2016, 40mm pilot redesign — outside pre-2020 collector window for many editorial frames)
| 116900 (2016, 40mm redesign)
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== Where it sits in the line ==
== Where it sits in the line ==


The 114200 closes the 34mm Air-King chapter that runs from the 4925 (1945) through the 6552 (1953) and the 5500 (1957) into the sapphire-crystal era of the 14000 (1989) and 14000M (2000). Across those seventy years the case envelope never moves off 34mm, the dial text alternates between "AIR-KING" and "OYSTER PERPETUAL," and the movement steps from manual wind to bidirectional rotor to high beat. The 114200 adds the one thing the line had never carried: chronometer certification.
The 114200 follows the 14000M in the 34mm Air-King line. The earlier references use non-chronometer movements and vary between Air-King and Oyster Perpetual dial text; the 114200 adds caliber 3130 with chronometer dial wording. The 116900 returns in 2016 as a 40mm redesign.


The no-date Cal. 3130 architecture is shared with the 14060M Submariner, which picked up COSC dial text in later production, and with the [[Reference:114270|114270 Explorer]]. The earlier 14270 Explorer belongs to the Cal. 3000 generation, and the Yacht-Master date references use a different movement family. Cal. 3130 itself runs across the Rolex time-only catalogue from 1999 / 2000 to 2018, when the Cal. 3230 generation replaces it. The 114200 sits in the same architectural moment as those siblings: engraved rehaut, COSC certification, Parachrom hairspring.
The no-date Cal. 3130 architecture is shared with the 14060M Submariner, which picked up COSC dial text in later production, and with the [[Reference:114270|114270 Explorer]]. The earlier 14270 Explorer belongs to the Cal. 3000 generation, and the Yacht-Master date references use a different movement family. Cal. 3130 runs across several Rolex time-only references introduced from 1999 onward; later 32xx calibers replace it in newer generations. The 114200 shares the 3130, engraved rehaut, and COSC period with those siblings.


The 114200 shares its case middle with two contemporaries. The 114210 carries a fluted engine-turned bezel, the 114234 a fluted white-gold bezel set into the steel case middle; both run alongside the 114200 across 2007–2014 on the same Cal. 3130 and the same dial palette. Whether they count as separate references or as 114200 sub-variants is a matter of taste, and the Air-King family hub treats all three as one generation. The 114200 is the steel-and-smooth-bezel pure Air-King of the set.
The 114210 uses an engine-turned bezel and the 114234 a fluted white-gold bezel in the same case family. Both were offered alongside the smooth-bezel 114200 during the same period and use caliber 3130, but they remain separate reference numbers.


The line then goes quiet. Nothing replaces the 114200 in 2014, and the 116900 that revives the name in 2016 is a 40mm redesign rather than a 34mm successor.
The Air-King name disappears from the catalogue after 2014 and returns in 2016 on the 40mm 116900. That is a new design rather than a 34mm continuation.


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Marcus Siems' Air-King family history (September 2025), Erik Slaven at Monochrome (January 2025), Robb Report's Air-King guide (Allen Farmelo and Gareth Munden, September 2024) and Watch-Wiki all give 2007 as the introduction year. The 114200 ships at Baselworld 2007 alongside the 114210 engine-turned-bezel sister and the 114234 white-gold-bezel sibling, and the three trade in parallel through to 2014.
Marcus Siems' Air-King family history (September 2025), Erik Slaven at Monochrome (January 2025), Robb Report's Air-King guide (Allen Farmelo and Gareth Munden, September 2024) and Watch-Wiki all give 2007 as the introduction year. The 114200 ships at Baselworld 2007 alongside the 114210 engine-turned-bezel sister and the 114234 white-gold-bezel sibling, and the three trade in parallel through to 2014.


The 2014 retirement is equally settled. Rolex drops the Air-King from the catalogue at Baselworld 2014, and Robin Nooy at Monochrome (March 2016) frames the 116900 launch as a return after the line was "dropped from the collection." Two years is the longest break in the Air-King's catalogue presence since the 1945 introduction.
The Air-King is absent from the catalogue after 2014. Robin Nooy's 2016 Monochrome review describes the 116900 as a return after the line was dropped from the collection.


A few secondary outlets stretch the run "until 2016," which conflates the discontinuation with the line's return on a different reference. The primary editorial — Monochrome, Siems, Robb Report — consistently gives 2014 as the production end. 2007–2014 is the active span.
Some secondary sources extend the date to 2016 by counting the return of the name on the 116900. The Air-King reference histories cited here use 2007–2014 for the 114200 itself.


Rolex's own archived catalogue offers a likely explanation for the 2007–2020 reading some specialist sources give. The bare reference number 114200 does not disappear from rolex.com after 2014 — it stays live on the official site through August 2020, then drops out entirely by September 2020, the same week Rolex replaced the standard Oyster Perpetual line's 116000, 114300 and 176200/177200 with 126000, 124300 and 277200. That later run of 114200 carries plain "OYSTER PERPETUAL" dial text rather than "AIR-KING" — Rolex appears to have reassigned the reference number to the Oyster Perpetual 34 once the Air-King name moved off it in 2014, rather than continuing Air-King production to 2020. A source reading '2007–2020' is most plausibly tracking that reused catalogue number rather than a continuous Air-King run. This article's 2007–2014 Air-King figure stands; the 2014–2020 continuation is a different watch under the same number and is not covered here.
Rolex catalogues also used the bare number 114200 for Oyster Perpetual 34 watches after the Air-King left the line. Those watches carry Oyster Perpetual dial text, so a 2007–2020 date range can combine two different uses of the reference number. This page covers the Air-King version through 2014.


The reference is recent enough that most surviving examples are documented through dealer-market sales rather than catalogued auction lots. Christie's is the exception: the "Jewels and Watches Online: La Dolce Vita" sale 21040, lot 136, a full-set Domino's Pizza 114200 from c.2013 with case number 96A51575. Phillips, Sotheby's, Bonhams and Antiquorum have not catalogued the reference.
Most surviving examples are documented through dealer and regional auction listings. Christie's records a full-set Domino's Pizza 114200 from 2013, case 96A51575. A 2025 Heritage lot records a standard 34mm 114200 with caliber 3130 and 31 jewels; a current Ineichen listing gives the Air-King production span as 2007–2014.


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The 114200 runs Cal. 3130, the same movement fitted to the contemporary 14060M Submariner and the [[Reference:114270|114270 Explorer]] and used across the Rolex time-only catalogue from 1999 / 2000 through 2018: 28,800 vph (4 Hz), roughly 48 hours of reserve, hacking seconds, bidirectional self-winding, and the blue paramagnetic Parachrom hairspring Rolex rolled out from c.2005, present on the 114200 from launch.
The 114200 runs Cal. 3130, the same movement fitted to the contemporary 14060M Submariner and the [[Reference:114270|114270 Explorer]] and used across the Rolex time-only catalogue from 1999 / 2000 through 2018: 28,800 vph (4 Hz), roughly 48 hours of reserve, hacking seconds, bidirectional self-winding, and the blue paramagnetic Parachrom hairspring Rolex rolled out from c.2005, present on the 114200 from launch.


Jewel count is contested. Erik Slaven at Monochrome and Robb Report both read the 114200-era Cal. 3130 as a 31-jewel movement, up from the 27 jewels of the Cal. 3000 in the [[Reference:14000#movement-notes|14000 era]]; Marcus Siems' Air-King family history gives 27. The 31-jewel figure holds the majority position, and nothing in the production record points to a running change inside the reference. The disagreement reads as a source error rather than as two configurations.
Published catalogues give both 27 and 31 jewels for the 114200-era caliber 3130. Current auction records from Christie's and Heritage list 31; the Air-King family history cited on the page lists 27. The discrepancy is unresolved and is not a reliable way to identify a watch.


COSC certification is the architectural break with everything before it. The 4925's Cal. 10½ Hunter, the 6552's Cal. 1030, the 5500's Cal. 1530 and 1520, the 14000's Cal. 3000 and the 14000M's Cal. 3130 all shipped uncertified, with "PRECISION" or "SUPER PRECISION" on the dial depending on era.
The 114200's COSC wording distinguishes it from the earlier 14000M. The 14000M also uses caliber 3130, but its published dials read Precision and its movements were not certified as chronometers in the cited references.


The 14000M-to-114200 handoff shows how little of that was mechanical. Cal. 3130 is the same movement in both references. What changed is that Rolex sent the 114200's movements to COSC before casing and did not send the [[Reference:14000M#movement-notes|14000M]]'s.
The 14000M and 114200 share caliber 3130. The 114200 movements were certified as chronometers, while the 14000M examples cited here were not.


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The crystal is sapphire and the crown a Twinlock screw-down. Water resistance stays at 100m, unchanged from the 14000 era.
The crystal is sapphire and the crown a Twinlock screw-down. Water resistance stays at 100m, unchanged from the 14000 era.


Every 114200 is steel. No precious-metal example surfaces in the auction record, and the gold-trimmed Air-Kings of the 2007–2014 window carry their own reference numbers — the 114234 white-gold-bezel sibling, and the gem-set sub-variants that sit outside this reference entirely.
Every 114200 is steel. No precious-metal example surfaces in the auction record, and the gold-trimmed Air-Kings of the 2007–2014 window carry their own reference numbers, the 114234 white-gold-bezel sibling, and the gem-set sub-variants that sit outside this reference entirely.


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== Engraved rehaut ==
== Engraved rehaut ==


The 114200 has the engraved rehaut from launch in 2007. The inner ring around the dial carries repeating "ROLEX ROLEX ROLEX" text plus the watch's serial number, matched to the serial engraved between the lugs. Rolex adopted the convention across the steel sport line from 2005; on the Air-King, late 14000M production may show it, but on the 114200 it is standard from the first examples.
The 114200 has the engraved rehaut from launch in 2007. The inner ring around the dial carries repeating "ROLEX ROLEX ROLEX" text plus the watch's serial number, matched to the serial engraved between the lugs. The convention was in use across Rolex by the mid-2000s. Late 14000M examples may show an engraved rehaut, while the cited 114200 records show it as standard.


The repetition is fine pantograph engraving, cut rather than printed, and it reproduces badly on counterfeits.
The rehaut text is engraved rather than printed. The serial should be compared with the case and paperwork, but rehaut appearance alone is not an authenticity test.


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


No other Air-King ran a dial catalogue this wide. The concentric "wave" pattern arrives with the reference and combines with a color range the 14000 era never had — silver, black, blue, green, salmon, white, champagne — across applied stick markers, 3-6-9 Explorer Arabics, full Roman numerals and full Arabics, with the outer ring finished sunburst soleil, brushed or matte. Documented configurations run into double figures. White and champagne dials appear in the editorial record but reach the market far less often than the silver, black and blue concentrics.
The 114200 record includes concentric or wave dials in silver, black, blue, green, salmon, white, and champagne, along with applied sticks, Explorer-style 3-6-9 numerals, Roman numerals, and full Arabic numerals. These are documented configurations, not a complete global catalogue. Surface descriptions include sunburst, brushed, and matte finishes.


One nickname needs correcting. "Tutti Frutti" belongs to the gem-set Yacht-Master configurations with multi-color sapphire bezels, not to the Air-King; it turns up in dealer copy attached to the 114200's multi-color dials, where it has never been right. These are the concentric or wave dials.
"Tutti Frutti" is a Yacht-Master nickname for gem-set multicolour bezels. It should not be used for the 114200's coloured concentric dials.


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=== Silver concentric (wave) ===
=== Silver concentric (wave) ===


The volume dial. Sunburst silver outer ring, concentric circles running in from the center to the chapter ring, applied stick or baton hour markers, "OYSTER PERPETUAL" and "AIR-KING" in two lines above six with "SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED" above them. This is the 114200 most people mean when they say 114200.
Silver examples use a sunburst outer ring and concentric circles to the chapter ring, with applied sticks or batons and the chronometer wording above six.


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=== Black concentric (wave) ===
=== Black concentric (wave) ===


The same concentric pattern on a matte black ground, documented across the production and carrying a moderate premium over silver.
Black examples use the same concentric pattern on a darker ground. Published listings describe both matte and more reflective surfaces.


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=== Blue concentric with orange Arabic numerals ===
=== Blue concentric with orange Arabic numerals ===


The 114200 dial collectors actually chase. Sunburst blue outer ring, circular concentric inner section, applied orange Arabic numerals at every hour and no luminous fill at all — the orange against blue does the legibility work on its own. It goes by "Air-King concentric blue" or simply "the blue 114200," and it trades at a substantial premium to the standard configurations.
Blue concentric examples are documented with applied orange Arabic numerals at every hour and, in some descriptions, no luminous fill. Listings call them blue concentric or blue 114200 dials; market pricing varies by condition and configuration.


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=== Green concentric ===
=== Green concentric ===


Sunburst green outer with a concentric inner section, usually applied stick markers. Monochrome's Air-King history names green among the catalogue colors, but it reaches the dealer market less often than blue or salmon.
Sunburst green outer with a concentric inner section, usually applied stick markers. Green is listed among the catalogue colours in the Air-King histories cited here.


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=== 3-6-9 Explorer dial ===
=== 3-6-9 Explorer dial ===


The Explorer layout the 5500 made famous and the 14000 carried over continues here: Arabic numerals at three, six and nine with batons or sticks elsewhere, on a black or silvered ground that may be concentric or flat. Erik Slaven at Monochrome calls it "a standard arrangement" on the 114200 — a catalogue option rather than a rarity.
The Explorer layout the 5500 made famous and the 14000 carried over continues here: Arabic numerals at three, six and nine with batons or sticks elsewhere, on a black or silvered ground that may be concentric or flat. Erik Slaven at Monochrome calls it "a standard arrangement" on the 114200, a catalogue option rather than a rarity.


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=== Roman numeral dial ===
=== Roman numeral dial ===


Roman numerals at every hour or at the cardinal positions, on silvered, black or salmon grounds. The Roman 114200 reads closer to a Datejust than to a traditional Air-King, and it belongs to the same appeal-widening catalogue as the rest of the palette.
Roman numerals at every hour or at the cardinal positions, on silvered, black or salmon grounds. Roman-numeral examples use the same case and movement with a more Datejust-like dial layout.


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== Bracelets ==
== Bracelets ==


19mm Oyster across the production. The 114200 era moves case and bracelet to 904L stainless steel, the alloy Rolex adopted across the catalogue after 2003. The bracelet is the 78350 on 557B solid end-links, the refined version of the 14000-era 557, closed by the modern Oysterclasp with its 5mm Easylink comfort extension.
The 114200 uses a 19mm Oyster bracelet in the same stainless-steel family as the case. Published examples commonly show bracelet 78350 with 557B end-links and an Oysterclasp with a 5mm Easylink comfort extension. Bracelet and clasp fitment should be checked on the individual watch.


Nothing about the bracelet platform changed at the 14000M handoff. What changed is the steel grade and the Easylink clasp, both catalogue-wide moves in the same window.
The bracelet and clasp details distinguish documented 114200 examples from earlier 14000M listings, but the cited sources do not establish a single change point for every component.


A folded-link Jubilee was a period catalogue option and turns up on a minority of surviving examples, mostly the Roman-numeral and Arabic-numeral dials sold into the Datejust-adjacent market.
Some surviving listings show a Jubilee bracelet, but the cited material does not establish it as a standard factory option for every dial variant. Bracelet originality needs watch-specific documentation.


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=== Domino's Pizza 114200 ===
=== Domino's Pizza 114200 ===
The Domino's Pizza incentive program carried on from the 5500 and 14000 era to the 114200. Christie's "Jewels and Watches Online: La Dolce Vita" sale 21040, lot 136 documents one: c.2013, case 96A51575, Cal. 3130, full set with original box and papers. The dial is a silvered Explorer 3-6-9 with Arabic numerals at three, six and nine, the Domino's logo sits on a center bracelet link rather than on the dial itself, and the awardee's commemorative engraving is on the caseback.


[[File:Ref 114200 dominos detail.webp|thumb|right|260px|alt=Rolex 114200 Dominos detail|Rolex Air-King 114200 Dominos Pizza, dial logo + caseback commemorative engraving]]
[[File:Ref 114200 dominos detail.webp|thumb|right|260px|alt=Rolex 114200 Dominos detail|Rolex Air-King 114200 Dominos Pizza, dial logo + caseback commemorative engraving]]


The Domino's Pizza incentive program carried on from the 5500 and 14000 era to the 114200. Christie's "Jewels and Watches Online: La Dolce Vita" sale 21040, lot 136 documents one: c.2013, case 96A51575, Cal. 3130, full set with original box and papers. The dial is a silvered Explorer 3-6-9 with Arabic numerals at three, six and nine, the Domino's logo sits on a center bracelet link rather than on the dial itself, and the awardee's commemorative engraving is on the caseback.
Christie's condition report gives the dial as clean and original with only light case wear, and the lot kept its original guarantee and sales tag. The original guarantee and sales tag tie the watch to a 2013 delivery and support the caseback and bracelet presentation described in the lot.
 
Christie's condition report gives the dial as clean and original with only light case wear, and the lot kept its original guarantee and sales tag. The paperwork is what makes the example useful: it ties the watch to a 2013 delivery rather than to a bracelet or caseback added later, which on a presentation piece matters as much as where the logo sits.


The 114200 is the last documented Domino's Air-King reference — the program wound down in the early 2010s, before Rolex moved past the 114200 in 2014. Examples surface less often than the 5500 and 14000 Domino's pieces.
This is one documented Domino's Air-King example. The guarantee and presentation packaging tie it to a 2013 delivery; they do not establish how many such watches were made.


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=== 114210 engine-turned-bezel sibling ===
=== 114210 engine-turned-bezel sibling ===


Twin to the 114200 across 2007–2014, differing only in its fluted engine-turned bezel. Collectors split on whether it is an Air-King sub-variant or a Datejust-adjacent reference of its own; the Air-King family hub keeps it inside the 114200 generation.
The 114210 is the engine-turned-bezel sibling of the 114200. The 114234 uses a fluted white-gold bezel. All three references belong to the same 34mm Air-King generation and use caliber 3130.


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=== 114234 white-gold-bezel sibling ===
=== 114234 white-gold-bezel sibling ===


A steel case with a fluted white-gold bezel set into the case middle, otherwise a 114200: same case middle, same Cal. 3130, same dial palette. It sits at the precious-metal-trim end of the generation and trades at a substantial premium to the steel-only reference.
A steel case with a fluted white-gold bezel set into the case middle, otherwise a 114200: same case middle, same Cal. 3130, same dial palette. It is the precious-metal-trim sibling of the steel 114200; prices depend on the bezel, dial, condition, and papers.


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=== Signed and commemorative dials ===
=== Signed and commemorative dials ===


Tiffany & Co.-signed, Cartier-signed and government-crest 114200s (Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait) do not appear in the auction record through 2025. Modern references digitise more slowly than vintage ones, so the gap is not proof that none were made. But nothing documented currently supports them.
The sources reviewed through 2025 do not document Tiffany & Co.-signed, Cartier-signed, or government-crest 114200 dials. That absence is not proof that none exist.


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! Sale !! Lot !! Year !! Reference details !! Result
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| Christie's Jewels and Watches Online "La Dolce Vita" || 136 || c.2018 || 114200 Domino's Pizza c.2013, case 96A51575, Cal 3130, full set || estimate and hammer not published
| Christie's Jewels and Watches Online "La Dolce Vita" || 136 || 2013 manufacture || 114200 Domino's Pizza, case 96A51575, Cal. 3130, full set || result not shown on current lot page
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| Heritage Contemporary Classics || 12043 || 2025 || 114200, 34mm, silver concentric, Cal. 3130, 31 jewels || USD 8,750
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Regional UK and US auctioneers and the dealer market carry the 114200; the headline Geneva and New York catalogues do not. The Christie's La Dolce Vita Domino's lot is the strongest auction-house anchor the reference has.
The table is a small set of public records, not a census. Christie's supplies the detailed Domino's provenance; Heritage supplies a current standard-watch result. Regional listings add examples but do not establish production totals or a fixed market value.


Pricing across the dealer market sits in the USD 4,500–7,000 band for standard silver and black concentric examples in clean condition. Blue concentric with orange Arabic, salmon, and green configurations carry premiums into the USD 8,000–12,000 range. Domino's, the 114210 fluted-bezel sibling, and the 114234 white-gold-bezel sibling all trade at distinct premium tiers tied to their specific configurations.
Prices vary with dial, bracelet, condition, and paperwork. The public records above are better read as dated examples than as a valuation range.


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== The 114200-to-116900 redesign ==
== The 114200-to-116900 redesign ==


The Air-King leaves the Rolex catalogue at Baselworld 2014 and comes back at Baselworld 2016 as the 116900, at 40mm and as a redesign rather than a successor. Robin Nooy's Monochrome hands-on review (March 2016) frames the launch as a return after the line was "dropped from the collection," and editorial has treated the 116900 as a reset ever since.
The Air-King 34mm references leave the catalogue by 2014. Rolex returned to the name at Baselworld 2016 with the 40mm 116900, a separate case and dial design. Robin Nooy's Monochrome review describes it as a return after the line had been dropped.


The design language shares little with the 114200. The case grows 6mm. The dial takes stylized Arabic numerals at three, six and nine, a green seconds hand and a heavier "AIR-KING" wordmark, and the movement sits inside a soft-iron Faraday cage of the kind Rolex uses on the Milgauss. The 1940s aviation-numeral dial reads back to the 4925 era's pilot-watch commemoration; it does not read forward from the 5500 / 14000 / 14000M / 114200 entry-tier sport Oyster lineage.
The 116900 changes to a 40mm case, stylized Arabic numerals, a green seconds hand, a heavier AIR-KING wordmark, and a soft-iron inner case. Its design is separate from the 34mm 114200.


So the 114200 closes the continuous 34mm chapter, and it is sometimes treated as the family's modern-era closing piece. The 116900 and its 2022 126900 successor belong to their own design language, and editorial coverage of the Air-King generally splits at the 2014/2016 boundary.
The 114200 is the final 34mm Air-King reference before the 2016 40mm redesign. The 116900 and 2022 126900 use a different case and dial language.


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== Authentication ==
== Authentication ==


Verification on a 114200 is easier than on any vintage Air-King. The rehaut is the cleanest single anchor: its serial must match the engraving between the lugs exactly. A mismatch flags case replacement, and modern counterfeit production routinely gets the two engravings out of step.
Verify a 114200 by checking the rehaut, case, movement, dial, bracelet, and paperwork together. The rehaut serial should agree with the case serial and the guarantee when those records are original; a mismatch requires investigation rather than a single automatic conclusion.


The case stamp inside the caseback should read 114200. Early examples can be checked against late letter-prefix serial ranges, but Rolex moved to randomized alphanumeric serials around 2010; on later 114200s the serial alone will not assign a production year, and the warranty card or sale record becomes the stronger date anchor.
The case stamp inside the caseback should read 114200. Early examples can be checked against late letter-prefix serial ranges, but Rolex moved to randomized alphanumeric serials around 2010; on later 114200s the serial alone will not assign a production year, and the warranty card or sale record becomes the stronger date anchor.


The movement should be Cal. 3130. A Cal. 3000 in a 114200 is a swap out of the 14000 generation and wrong for the reference; a Cal. 3132 or any 32XX is equally wrong here, though those are genuine Rolex movements from elsewhere in the catalogue rather than invented calibers. The blue Parachrom hairspring should be visible inside the balance assembly on every example.
The movement should be Cal. 3130. A Cal. 3000 in a 114200 is a swap out of the 14000 generation and wrong for the reference; a Cal. 3132 or any 32XX is equally wrong here, though those are genuine Rolex movements from elsewhere in the catalogue rather than invented calibers. The movement should carry the 3130 architecture and its service history should be checked; the hairspring is not a substitute for a full movement inspection.


The concentric pattern is engraved, not printed. Counterfeit dials tend to screen-print it, and the result reads flatter and coarser than the pantograph-cut original. A loupe on the concentric finish is the fastest dial check the reference offers.
Inspect the concentric finish under magnification, but do not treat texture alone as an authenticity test. A replacement or refinished dial can retain the correct pattern while differing in printing, lume, or surface finish.


The bracelet should be a 78350 on 557B end-links in 904L steel. A matte 14000-era 557 end-link is a service refit, as is any post-2014 Oyster bracelet reference. The clasp should be the modern Oysterclasp with the 5mm Easylink extension; anything older has been replaced.
Published 114200 examples commonly use a 78350 Oyster with 557B end-links, but bracelets and clasps are replaceable. End-link, clasp, and bracelet dates should be compared with the watch's delivery records rather than treated as automatic proof of replacement.


Restoration barely enters the picture. The reference is recent enough that most survivors still wear their original dials, so a spotless 114200 is plausible rather than suspect.
The reference is recent, but service and replacement parts still occur. A clean example needs the same case, dial, movement, bracelet, and paperwork checks as any other watch.


== Related references ==
== Related references ==
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* [[Reference:4499|Air-King 4499]]
* [[Reference:4499|Air-King 4499]]
* [[Reference:4925|Air-King 4925]]
* [[Reference:4925|Air-King 4925]]
* [[Reference:5500|Air-King 5500]] — 34mm Oyster (1957–1989)
* [[Reference:5500|Air-King 5500]], 34mm Oyster (1957–1989)
* [[Reference:5501|Air-King 5501]]
* [[Reference:5501|Air-King 5501]]
* [[Reference:5502|Air-King 5502]]
* [[Reference:5502|Air-King 5502]]


See also the [[Reference:air-king|Air-King family index]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]].
See also the [[Reference:air-king|Air-King family index]], [[Reference:Movements|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers|serial numbers by year]].
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File:Ref 114200 hero.webp|Air-King 114200 silver concentric dial
File:Ref 114200 dominos detail.webp|Domino's example, dial logo and commemorative caseback engraving
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'' — Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
* [https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5841951 Rolex Air-King 114200 Domino's Pizza, case 96A51575] (Christie's, 2013)
* [https://jewelry.ha.com/itm/timepieces/wristwatch/rolex-air-king-reference-114200-stainless-steel-wristwatch-with-box/a/21175-12043.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Open-ActionBar-PreviousLot-090315 Rolex Air-King 114200, lot 12043] (Heritage Auctions, 2025)
* [https://ineichen.com/auctions/timed-44/69/ Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air-King 114200] (Ineichen, current listing)
 
* ''The Vintage Rolex Field Manual'', Colin A. White, Morning Tundra
* [https://www.rescapement.com/blog/rolex-air-king-history Tony Traina, "Rolex Air-King History: The Forgotten King", Rescapement]
* [https://www.rescapement.com/blog/rolex-air-king-history Tony Traina, "Rolex Air-King History: The Forgotten King", Rescapement]
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/history-of-the-rolex-air-king-the-underrated-pilots-watch/ Erik Slaven, "History of the Rolex Air-King, the underrated pilots watch", Monochrome Watches, 2025]
* [https://monochrome-watches.com/history-of-the-rolex-air-king-the-underrated-pilots-watch/ Erik Slaven, "History of the Rolex Air-King, the underrated pilots watch", Monochrome Watches, 2025]
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* [https://www.watch-wiki.net/doku.php?id=rolex_air-king "Rolex Air-King", Watch-Wiki]
* [https://www.watch-wiki.net/doku.php?id=rolex_air-king "Rolex Air-King", Watch-Wiki]
* [https://www.windvintage.com/rolex-air-king-reference-114200-pink-hour-markers-unpolished-full-set Eric Wind, "Rolex Air-King Reference 114200 Pink Hour Markers Unpolished Full Set Wind Vintage", Wind Vintage]
* [https://www.windvintage.com/rolex-air-king-reference-114200-pink-hour-markers-unpolished-full-set Eric Wind, "Rolex Air-King Reference 114200 Pink Hour Markers Unpolished Full Set Wind Vintage", Wind Vintage]
* [https://revolutionwatch.com/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king/ Ross Povey, "The King is Dead Long Live The King — Air-King transition 14000-116900 Ross Povey Revolution", Revolution Watch, 2020]
* [https://revolutionwatch.com/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king/ Ross Povey, "The King is Dead Long Live The King, Air-King transition 14000-116900 Ross Povey Revolution", Revolution Watch, 2020]
* [https://therake.com/default/stories/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king Ross Povey, "The King is Dead Long Live The King The Rake Povey syndicated", The Rake, 2020]
* [https://therake.com/default/stories/the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king Ross Povey, "The King is Dead Long Live The King The Rake Povey syndicated", The Rake, 2020]




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