Mark XX, and still counting
By Julien Moreau, Geneva ยท
The Mark 11 of 1948 was a navigator's watch for the RAF, and IWC has been counting ever since. The Mark XX arrived in 2022 with a proper modern movement, the 32111, and 120 hours of reserve, which is the headline for me: a full working week off the wrist and it is still going. Forty millimetres, 10.8 mm thick, 100 m, closed back, black dial, all quite right.
My grumble is the date window, which the Mark 11 never had and never needed. At fifty-seven hundred to sixty-two hundred dollars it is an excellent first serious watch, and an unexciting fifth.