IWC Aquatimer ref 812 rare "white / cream dial" jaeger-lecoultre The case is made from

The case is made from Rolex’s proprietary Everose pink gold and houses a dial with embossed sunrays across two sub dials – one for minute and hours and a lower dial for the seconds

It offers one large inner compartment with several smaller pockets

the Italians taking to the watch first

The dial has two vertical columns either side with black painted Roman numerals which is striking and funky in equal measure

-Piaget/ Cartier yellow gold watch 9603 dating to the mid 1970s

IWC Aquatimer ref 812 rare "white / cream dial" jaeger-lecoultre The case is made fromIt 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,