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IWC Il Destriero Scafusia Grande Complication, Ref. 1868, 950 Platinum, Platinum Bracelet, Silver Dial with Roman Numerals, Limited to 125 Pieces, Extract from the Archives, Additional Leather Strap with 950 PT Pin Buckle, Bj 2000

For its 125th anniversary in 1993, IWC set out to show what they could do. The result was the Il Destriero Scafusia, “the warhorse from Schaffhausen.” It was limited to 125 pieces, one for each year of the company’s history, and made in yellow gold, rose gold and platinum. At the time it was one of the most complicated and most important wristwatches in the world and it’s still one of the greatest watches of the Günter Blümlein era at IWC.

The diameter of the platinum case measures 42 mm and is 17,5 mm high. That’s substantial, but no surprise given what’s inside. Platinum gives the watch real weight and a cool, understated shine that suits such a serious complication.  “The watch and bracelet are in excellent condition.

The silver dial with Roman numerals is remarkably calm for a watch with so many functions. It shows the chronograph with its split-second hand and the perpetual calendar with date, day, month, moon phase and year. The design stays classic and readable, which is no small achievement on a grand complication.

Inside is the calibre 1868, with about 750 parts and 76 jewels. It combines four major complications in one movement: a flying one-minute tourbillon, a minute repeater that strikes hours, quarters and minutes, a split-seconds chronograph and a perpetual calendar. Movements like this are assembled by hand in very small numbers, and it shows the watchmaking at the very highest level.

The watch dates from 2000, received a full IWC service in 2015. 

The total weight of 378 gr. platinum is impressive.

It comes on the platinum bracelet with an additional leather strap with an original platinum pin buckle, as well as an IWC Extract from the Archives. 

„The legendary `Destriero Scafusia´ in platinum on its platinum bracelet, for collectors looking for one of the most important IWC watches of the 1990s!"