zabreg1 Mr White
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No, no. It actually goes more like ‘bling, bling’.
Too bad it doesn’t have enough complications to be worn every day. 
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...
No, no. It actually goes more like ‘bling, bling’.
Too bad it doesn’t have enough complications to be worn every day. ...
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.. ...