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	\|description=The 6552 is the first automatic Air-King — 1953 to 1957, 34mm steel Oyster, Cal 1030 (Rolex's first bidirectional self-winding caliber). The bridge between the hand-wound 4925 and the long-running 5500. "Super Precision" dial text despite chronometer-grade movement adjustment.		\|description=The 6552 is the first automatic Air-King — 1953 to 1957, 34mm steel Oyster, Cal 1030 (Rolex's first bidirectional self-winding caliber). The bridge between the hand-wound 4925 and the long-running 5500. "Super Precision" dial text despite chronometer-grade movement adjustment.
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	The bracelet usually doesn't help. Most surviving 6552s wear bracelets that post-date the 6552's own production window — 7835 folded-links from the 1970s or 78350 solid-links from the 1980s. Authenticate the head and movement first, read the bracelet as supplementary evidence rather than as an originality anchor.		The bracelet usually doesn't help. Most surviving 6552s wear bracelets that post-date the 6552's own production window — 7835 folded-links from the 1970s or 78350 solid-links from the 1980s. Authenticate the head and movement first, read the bracelet as supplementary evidence rather than as an originality anchor.


			== Related references ==

			* [[Reference:4365\|Air-King 4365]]
			* [[Reference:4499\|Air-King 4499]]
			* [[Reference:4925\|Air-King 4925]]
			* [[Reference:5500\|Air-King 5500]] — 34mm Oyster (1957–1989)
			* [[Reference:5501\|Air-King 5501]]
			* [[Reference:5502\|Air-King 5502]]

			See also the [[Reference:air-king\|Air-King family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet & clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial numbers by year]].

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	The 6552 is the first automatic Air-King — a four-year reference (1953–1957) that sits between the hand-wound 4925 and the long-running 5500. Inside the case is Cal 1030, Rolex's first bidirectional self-winding caliber, with the butterfly rotor stamped ROLEX PERPETUAL PATENTED. The dial reads AIR-KING / SUPER PRECISION rather than the chronometer-rated OYSTER PERPETUAL text the contemporary Submariner and Explorer carried, even though the movement underneath was being adjusted to chronometer grade. The 6552 is where the Air-King first becomes the entry-tier Rolex with a flagship-tier movement underneath.		The 6552 is the first automatic Air-King — a four-year reference (1953–1957) that sits between the hand-wound 4925 and the long-running 5500. Inside the case is Cal 1030, Rolex's first bidirectional self-winding caliber, with the butterfly rotor stamped ROLEX PERPETUAL PATENTED. The dial reads AIR-KING / SUPER PRECISION rather than the chronometer-rated OYSTER PERPETUAL text the contemporary Submariner and Explorer carried, even though the movement underneath was being adjusted to chronometer grade. The 6552 is where the Air-King first becomes the entry-tier Rolex with a flagship-tier movement underneath.

	The reference is rare at major-house auction. Antiquorum's Mondani Collection lot 108-89 (Geneva, 14 May 2006~~, hammer CHF 7,080~~) is the strongest single anchor; Dorotheum, Monaco Legend Group, and a handful of European weekly sales round out a documented record of four named-house lots in total. Phillips, Sotheby's, and Christie's have no standalone 6552 catalogue lot in the auction record through 2025 — the 5500 absorbs the major-house attention, and the four-year production window left fewer 6552s in circulation to anchor headline essay material.		The reference is rare at major-house auction. Antiquorum's Mondani Collection lot 108-89 (Geneva, 14 May 2006) is the strongest single anchor; Dorotheum, Monaco Legend Group, and a handful of European weekly sales round out a documented record of four named-house lots in total. Phillips, Sotheby's, and Christie's have no standalone 6552 catalogue lot in the auction record through 2025 — the 5500 absorbs the major-house attention, and the four-year production window left fewer 6552s in circulation to anchor headline essay material.

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	== Where it sits in the line ==		== Where it sits in the line ==

	The 6552 closes the ~~foundational~~ vintage Air-King trilogy. The 4925 (1945) introduced the Air-King name on a hand-wound 34mm Oyster. The 6552 (1953) carried the same case envelope forward but replaced the Cal 10½ Hunter with the bidirectional Cal 1030 — Rolex's first in-house designed chronometer-grade automatic caliber. The 5500 (1957) inherits the case again and runs Cal 1530 then 1520 across 32 years. The architecture handoff at each step is the same: keep the 34mm Oyster, swap the movement.		The 6552 closes the founding vintage Air-King trilogy. The 4925 (1945) introduced the Air-King name on a hand-wound 34mm Oyster. The 6552 (1953) carried the same case envelope forward but replaced the Cal 10½ Hunter with the bidirectional Cal 1030 — Rolex's first in-house designed chronometer-grade automatic caliber. The 5500 (1957) inherits the case again and runs Cal 1530 then 1520 across 32 years. The architecture handoff at each step is the same: keep the 34mm Oyster, swap the movement.

	The 6552's Cal 1030 sits at the centre of an architecturally important moment. The same caliber powers the contemporary 6534 / 6536 small-crown Submariner (1955–58), the 6610 Explorer (1955–59), and the 6202 Turn-O-Graph at the end of its production. These four references — 6552 Air-King, 6536 Submariner, 6610 Explorer, 6202 Turn-O-Graph — share the Cal 1030's architecture and run roughly in parallel through the mid-1950s. The 6552 is the Air-King's only true Cal 1030 reference; by the 5500's introduction in 1957 the line is already moving onto the Cal 1530 / 1520 era.		The 6552's Cal 1030 sits at the centre of an architecturally important moment. The same caliber powers the contemporary 6534 / 6536 small-crown Submariner (1955–58), the 6610 Explorer (1955–59), and the 6202 Turn-O-Graph at the end of its production. These four references — 6552 Air-King, 6536 Submariner, 6610 Explorer, 6202 Turn-O-Graph — share the Cal 1030's architecture and run roughly in parallel through the mid-1950s. The 6552 is the Air-King's only true Cal 1030 reference; by the 5500's introduction in 1957 the line is already moving onto the Cal 1530 / 1520 era.