Hi! Nice review. Bought this as my first Rolex in 2016, from official dealer. I had to wait for it a couple of weeks, but nothing like today. And I even got, something around 400euros discount, imagine that :D I was not THAT deep in the watches back then as I am now, so the ''hatred'' for this model in the watchcommunity came as a suprise to me back then. But, I could not care less if some, or most Rolex fans don't like it, or even hate it. The 116900 still has lot's of fans too, and for me, it's the perfect Rolex. They did many things right with the new Air-King, but at the same time it lost ''that something'' that made 116900 pretty unique. Well, enjoy yours with pride, I for sure will do that with mine ;)
I have both old and new one. Very hard to puck. Old one look more classy but new one look more sporty with crown guard that's all i can say. I like them both.
Funny, I'm actually thinking of trading my omega speedmaster 3861 for this Rolex Air-king, the omega has definitely went down in value but Rolex doesn't ever really seem to have that problem!!!
I ptefer the new one myslef , i did like the old one and still do before the new one came out though, many didnt. The new one should still use the milgaus case even though it doenst need it , i do prefer that case to the new one .
