PREVIEW
November 7th & 8th, from 10am to 6pm
November 9th, from 10am to 12pm
Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues Geneva
Quai des Bergues 33, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland
1st floor – Suite Royale
AUCTION
November 9th, 2pm (UTC+1)
Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues Geneva
Quai des Bergues 33, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland
1st floor – Salle des Nations
ONLY WATCH: RETURNING FROM THE WORLD TOUR, THE COLLECTION IS MAKING ITS WAY TO GENEVA
Only Watch will hold its groundbreaking 8th auction of unique timepieces on November 9th 2019 at 2pm (UTC+1), at the Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues Geneva, under the High Patronage and in presence of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and under the hammer of the prestigious auction house CHRISTIE’S, offering an auction without any buyer’s premium’.
After a remarkable launch this summer, unveiling the participating brands and visuals of the watches, Only Watch immediately became the leading watchmaking topic.
The collection then embarked on a world tour, launched in September at the Monaco Yacht Show, and travelled during 7 weeks to major cities around the world: Dubai, Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei. A fruitful moment that confirmed the immense expectations and interest for the auction all around the world.
“The 2019 world tour was the most intense and exciting ever. On all the stopovers, we received such a warm welcome. Not a single hour passed by when we didn’t engage with collectors, journalists, influencers, partners.
The Only Watch community has just grown bigger and I’m truly happy about it. Thank you to all of those who made it possible and successful. Now, let’s stay focused and onto the most important part: the auction!” – says Luc Pettavino, founder of Only Watch and President of the Monegasque Association against Muscular Dystrophy.
This weekend, starting Thursday 7th of November, the 50 sought-after rarities will find their way to Geneva, Switzerland, where they will be displayed at the Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues Geneva before being auctioned on Saturday 9th November.
The eagerly awaited auction is expected to be held in a swarming audience gathering supporters, collectors, philanthropists, watchmaking manufacturer representatives and press. The event, that should last approximately 2 hours, will be the climax of the journey that the whole watch industry has embarked on with Only Watch in the past year; a journey that has allowed all to witness to ever-growing interest for the one-of-a-kind pieces donated by the brands and the unique format of the charitable event.
Only Watch is a caritative biennial auction founded by Luc Pettavino that aims at raising funds to finance research to develop effective treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a neuromuscular genetic disease affecting nearly 1 boy 3,000 at birth. Over the past 14 years (and 7 past editions), thanks to the collective effort and generous involvement of the watch industry and the numerous partners, the initiative has raised 35 million Euros (40 million Swiss Francs).
THE PARTICIPATING BRANDS:
AKRIVIA GENÈVE – ANDERSEN GENÈVE – ARMIN STROM – ARNOLD & SON – ARTYA – ATELIERS DE MONACO – AUDEMARS PIGUET – BELL&ROSS – BLANCPAIN – BOUCHERON – BOVET – BREGUET – CARL F. BUCHERER – CHANEL – CHRISTOPHE CLARET – CYRUS – CZAPEK – DE BETHUNE – DEWITT – FABERGÉ – FERDINAND BERTHOUD – F.P. JOURNE – FREDERIQUE CONSTANT – GIRARD-PERREGAUX – GRÖNEFELD – H. MOSER & CIE – HERMÈS – HUBLOT – JACOB&CO – JAEGER-LECOULTRE – JAQUET DROZ – KONSTANTIN CHAYKIN – L’EPÉE – LOUIS MOINET – LOUIS VUITTON – MAURICE LACROIX – MB&F – MONTBLANC – MORITZ GROSSMANN – PATEK PHILIPPE – PIAGET – REBELLION – RICHARD MILLE – RJ – SINGER REIMAGINED – SPEAKE-MARIN – TRILOBE – TUDOR – ULYSSE NARDIN – URWERK – VOUTILAINEN – ZENITH (Two duos, MB&F + L’EPÉE and DE BETHUNE + URWERK, respectively presenting one watch that is the fruit of their respective collaboration.)
DONATIONS AND RESEARCH:
99% of donations go directly to medical and scientific research projects with administration costs running at under 1%. Thanks to these donations, the Monegasque Association against Muscular Dystrophy contributes to the development of new therapeutic avenues, some of which are on the verge of clinical trials.
A word from Aurélie Goyenvalle, Chair of Excellence HandiMedEx, researcher at the Researcher at the UVSQ-INSERM: “Thanks to Only Watch’s support we achieved two objectives: the first was to assemble a large field of experts on Duchenne’s disease to work together. The second was to acquire operational means to develop a new class of drugs for this disease. What did we develop? An intravenous drug that can penetrate into all muscles, heart and other tissues.”
CLIMATE NEUTRAL:
This year, Only Watch is climate neutral! Only Watch has calculated its environmental footprint, reduced emissions as much as possible and is compensating the unavoidable emissions. A challenging endeavor in collaboration with South Pole; a leading provider of global sustainability financing solutions and services.
