IWC Aquatimer ref 812 rare "white / cream dial" miscellaneous fitted with a white gold

fitted with a white gold Cartier pin buckle

Das schwarze Zifferblatt ist makellos und die originalen weißen Tritiumzeiger passen harmonisch zu den Indexen

The white is almost like porcelain

The black dial is really cool and feature applied Roman numerals with luminous in-fill

- Serial 369xxxx dating to 1974

IWC Aquatimer ref 812 rare "white / cream dial" miscellaneous fitted with a white goldIt may not be a surprise ; we love purpose build watches (or tool watches ) and today we a treat ! This ref 812 is IWCs first true dive watch . These watches were introduced in the mid 1960 s a full decade later then watches From Rolex, Omega and Blancpain for example ! IWC thoughts about a dive watch were different ; As soon as you see the first Aquatimer, you know that the brand used the famous 37 mm Super Compressor case for the watch. Nowadays,