Rolex Air-King 5500

Bands that fit

Cut and stitched in Milano, in the width this watch takes.

Hammered Black Calfskin Strap — Ecru Stitching€98Brown Italian Leather Strap€80Black Saffiano Strap Ecru Stitching€90Vintage Brown Calfskin Strap — Natural Patina€98Swift Topo Leather Strap€120Green Lizard Strap€145

See every 19 mm band →

Will a strap close on your wrist?

Set for this watch: 34 mm of case and 19 mm between the lugs. Add your wrist and see where a standard strap would close.

Why ready-made straps come in one length →

Sizing notes

• 19 mm is the gap between the lugs, so a 19 mm band goes in without adapters. Whether it sits flush against a 34 mm case depends on how that case is shaped.
• This reference has drilled lugs: the spring bars are accessible from the outside, which makes band changes easier and safer on the case.
• 19 mm is an odd size: most ready-made bands are made in even widths, so this reference needs one cut to measure or a band that runs in odd sizes. Why some watches take odd sizes →
• Inside the Air-King family the lug width is not one number: it runs 19, 20, 21 mm. This reference is the 19 mm one, so a band bought for another Air-King may not fit it. Why the size changes inside a family →
• 19 mm is not a common size: only 1,919 of the 41,485 watches measured take it (4.6%), so ready-made choice at this width is narrower than at 20 or 22 mm. Every watch that takes 19 mm →

Made to measure

Other Air-King references

• 20 mm
  Air-King 116900116900
• 20 mm
  Air-King 40116900-0001
• 20 mm
  Air-King 126900126900
• 21 mm
  Air-King 40126900-0001
• 19 mm
  Air-King 1400014000
• 19 mm
  Air-King 1401014010

Same lug width, other Rolex lines

• 19 mm
  Oyster Perpetual 34 10031003
• 19 mm
  Oyster Perpetual 34 114200114200
• 19 mm
  Oyster Perpetual 34 Blue Explorer114200-0014
• 19 mm
  Oyster Perpetual 34 Silver Explorer114200-0019
• 19 mm
  Oyster Perpetual 34 Red Grape114200-0020
• 19 mm
  Oyster Perpetual 34 Olive Green114200-0021