Brief: Unique Van Cleef & Arpels timepiece sells for five figures at Only Watch
BY KAREN AANONSEN
Ten years after Only Watch’s inception, the biennial charity auction benefitting research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy achieved its highest results yet: $11.2 million. Among the one-off timepieces garnering five figures toward the good cause? The Pierre Arpels Heure d’ici & Heure d’ailleurs specially created by Van Cleef & Arpels for the November 7 event. Selling for just under $35,000, the masculine piece pays homage to the brand’s ties to Monaco with its radiant Mediterranean blue dial and elegant calligraphy evoking the white foam of cresting waves. Fitted with a self-winding movement with double jumping hour and retrograde minutes, the chic creation is dual time zone.
—November 2015