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beesquared 28 May 2020 01:02 AM
Crazy collaboration between Domino's and Rolex. The story behind is heartwarming too.

DG123 30 May 2020 12:42 AM
In this thread we've seen papers/cards marked Schlanderer & Sons Jewelry, an Ann Arbor, Michigan store. Maybe all the Dominoes logo watches are ordered thru that store ?

powerfunk 30 May 2020 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by DG123 (Post 10643518)
In this thread we've seen papers/cards marked Schlanderer & Sons Jewelry, an Ann Arbor, Michigan store. Maybe all the Dominoes logo watches are ordered thru that store ?
Domino's headquarters is in Ann Arbor so that seems plausible

DG123 30 May 2020 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by powerfunk (Post 10643572)
Domino's headquarters is in Ann Arbor so that seems plausible
Rolex website reveals 11 Michigan AD's, however Schlanderer & Sons Jewelry, Ann Arbor is not one of them. Maybe the store is a former AD rather than a current one.

WatchEater666 30 May 2020 02:24 AM
Wow, great thread! I've wanted to get corp watches made to celebrate exits, etc... but we aren't anywhere near big enough for Rolex or other large brands :(

Sublovin 4 June 2020 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by mineral (Post 8247051)
Some pictures of my NOS domino AK to share with you guys and thanks Rob for putting up this summary of various domino AK.

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Really cool. Air King’s are certainly on the small side, kinda like a Dominos pizza! :chuckle:

mineral 4 June 2020 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Sublovin (Post 10655158)
Really cool. Air King’s are certainly on the small side, kinda like a Dominos pizza! :chuckle:

It depends and if you have small to medium wrist size, the AK 34mm can be good size and does not appear too small on the wrist.


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Sublovin 13 June 2020 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by mineral (Post 10655248)
It depends and if you have small to medium wrist size, the AK 34mm can be good size and does not appear too small on the wrist.


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Yep, definitely wasn’t a knock on the watch, more on the Dominos “Large” pizza!:chuckle:

powerfunk 18 July 2020 12:25 AM
Just saw that Awad Watches listed an interesting "small square" circa 1994 with this clasp:

https://i.imgur.com/aTXQZeph.png

And a caseback with "$20,006 11-6-94" engraved instead of the usual logo:
https://i.imgur.com/VodmFOMh.png

powerfunk 18 July 2020 02:31 AM
Awad Watches also claims this "Double Domino's" is original. It is from 2003 which does put it right around the time the logo transitioned from the dial to the bracelet. Interesting if this is in fact original:

https://i.imgur.com/F3sc4Q3h.png

Journeyforce 28 July 2020 10:49 AM
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Great post. I love the Domino's Rolex watches. There are a lot of folks that hate the watch because it "supposedly" demeans the Rolex brand to have a pizza chain on the watch. But a person has to be a success in life/work to afford a Rolex. These Domino's watches are the embodiment of success as the person that won one had to be a good enough manager to pull in a certain amount of sales for 4 or 5 consecutive weeks to get one.

I think your post is very informative. There is a slight error. The 114200 Air-King was given out as a Domino's watch until it was discontinued in 2014. The 2007-2012 114200 had the full Domino's logo on the case back and bracelet. The 2013-2014 Air-King had the logo you call simplified on it. That simplified logo was phased in in mid 2012 as Dominos dropped the pizza part to call themselves Domino's so they could sell other things besides pizza (like subs). Once the Air-King got retired at the end of 2014 the OP 36 got to be the sole Domino's watch.

I just got my Domino's OP36 last week. I love the watch and it wears nice

powerfunk 28 July 2020 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Journeyforce (Post 10781412)
That simplified logo was phased in in mid 2012 as Dominos dropped the pizza part...The 114200 Air-King was given out as a Domino's watch until it was discontinued in 2014.
That makes sense; thanks for the clarification!

So the "simplified logo" 114200 should say "2012-2014" instead of "2008-2011" like it does currently. :cheers:

330ci 29 July 2020 02:35 AM
these things used to sell for $1000-1500 and noone wanted them. interesting watches, but considering you can get a 5500 for $2k and the last 5500 dominoes dial went for $5k, I think they're a bit overpriced. I remember passing on one when I was buying my first rolex, went with a manual wind non domino dial instead, didn't appreciate nearly as much lol

jjfesq 21 August 2020 12:05 PM
great post!

Texex 21 August 2020 01:09 PM
Cool post OP. 200K in pizza in a month is a ton of pizza sales. Those AKs were earned. Very interesting


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330ci 2 September 2020 09:16 AM
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Million-Dol...oAAOSwMXpfToTR


heres one from hungry howies! I assume it was $1m annual sales.

996marty 2 September 2020 08:05 PM
Some fascinating stories plus I like the look with the Dominos logo a super cool watch

powerfunk 3 September 2020 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by 330ci (Post 10872070)
heres one from hungry howies! I assume it was $1m annual sales.
Whoa! Never knew about those; thanks! :cheers:

Joe_LA 7 September 2020 02:34 AM
Rob, powerfunk, thank you so much for putting this together! I'm a former awardee as a store manager of a 5500 series Domino's Air-King in 1988. At that time, the award was based on a $20k sales week. In perspective, only 30+/- reached those levels. And that was 1988 dollars. A few additions to your information. The 1980s 5500s did not have a Domino's Pizza logo on the backplate. Only the awardee's 3 initials and Monohans initials, TSM, on the bottom. I still have my box and all the papers. The warranty card from Schanderer & Sons is listed, but NOT Dominos under Purchaser.

Mine was stolen in a burglary in 2005. I'm now on a search to replace it with a 5500 series.

powerfunk 8 September 2020 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe_LA (Post 10888804)
the awardee's 3 initials and Monohans initials, TSM, on the bottom. I still have my box and all the papers. The warranty card from Schanderer & Sons is listed, but NOT Dominos under Purchaser.
That's interesting to know that not all Domino's Rolexes have "Domino's" on the warranty or caseback; I appreciate the info. And again good luck on your hunt :cheers:

Joe_LA 8 September 2020 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by powerfunk (Post 10891985)
That's interesting to know that not all Domino's Rolexes have "Domino's" on the warranty or caseback; I appreciate the info. And again good luck on your hunt :cheers:
Rob- I was going to post a picture of the complete package that came with the watch, but the system here asks for a link to post a picture. Huh??!!

Rushhour 20 September 2020 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by padi56 (Post 8865719)
Agree over the many years of Rolex there have been quite a few award watches even brands like Coco-Cola.But today many narrow minded so called Rolex watch owners just see the word Domino lowers the brand.But if they had to achieve what that Domino employee had to do to earn that Rolex watch perhaps then it would be a different story.

Well said.

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Rushhour 20 September 2020 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by motisingh (Post 10606287)
Wow! I didn't think this would be a thread I'd read on my first day on the forum.

So, I'm a Domino's franchisee in the UK and this thread has brought back a lot of memories.

We've been blessed to win over 120 Air Kings over the past 20 years and I've just posted in the welcome forum that my most sentimental watch is the Air King I won as a store manager.

The original story is something that we hold very close to our hearts in Domino's. For those that don't know:

The chain’s founder, Tom Monaghan, gave his highest-earning franchise owner the watch right off his wrist. In his 1986 autobiography, Pizza Tiger, Monaghan wrote, “I wore a Bulova with our Domino’s logo on its face. A franchisee asked what he had to do to get that watch from me, and I told him, ‘Turn in a twenty-thousand-dollar sales week.’ He did it.”

Since then, managers have tried to break a sales barrier record (for 4 consecutive weeks) to hit a different Rolex "level", with the reward being an Air King Domino's Rolex Watch.

Every single watch that our franchise has won has been given to the store managers and it's something we are very proud of.

I did feel like the ultimate king one day when I walked out of an awards ceremony in Vegas with 20 of them about a decade ago.


My Grandad wore my Air King from the day I won it, to the day he passed in 2015. It's something I'll always hold close to my heart.

This forum is great and thanks for being so welcoming

Wow - great story, especially since you gave the watches to the stores that made it happen.


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powerfunk 17 November 2020 08:07 AM
126000 is already on the market. This one is listed for 8k on eBay:

https://i.imgur.com/GEhWOBIh.jpg

Pelicovert2 10 December 2020 10:38 AM
Oh boy! This is a great write up. I remember reading about a few "recherché" Zephyr 1009 from the mid 60s. They bore the Domino's Pizza logo_very neat.
I wonder if the were sample watches or if they made it to domino's.
In the 60s thru the mid 80s many u.s. and foreign companies had their logos on Rolrx dials> I remember seeing a lot of gasoline related logos.

powerfunk 10 December 2020 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Pelicovert2 (Post 11118726)
Oh boy! This is a great write up. I remember reading about a few "recherché" Zephyr 1009 from the mid 60s. They bore the Domino's Pizza logo_very neat.
Thanks! Are you sure it was a Zephyr with a Domino's logo? I thought 1960's was before all that started.

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Originally Posted by Pelicovert2 (Post 11118726)
I remember seeing a lot of gasoline related logos.
True, there are definitely a lot of petroleum company dials! In this thread you can see my attempt to post pics of every known logo dial.

Also I just stumbled across this ladies' Domino's Rolex (176200) with the Domino's logo on the upper part of the bracelet:

https://i.imgur.com/3pdTQLbh.png

Pelicovert2 16 December 2020 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by powerfunk (Post 11119809)
Thanks! Are you sure it was a Zephyr with a Domino's logo? I thought 1960's was before all that started.
I remember it well bevause it was the first time I had seen a Rolex watch with a logo. It may have been a "prototype" to be shown Domino's. Obviously the guys at Domino's liked it and over the yeas ordered many watches :cheers:

powerfunk 21 October 2022 09:38 PM
https://i.imgur.com/M1RaWLNl.png

powerfunk 16 December 2022 02:53 AM
Apparently Rolex has ended their relationship with Domino's after 4 decades. Future Domino's award watches will be Omegas. Truly the end of an era!

jayceeho 15 May 2024 10:59 AM
These are so unique and a great collector's item. What a great collab

salem65 19 June 2024 05:00 PM
Was a great collab.


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77T 19 June 2024 09:22 PM
I'm glad this thread was bumped up.

It gives me a chance to say something about Domino's leadership starting this recognition program.

It motivated many people in the long-term by using the Rolex crown for achievement versus short-term cash bonuses (which of course are nice).

Anyway, sorry that current leadership has lost the vision by going to Omega. I like Omega but they are not Rolex as a motivator for high achievers.


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