It would seem that since the earliest stanzas, poetry has appeared as a response to the torments caused by the passage of time. To recover, the poet writes, anchoring time. Whether we pick it up or regret it, it changes things. So men must innovate, finding the materials and techniques that will enable their creations to thwart the ravages of evanescence.
Medicine also serves as an affront to speed, and through research, finds ways to prolong existence. Myopathy is one of the scourges of our time, a scourge that Van Cleef & Arpels is committed to fighting for the sixth edition of the “Only Watch” auction organized by the Association Monégasque contre les myopathies.
Sensitive to this cause, the haute horlogerie house is offering a unique timepiece from the “Pierre Arpels Heure d’içi & heure d’ailleurs” collection, a midnight-blue watch evoking nights of subdued light and intoxicating iodine: nights that we’d like to last forever on the Monegasque rock.
Day dawns, time flies: yet this exceptional watch never loses its charm. The highlights illuminate the details of the blue alligator strap, the white gold crown set with round diamonds, and the quilted motifs in the center of the dial.
Equipped with an automatic movement with jumping hour and retrograde minutes, it’s the time of the day, or the time of the night spent dancing in the palaces of Monaco. You decide. A way of reclaiming time. Time that is so precious, and so often lacking in research.
That’s why this gesture from Van Cleef & Arpels is so important to you. Engraved on the gold of the case, the house’s signature is proof of its excellence and attests to a deep commitment. The “Only Watch” event will take place on November 7, 2015 in Geneva. Auctions will fund 90 researchers and clinicians based in five different countries.
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