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New (to me) Mark XII GL
Just wanted to share my latest i have always been attracted to the Mark XII and have been looking at watches for sale nd reading about the model and its long history and significance to the IWC pilot line.
Stumbled across this one last week and jumped on it. One of quite a few special editions of the Mark XII. This one differs from the normal XII in quite a few ways: Titanium case, dark blue dial, markings in grey, marked with GL, not ‘Mark XII’ and - not least - an ETA movement instead of the vaunted JLC 889 movement.
The back story is that IWC made two special editions in the late 90s named after the two then owners of the Italian distributor of IWC watches. One was GL for Giorgio Lautado. The other was EF and that version did not have the date. Each version made in a series of 100.
On top of that, there was also a titanium version made with the Swedish car maker Saab, nicknamed ‘mellow yellow’ in honor of a special yellow version of the Saab 900 Cabriolet.
Anyway, here is my GL. A Mark XII with a few twists.
Claus
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New (to me) Mark XII GL
Just wanted to share my latest i have always been attracted to the Mark XII and have been looking at watches for sale nd reading about the model and its long history and significance to the IWC pilot line. Stumbled across this one last week and jumped on ...
I knew of the Saab version, but not this one.
Great find. Thank you for sharing your pics as well as information.
Look for Mark XII article on monochrome
At the bottom, you’ll find the special editions. Yes, plural.
Very cool! I've never seen this one before, either.
I've recently acquired a good old-fashioned steel one, and I just keep being amazed at the simple perfection of the dial and hands layout. ...
Simple perfection 🎯🎯🎯🎯
To me, that’s the Mark XII in two words. What a beauty - and the strap is not too bad either. Thanks for sharing. See the tip above - there’s a list of special editions.
Not that hard in this particular case - it popped up through an email alert from C24
I have been following the normal Mark XII there for quite a while - but as soon as I saw this one, I knew I had to strike. I have not seen many (if any) for sale before. Happy to share - that's the other half of collecting! Claus
Pretty cool. I have a thing for watches with time zones.
But a good deal larger than an IWC XII, I believe.
Thank you - and yes, it’s the stories that add color to our collections
I have often heard the story behind someone’s collection of watches I did not appreciate and walked away with my eyes opened. Claus