IWC Mark XII reference 3241 with rare original bracelet The elongated 18k yellow gold

The elongated 18k yellow gold case houses calibre 9"90

The Oysterquartz Day-Date is one of Rolex's more polarising designs — and that is precisely what makes it interesting

it sits at exactly the scale that makes 1950s chronographs so appealing today: compact enough to feel refined

It retained everything that mattered: the anti-magnetic soft iron inner case

IWC Mark XII reference 3241 with rare original bracelet The elongated 18k yellow goldThe Mark XII sits at the heart of IWC's pilot watch lineage a direct descendant of the Mark XI issued to the Royal Air Force, refined and reissued for civilian wrists in 1994. It retained everything that mattered: the anti magnetic soft iron inner case, the clean and legible dial architecture, and the no nonsense approach to timekeeping that defines a genuine tool watch. In a decade that produced plenty of style without substance, the Mark XII was the