SOTC # 14 of 16: IWC VINTAGE AQUATIMER 3231-01

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IWC VINTAGE AQUATIMER 3231-01 on a Panerai CAOUTCHOUC Strap

One day in 2008, while browsing watches online, I came across the newly announced IWC Vintage Aquatimer 1967 from their limited Vintage Collection.  IWC may be better known for making pilot watches, but they make a pretty good diver as well.  Like with all IWC’s from that era, it was big, bold, very masculine.  I really wanted the watch but I was a day too late, and many dollars too short.

So when Govberg alerted me that they had one for sale in pristine condition, with full box and papers, last year, I jumped on it.  Compared to the other divers in my collection, this one is pretty unique.  It has an inner rotating bezel and twin crowns.  The upper screw down crown is used to set the time/date while the lower one is used to set the inner bezel.  

It’s a very cool execution and serves as a great summer beach watch - perfect for an Angeleno like myself, since summer is almost endless here.

/ TOMMY