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<small>[[Reference:air-king|Air-King]] -> '''14010M'''</small> | |||
The 14010M is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King of the Cal. 3130 generation, running beside the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000M|14000M]] exactly as the [[Reference:14010|14010]] ran beside the 14000 before it. The M suffix marks a movement change and nothing else. Rolex swapped Cal. 3000 for Cal. 3130 at the turn of the millennium and appended the letter to both Air-King reference numbers, leaving the 34mm steel case, the sapphire crystal, the Twinlock crown, the smooth rehaut and the 78350 Oyster bracelet where they were. | The 14010M is the engine-turned-bezel Air-King of the Cal. 3130 generation, running beside the smooth-bezel [[Reference:14000M|14000M]] exactly as the [[Reference:14010|14010]] ran beside the 14000 before it. The M suffix marks a movement change and nothing else. Rolex swapped Cal. 3000 for Cal. 3130 at the turn of the millennium and appended the letter to both Air-King reference numbers, leaving the 34mm steel case, the sapphire crystal, the Twinlock crown, the smooth rehaut and the 78350 Oyster bracelet where they were. | ||
That makes the 14010M the last engine-turned Air-King without a chronometer rating. Its dial reads PRECISION, the same word every Air-King had carried since the Cal. 1520 5500s, and the 114210 that replaces it in 2007 is the first of the decorative-bezel references to say SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED. Six years of production separate the two, and the dial text is the fastest way to tell them apart. | That makes the 14010M the last engine-turned Air-King without a chronometer rating. Its dial reads PRECISION, the same word every Air-King had carried since the Cal. 1520 5500s, and the 114210 that replaces it in 2007 is the first of the decorative-bezel references to say SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED. Six years of production separate the two, and the dial text is the fastest way to tell them apart. | ||
[[File:Ref 14010M hero.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010M glossy black dial|Rolex Air-King 14010M, 2001, glossy black Luminova dial reading PRECISION]] | |||
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==Dial map== | ==Dial map== | ||
[[File:Ref 14010M salmon dial.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010M salmon 3-6-9 dial|Salmon 3-6-9 14010M, 2001, with luminous baton markers and applied Arabic numerals]] | |||
[[File:Ref 14010M roman dial.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010M white Roman dial|White Roman-numeral 14010M, 2002, the dress configuration]] | |||
The 14010M inherited the 14010's dial catalogue intact, and the configurations that surface most often are the ones the engine-turned bezel flatters. | The 14010M inherited the 14010's dial catalogue intact, and the configurations that surface most often are the ones the engine-turned bezel flatters. | ||
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==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ==Case, bezel, crystal, and crown== | ||
[[File:Ref 14010M case detail.webp|thumb|right|250px|alt=Rolex Air-King 14010M case and bezel detail|The 34mm Oyster case at an angle, showing the engine-turned bezel and smooth rehaut]] | |||
34mm across, roughly 11.2mm thick, 43mm lug to lug: the same three-piece steel Oyster the 14010 used, with 19mm non-drilled lugs, a sapphire crystal, a Twinlock screw-down crown and 100m of water resistance. Every 14010M is steel. | 34mm across, roughly 11.2mm thick, 43mm lug to lug: the same three-piece steel Oyster the 14010 used, with 19mm non-drilled lugs, a sapphire crystal, a Twinlock screw-down crown and 100m of water resistance. Every 14010M is steel. | ||