Armin Strom One Week Skeleton Water |
Some of the world’s best-known watch brands have created 33 unique timepieces for men and women that will go on the auction block to finance research to combat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Backes & Strauss Victoria Princess Red Heart |
Known simply as “Only Watch,” the fifth edition of this auction will be held September 28 at the Hôtel Hermitage in Monaco. Held every two years as part of the Monaco Yacht Show, it is the first and the largest charity auction for the international watch industry.
Bell & Ross Collector's Box of Six Unique Watches |
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Monegasque Association against Muscular Dystrophy—the promoter of Only Watch along with Antiquorum Auctioneers and the Monaco Yacht Show—to finance research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a degenerative neuromuscular disease affecting 1 in 3,500 boys, therefore 250,000 children, adolescents, and young adults around the world.
Blancpain Women, Only Watch 2013 |
The luxury timepieces that will be on offer cover a breadth and depth of styles and functions. Several include designs that pay tribute to the event and the Principality of Monaco, such as the Van Cleef & Arpels “Lady Arpels Une journée à Monacopanoramic view of Monaco,” with a turquoise dial that depicts a panoramic view of Monaco. Several contain tourbillons and a few are prototypes, such as the Richard Mille Tourbillon Prototype Yohan Blake, which was worn by the Jamacian Sprinter during the London Olympic Games, where he won gold and silver medals.
Breguet Classique Chronograph Openworked 5284 |
Beginning August 30, the Only Watch collection of timepieces will go on a world tour that will conclude with a presentation during the Monaco Yacht Show (September 25th to 28th). The dates and locations of the tour are as follows:
Chanel, Premiere Flying Tourbillon |
* Tokyo, August 30, Mandarin Oriental;
* Singapore, September 6 – 7, The Hour Glass;
* Hong Kong September 9 – 10, Antiquorum;
* Shanghai, September 12 – 13, location to be announced;
* Beijing, September 14, location to be announced;
* New York, September 16 – 17, Antiquorum;
* Geneva (September 20 – 23, Antiquorum;
* Monaco, September 25 – 28, Monaco Yacht Show.
Chopard, L.U.C Tourbillon Only Watch 2013 Edition |
The auction will take place on September 28 at 11 a.m. (7pm EDT) in the “Salle Belle Epoque” of the Hôtel Hermitage.
Christophe Claret X-TREM-1 Pinball |
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Chronoswiss, The Three Apes |
Corum Ti-Bridge 3-Day Power Reserve |
Cyrus Kambys Model |
De Bethune Skybridge |
DeLacour Red Dots |
DeWitt Twenty-8-Eight High Jewellery Skeleton Tourbillon |
Frederique Constant Double Heart Woman Set |
Girard Perregaux Chrono Hawk Only Watch |
Harry Winston Only Watch 2013 Midnight Big Date |
Hublot Bright Red Ceramic "Classic Fusion" |
Ikepod Horizon |
Jaquet Droz 'The Loving Butterfly' |
Julien Coudray 1518 'Draw Me a Happy Child' by the Children of the World |
Laurent Ferrier Galet Classic Only Watch |
Louis Vuitton Tambour Spin Time Regatta |
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Seconde Mysterieuse |
Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours for Monaco |
Patek Philippe Only Watch 2013 Special Reference 5004T |
Piaget Altiplano Automatic Skeleton |
Richard Mille Tourbillon Prototype Yohan Blake |
Roger Dubuis La Monegasque |
Ulysse Nardin Marine Chronometer Manufacture Only Watch |
Vacheron Contantin Patrimony Traditionnelle Heures du Monde |
Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Une Journee a Monaco |
Zenith El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th Tribute to Felix Baumgartner, Prototype I/I |