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This year Van Cleef & Arpels will once again participate in the Only Watch charity auction organized in support of the Monaco Association against Muscular Dystrophy. For its 6th edition, the company has released an exceptional luxury watch – product of unsurpassed craftsmanship and brand’s unique Poetry of Time™ philosophy. Being a part of the Pierre Arpels Heure d’ici & Heure d’ailleurs collection, this piece of new fashion watches demonstrates its vision of travels at the same time delighting by the unusual aesthetics and strong link with the Principality of Monaco.
Supporting the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program, the Only Watch 2015 auction that will be held in Geneva on 7 November 2015 will bring together collectors and connoisseurs of high-end luxury watches for men and women. This charity auction will be organized by the new Phillips Watch Department in collaboration with the renowned expert and auctioneer Aurel Bacs. All unique new models of watches will make a tour around the world to be introduced in Europe, the United States, and Asia. It will start from the Monaco Yacht Show on 23-26 September 2015. The proceeds will go to the Fund that includes 90 researchers and clinicians from five different countries.
For the Only Watch auction, the Van Cleef & Arpels luxury watch brand has created an 18 karat white gold model measuring 42 mm in diameter. Inviting us on an exciting journey, it is performed in the colors of Monaco with dual time zone function. Thus, as a tribute to the Principality, the dial is designed in the radiant blue color of the Mediterranean Sea, and the elegant calligraphy is reminiscent of the white foam that appears on the crest of the wave. Equipped with an Agenhor automatic mechanical movement with retrograde minute hand and double jump hour, the new sample of great men’s watches has already become very famous for its beauty and promise of fairer, distant horizons. In this way, the traveler will be able to enjoy the beauty of the moment without forgetting about the time.
The case back allows to continue the journey into the heart of the mechanism, which can be seen through the sapphire crystal. Moreover, to preserve the case slim that is a symbol of the whole Pierre Arpels line of new trend watches, the model is additionally equipped with a micro-rotor made of solid platinum that truly impresses by the small volume. In general, decorated with the piqué motif at the center of the dial, the exceptional luxury watch with its regular oscillation resembles the motion of the waves. The brand’s signature and logo are engraved on gold case making it even more perfect. In this way, according to the best traditions of the Van Cleef & Arpels watchmaking philosophy and ingenuity, new masterpiece of the Pierre Arpels Heure d’ici & Heure d’ailleurs high-end luxury watches reflects creativity and narrative poetry of the brand along with its commitment to the generosity values.