Montblanc

 Its time again for the 5th Annual "Only Watch"  charity auction hosted by the Principality of Monaco benefiting research for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 

The Only Watch will take place on September 28th in Monaco and will be conducted by the watch auctioneers, Antiquorum. Thirty eight of the world’s leading watch manufactures will each donate a unique timepiece specially created for the occasion. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Monegasque Association against Muscular Dystrophy.

 Montblanc joined the auction four years ago and a fellow Purist even placed the highest bid for Montblanc's inaugural  2009 Only Watch!

This year, Montblanc donated a piece unique of its Rising Hours.   What do you all think?

 

 Check it out...looks like the case has the Dual Carbon Coating which has held out extremely well on my version of the Sport Chronograph.

All 38 watches can be seen in a travelling show:

 From September 6th, an international exhibit of the Only Watch collection of timepieces for men and women will travel the world: Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, New York, Geneva (complementary information on www.onlywatch.com from April 1st) and will be concluded by a presentation during the Monaco Yacht Show (September 25th to 28th). The auction will take place on September 28th at 11 a.m. (GMT+1) in the “Salle Belle Epoque” of the Hôtel Hermitage.

Enjoy and good bidding for an excellent cause,

Mike

high-end items. Congrats to Montblanc on participating again.

Bill

I think the data point will be slightly off given the fact that it is a charity event held in Monaco.

A few years ago the Villeret Piece Unique was won for 30,000 Euros...

 

 Ratio wise, I think this Rising Hours will do better. Either way the money will go to a good cause.

Happy bidding to everyone,

Mike

 

into production.  Love it!  Mike, do you have a larger pic to use as a screensaver?

but it does look interesting.

Just like the Montblanc special Rieussec that was created and auctioned by Emirates Airlines.

Black and gold... a popular theme.

Cheers, Mike

 

 

Just like what tick-talk said above, it would be great to see this piece make its way to regular production.

Cheers,
Anthony


This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2013-05-21 19:42:51

You really can't offend Royalty by donating a piece unique offered to his auction and personal focus and then releasing the same out to the general public ...especially when Prince Albert is a guest speaker at special Monblanc events

 

 

And when you have a special collection dedicated and named after his mother

 

 

Cheers, Mike

This message has been edited by mkt33 on 2013-05-22 07:10:46

The collection comes to New York. I too would like to see this piece go into production. I love the idea of a Rising Hours with a case that essentially never scratch 

and dropped off some soft shell lobsters

 

See you soon,

Mike

from doing the DLC-coating themselves.  I learned a lot about the process from having my Overseas blacked-out...

It is a "dual carbon" process where the metal gets a treatment first before the actual DLC coating.  You can see this step as the "hard treatment" on the chart below.

I guess it would still be possible to get it done on a special individualized process but I suspect that it would be expensive.

BTW, I like your blackout VC Overseas....now that should be a production piece.

Best, Mike

Are other brands using a DLC process like this one? Is there a difference in the Dual Carbon process vs. a regular DLC process?

BTW, I like the blacked out Overseas as well!

series.  In a similar method, the steel case is heated prior to the DLC being applied to the surface.

The initial series was 22, followed by a second series of 88.

Retail was approx 5K euros....and this is a time only watch equipped with a ETA automatic movement.

Sort of makes the MB Dual Carbon Sport Chronograph a bit of a bargin

Cheers, Mike

I wanted to do this to a belt buckle that I owned.