The luxury watch industry is as competitive as it is generous. Both of these traits will be on display in the coming months as 40 of the top watch brands in the world have donated highly prized timepieces for the Only Watch international charity auction on September 23 in Monaco. All proceeds from the auction will go toward supporting research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a highly debilitating neuromuscular disease that affects children, primarily boys.
Audemar Piguet Jules Audemars Gstaad Classic Chronograph |
Under the patronage of Prince Albert II, 40 timepieces will be sold by the horological auction house, Antiquorum, at the Hotel Hermitage. The event, the fourth edition of the luxury watch auction, is expected to draw luxury watch connoisseurs from around the world as well as online and telephone bidders. The sale will be preceded by a nine-city world tour beginning August 30 that will end with a three-day exhibition at the Monaco Yacht Show, which is co-organizing Only Watch with the Monaco Association against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Antiquorum.
Bell & Ross BR01 Casino pink gold watch |
The last edition of Only Watch, in September 2009, raised 2.5 million euros ($3.5 million), which were donated to 15 scientific partners and their teams, including 90 researchers and clinicians in five countries (France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States).
Blancpain |
Luis Garcia, research director at the CNRS Paris, said the financial support from the last Only Watch auction went to support research that accelerated clinical developments on Duchenne muscular dystrophy over the past two years, including several clinical trials on exon skipping, some of which are already entering phase 3.
BLU Gagarin Tourbillon |
“For all these research efforts, the synergy of various scientific approaches, co-ordination between the various teams, and collaborative partnerships has all been decisive,” Garcia said.
Bovet Fleurier 7-Days Tourbillon Reversed Hand-Fitting ”Dragon & Phoenix” |
As of this writing, 38 of the 40 companies have released an image of their donated piece. They are all pictured and the final two will be added when they become available.
Breguet Classique Grande Complication, Réveil Musical |
The World Tour Schedule:
Singapore - August 30
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Malmaison by The Hour Glass
270 Orchard Road,
#01-01 Knightsbridge
Singapore 238857
Hong Kong - September 1
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Antiquorum Auctioneers Ltd.
9 Queen’s Road, Suite 704
Central, Hong Kong
Shanghai - September 3
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Private club of UOB PRIVILEGE BANKING
No. 158 Ma Dang Road Xin Tian Di,
Shanghai
Beijing - September 5
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Ritz-Carlton
No. 83A Jian Guo Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025
Tokyo - September 7
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Hour Glass Tokyo
Royal Crystal Ginza
5-4-6 Ginza Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0061
Los Angeles - September 9
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Westime Beverly Hills
254 North Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
New York - September 12
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Antiquorum Auctioneers
595 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Milan - September 15
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Orologerio Luigi Verga
Via Mazzini angolo via Dogana 3
20123 Milano
Geneva - September 16 and 17
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Antiquorum SA
2, rue du Mont-Blanc
1211 Geneva
Monaco
September 21 and 22, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
September 23, 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Monaco Yacht Show
Port Hercule - Principauté de Monaco
The remaining watches that up for auction after the jump:
Celsius X VII II |
Chanel Unique J12 Marine watch |
Chaumet Dandy Arty Open Face |
Chopard DLC titanium L.U.C One Tourbillon |
Corum Golden Bridge Automatic |
Cyrus KLEPCYS Pièce unique |
De Bethune 08-01-1297 DB25 Special edition |
deLaCour |
DeWitt X-Watch |
Franck Muller |
Frederique Constant Unique Family Set of Pieces |
Girard-Perregaux ww.tc |
Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer |
Harry Winston Midnight GMT Tourbillon |
Hermes Arceau Time Suspended |
Hublot Oceanographic 4000 |
IKEPOD Hourglass |
Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Monaco |
Laurent Ferrier Galet Micro-Rotor |
Louis Vuitton Unique Tambour Diver Chronograph |
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Roue Carrée |
MB&F HM4 |
Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 Vintage Pulsographe Unique Piece |
Patek Philippe reference 3939 |
Piaget Altiplano |
Richard Mille RM 027 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal |
Romain Jerome Rock the rock DNA, a watch carved out of rock |
TAG Heuer Monaco Mikrograph |
Ulysse Nardin Freak Diavolo |
Urwerk UR-103 Phoenix |
Vacheron Constantin Dove watch |
Van Cleef & Arpels |
Vulcain |
Zenith |
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