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'Only Watch' sale to help fight muscular dystrophy

July 21, 2009

Geneva--During the Monaco Yacht Show in September, Patrizzi and Co. will conduct a live auction of one-of-a-kind Swiss timepieces to raise money for Duchene Muscular Dystrophy research.

One hundred percent of proceeds from the "Only Watch" auction will benefit the Monagesque Association Against Muscular Dystrophy.

Two previous sales, conducted by the auction house in 2005 and 2007, raised more than $6 million for the cause, a debilitating genetic disorder that affects one in every 3,500 boys and is characterized by a weakening of the muscles that move the human body.

A public preview exhibition will be held at New York City's Tourneau TimeMachine Sept. 10-12 prior to the Sept. 24 sale in Monaco. The auction will begin at 12 p.m. EDT, and interested buyers can bid live or online, at Patrizziauction.com.

The 34 watches up for auction include timepieces from Audemars Piguet, Bell and Ross, Blancpain, Bovet Fleurier, Breguet Montres, Cabestan, Cartier, Chaumet, Chanel, Confrerie Horlogere (by BNBConcept), Corum Montres, De Bethune, Delacour, Franc Vila, Franck Muller, Frederique Constant, Gerald Charles, Girard-Perregaux, Hermes, Hublot, Jaquet Droz, Les Ateliers de Monaco, Louis Vuitton, MBandF, Montblanc, Omega, Patek Philippe, Piaget, TAG Heuer, Tourneau Timepieces, Ulysse Nardin, Vacheron Constantin, Van Cleef and Arpels, and Zenith International.

The offerings, which include watches for men and women as well as two table clocks, feature a bounty of complications, such as perpetual calendars, celestial canopies, chronographs, tourbillons, jumping hours, moon phases and highly mechanical movements housed in cases ranging from 18-karat gold to silver, steel, carbonized steel, tantalium, titanium and ceramic. Several timepieces feature enamel or engraved dials, while others are adorned with diamonds and artistic flourishes.

"Envisioning and studying these marvelous objects has not only provoked dreams of the amount of money that will be raised for a good cause, but also the discovery that new forms are taking shape as today's, and tomorrow's, horology is being sketched out by a new wave of artists--micro-mechanical artists--who see wristwatches as a new form of expression in art," Patrizzi and Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Osvaldo Patrizzi said in a media release.
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