$288,500
International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "Il Destriero Scafusia Oriental". Produced as a unique piece in 1995. Extremely fine and unique, oversized, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K white gold and diamonds gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar and moon phases, flying one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K white gold IWC link bracelet with diamonds and deployant clasp. Accompanied by a box and certificate. three-body, massive, polished, bezel set with 43 calibre-cut diamonds, transparent case back with screws and peripheral engraving, curved lugs, sapphire crystals. Bracelet set with 176 square-cut diamonds, for a total weight of 21 carats. satiné silver with painted Roman numerals, sunk guilloché auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months, apertures for the moon phases and the 4-digit year. "Feuille" blued steel hands. Cal. 1868 hand engraved, gilt brass and rhodium-plated, 76 jewels, lateral lever escapement with titanium escapement bridge, flying one-minute tourbillon regulator with titanium cage and 3 equidistant arms, monometallic balance adjusted for 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. Approx. overall length: 200 mm. Notes Il Destriero Scafusia "Oriental" is without doubt one of
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-09-25
