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A blast from the Past: IWC Destriero Scafusia.
Here are some pictures I found on the net of a watch which made a lot of us dream.
I am one of them. When I saw the Destriero Scafusia in the metal, in Paris, more than 20 years ago, I was totally smitten.
The Destriero Scafusia is one of the first, if not the first ( that point I have to check as the Blancpain 1735 comes to my mind, as well as maybe Frank Muller ) Grande Complication wrist watch.
Credit picture: Antiquorum.
Here you have a Tourbillon, a Minute Repeater, a Perpetual Calendar AND a Rattrapante Chronograph.
Which qualifies it as a REAL Grande Complication!
IWC created a milestone, here, with this watch. It was created to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the brand, in 1993, and the last one was made on December 1999.
Credit picture: Watch Base.
Only 125 pieces in yellow gold, rose gold and platinum.
This is a big watch, but not that big compared to the Grande Complications of our days. The case is 42, 20 mm big, which is more than reasonable, indeed, but the height is important, around 18 mm.
As for the movement... Big surprise: It is an automatic, one, the Valjoux 7750, with 750 parts, 76 jewels and a power reserve of 44 hours.
Who said it was a pedestrian movement?
25 years after, the design seems a bit outdated, especially the case, but it remains a remarkable watch, a milestone in the Grande Complication category.
The only regret I have is to not have been able to listen to it... I would have loved to judge its minute repeater!
Best,
Nicolas.
A blast from the Past: IWC Destriero Scafusia.
Here are some pictures I found on the net of a watch which made a lot of us dream. I am one of them. When I saw the Destriero Scafusia in the metal, in Paris, more than 20 years ago, I was totally smitten. The Destriero Scafusia is one of the first, if no...
It goes ‘ping’ ‘ping’ ‘ping’
depending on the time that is ;-)
Are you sure?
I remember it was more like "ding" "ding" "ding".
No, no. It actually goes more like ‘bling, bling’.
Too bad it doesn’t have enough complications to be worn every day. ...
Go for this:
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Yes sir
Waterproof and all 😜 ...
The base Valjoux calibre was an automatic
But the final movement in the Destriero Scafusia is a manual wind. NickO
Yes, the Valjoux 7760 is a hand wound movement
But my understanding is the Destriero Scafusia base caliber is indeed a Valjoux 7750 (automatic) that was modified to a manual wind. I am happy to stand corrected if I am wrong. NickO
I agree 100%. Only in one point i disagree, 1735 Blancpain never works more than some hours. So it is not a competitor of de IWC, it was only a Biver marketing tool.
I think we also have to remember the great man behind this IWC, Günther Blümlein. This man is may be the most important Person of the watch industry of the last 40 years and he died 20 years ago. Without Blümlein, today we dont have the german watch indus...
There was another Grande Complication with the same problem, from Gerald Genta.
What i love is the case with five steps, one of the best designs from GG in my opinon.. ...
