newbie question about speedking

[peter2704]

dont shoot me down boys,thinking of getting the wife a rolex,i have seen a couple on ebay 30mm speedking,6430 ,can anyone tell me more about this model good/bad /prices??? pic's welcome
cheers
peter

[Tools]

Speedkings were re-badged Air Kings.. the smaller size was referred to as "Boys Size"..

Nothing wrong with them... They are more rare than the Air Kings, but no collectors are falling over themselves to collect so prices are still reasonable..

[peter2704]

ok,so a reliable movement? i just like the look and for the wife it would be perfect,not too big not too small

[Czechman]

Peter, remember that if it isn't "perpetual" it's a manual wind watch. If your wife is anything like my GF winding a watch will be about as alien as charging a cell phone!

[peter2704]

never knew that ,cheers

[bcarmenRolex]

Czechman....LOL...So True.

[peter2704]

so to wind it up do you just pull the crown out or unscrew like on a sub then wind???(told you i knew nothing)

[Czechman]

I'm not sure but I imagine that you just wind to wind and pull the stem to change time... but I'd like to know for sure myself.

[Tools]

All Oyster case watches need to be unscrewed to manually wind... Perpetual or not


(There are a few very rare vintage exceptions)

[Czechman]

Originally Posted by Tools

All Oyster case watches need to be unscrewed to manually wind... Perpetual or not

Thanks for the education... always good to learn something new.

[johnnyjohnny]

speedkings are coool...

all the precisions are the style that i like best about rolex, believe it or don't. the manual wind movements are totally accurate, more so than a new perpetual i got five years ago which is now sold

the manual precisions (redundant, i know) also have the slimmer profile, which at one time premium watch companies like patek and others were fighting about for claiming rights...

further, the 30mm case, 34mm with crown, is the most beautiful creation i think rolex has come up with...has the trademark modern, now classic, rolex lines unencumbered by trying to bulk up to fit a perpetual movement in them...they are a purists dream

i just got a speedking precision that has never been polished...few scratches, so it will be going in for a full service and manufacturer grade polish in the next 6 months...luckily it had been worn very little and the beautiful but dastardly oyster bracelet didn't chew up either the lug backs or mess up the space between the lugs...so it's been transferred to a strap and looks simply pure and delightful

i'm 6ft, 180, but a lot of the ww2 military issue german/brit/u.s. watches i wear are smaller than it, so the precision speedking fits fine...i do take umbrage at it being called a 'boy's' size, and until someone shows me a rolex ad or literature on the subject, i'll just believe it's a misused and concocted term made up by people who like brix on their wrists

as for the accuracy, been spot on with my computer clock for a week now, and with a 58 hour time reserve, easy on the need to wind...though don't get it unless you like unscrewing that sculpted crown every second day...a watchlover's watch no doubt

one drawback i've heard from my rolex tech is that the tubes do need to be changed more often with all the screwing and unscrewing ..but it's such a delightful and beautiful watch, what the heck

my fave, fer sure fer sure