Newly Acquired Pre-Owned, Need Help on Provenance

[Jpccarguy]

Gang, I need some advice on a 34 mm salmon dial I just picked up for my wife. It doesn’t seem to fit any reference information I can find, and it’s too new to be in the vintage forum. The warranty card says 2015 from a British Caribbean AD, #114200. The dial has Arabic 3/6/9, but it doesn’t say Air King. Is this real
and rare, or just another replica? Thanks in advance.


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[OrangeSport]

Similar layout to a 29mm OP my wife had.

Quick Google search of the ref you gave show a mixture of OPS and AKs..

[Wobbly]

A quick search on Chrono24 has plenty of 114200 without Air King on the dial.

[Jpccarguy]

Originally Posted by OrangeSport

Similar layout to a 29mm OP my wife had.

Quick Google search of the ref you gave show a mixture of OPS and AKs..

Thanks, we’ve been doing some of that. But it’s odd that the same reference is used for Air Kings, and this one has Arabic’s without the AK. All the 34 mm OP’s we see are sticks only.

[Jpccarguy]

Originally Posted by Wobbly

A quick search on Chrono24 has plenty of 114200 without Air King on the dial.

Chrono 24 has no 34 mm salmon dial OP’s- that’s why we thought something was off. Thanks for the expert input- why I love TRF!

[wareaglesig]

My wife has this same watch in a blue dial with 3-6-9, and it does knot have “Air King” on the dial either.


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[Jpccarguy]

And now, the plot thickens… the online listing showed 34 mm, my micrometer measures 36 mm!

[Wobbly]

Originally Posted by Jpccarguy

Chrono 24 has no 34 mm salmon dial OP’s- that’s why we thought something was off. Thanks for the expert input- why I love TRF!

Maybe no pink dials, but as said, plenty without Air King on the dial.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Wobbly

Maybe no pink dials, but as said, plenty without Air King on the dial.

That's because its not a Airking but a OP nothing more.

[Cobar65]

It’s not an Air King. It’s an Oyster Perpetual ;)


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[Jpccarguy]

Originally Posted by padi56

That's because its not a Airking but a OP nothing more.

Thanks to all. Peter, I was thrown because we researched 114200 and saw only AK’s, and the Arabic’s made me think AK. A 36 mm OP is clearly a different animal, and the salmon color is clearly different from the current OP pink dial option.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Jpccarguy

Thanks to all. Peter, I was thrown because we researched 114200 and saw only AK’s, and the Arabic’s made me think AK. A 36 mm OP is clearly a different animal, and the salmon color is clearly different from the current OP pink dial option.

The OP 34mm can come with batons or the Arabic explorer type dial.