$192,150
"Il Destriero Scafusia" International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "Il Destriero Scafusia", No. 67/125. Made in a limited edition of 125 examples in 1993. Extremely fine and rare, oversized, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with flying one-minute tourbillon regulator, square button split-seconds chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K pink gold International Watch Co. buckle. Accompanied by an original fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, curved lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws and peripheral engraving, onyx-set winding crown, sapphire crystals. Satiné silver with painted radial Roman numerals, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the date, days of the week, the months, apertures for the moon phases and the 4-digit year. Blued steel "feuille" hands. Cal. 1868, hand-engraved, gilt brass, 76 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute flying tourbillon regulator with titanium cage and 3 equidistant arms, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, and 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes A true work of art, the "Destriero" was especially developed to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the International Watch Co. in Schaffhausen in 1993. Produced in a limited edition of 125
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-06-14
