Introduced in 1993 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of IWC Schaffhausen, the Ref. 1868 Il Destriero Scafusia was produced in a l imited edition of 125 pieces across yellow gold, pink gold and platinum, with a small number of unique bespoke variants.
Its hand-wound calibre 1868, developed on a Valjoux 7750, unites four horological grand complications: minute repeater, split-seconds chronograph, perpetual calendar with four-digit year display, and a flying tourbillon. At the time of its release, it stood as the most complicated wristwatch in the world, and today remains emblematic of the renaissance of Swiss traditional watchmaking in the wake of the Quartz Crisis.
Accompanied by its original certificate dated 1 February 2001, the present example is numbered 87/125.