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The Best Piece Uniqué Luxury Watches For The 2023 Only Watch Auction

Only Watch is an esteemed biennial charity auction event that brings together the world’s leading luxury Swiss watch brands for a noble cause – funding research against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This high-profile event is an opportunity for horology enthusiasts and collectors to secure exclusive timepieces from prestigious brands such as Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Richard Mille, and many more. These renowned watchmakers invest their creative genius into designing one-of-a-kind pieces, specifically for the Only Watch auction.

Participating watchmakers exemplify their commitment to philanthropy and innovation by crafting bespoke wristwatches, unique both in design and function. Showcasing the finest Swiss watchmaking craftsmanship, these brands put forward their top-tier luxury timepieces for this prestigious event. Watch aficionados worldwide are drawn to this auction, recognizing the unmatched quality and exclusivity of Swiss luxury watches, as well as the opportunity to contribute to a significant cause. Only Watch and its participating Swiss luxury watch brands epitomize the confluence of horological expertise, exclusive craftsmanship, and global philanthropy. Today, we have carefully curated a list of the best piece uniqué luxury watches revealed for the 2023 Only Watch charity auction taking place on November 5th.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Only Watch Edition

This Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Only Watch Edition comes with the addition of a blue inner bezel and white gold hour-markers and hands, both filled with luminescent coating for optimum visibility in the dark. A special oscillating weight in 22K gold has also been coloured with the same blue and rhodium tones for a sleek and modern look.

Estimate: $334,000 – $390,000

Richard Mille RMS14

Codename RMS14, this piece offered to Only Watch is a tribute to this enigmatic object, a Richard Mille interpretation of what this pendent could have looked like centuries past.

Estimate: $670,000 – $890,000

Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Only Watch

The MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Only Watch represents the Art of Fusion between Hublot and the artist, by merging the exceptional know-how of the Swiss luxury watchmaker with the playful universe of Takashi Murakami. This masterpiece is crafted in sapphire and showcases a unique central tourbillon especially conceived for this watch.

Estimate: $390,000 – $450,000

Bulgari Marble

Produced as a one-off and with no equivalent in the watchmaking world, Bulgari intends to etch the 2023 edition of Only Watch in stone for all time. The green marble used for this spectacular watch, named Verde di Alpi, comes from the Aosta Valley, the natural passage linking Switzerland and Italy, though the Alps.

Estimate: $167,000 – $280,000

Piaget Polo Skeleton Arty Edition

This piece is a creative brightly colored Piaget Polo Skeleton arty edition, both artistically technical and coolly chic. Its design pays homage to the “Hexa Grace” artwork by Victor Vasarely, which is exhibited in Monaco.

Estimate: $56,000 – $89,000

Ulysse Nardin Freak S Only Watch

Freak S Only Watch is an exclusive interpretation of this timepiece. Featuring two plates, one indicating the unique edition “1/1” in place of the crown and one “Only Watch” on the opposite side, this masterpiece features Only Watch’s signature 2023 colours: red, pink, blue, green, yellow and orange tones enhance this watch, making it impressive and eye-catching.

Estimate: $178,000 – $223,000

TAG Heuer Monaco

A project that commenced immediately after the completion of Only Watch 2021, the mandate was clear: to create the most spectacular reimagining of the Monaco the brand has ever created and presenting the first mechanical split seconds chronograph for TAG Heuer.

Estimate: $167,000 – $334,000

Urwerk Space-Time Blade

Urwerk’s Space-Time Blade: Where Science-Fiction and Time telling meet in a glowing magic. Let the digits of light guide you through the Spacetime continuum, as this remarkable glass column illuminates not only the hours, minutes, and seconds but also kilometers depicting our smooth Earth travel.

Estimate: $50,000 – $89,000

De Bethune

This special edition De Bethune watch comes from the depths of time, its dial and spherical moon made of ferrous meteorite created in the crucible of the universe. For its case, Denis Flageollet got as close to nature as possible, seeking to rediscover ancestral iron and steel-making techniques.

Estimate: $245,000 – $300,000

FP Journe Chronomètre Furtif

The Chronomètre Furtif takes its name from the difficulty of reading the time if the watch is not facing you, as the blue enamel dial reveals the frosted numerals only in the reflection of light, whereas, the moon phase and power reserve indications are integrated into the movement and visible only on the back. It is, therefore, a watch whose indications can be enjoyed only by its owner.

Estimate: $223,000 – $445,000

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“A Matter of Trust“: Volkswagen supports 4th Kultursymposium of Goethe-Institut in Weimar

The Volkswagen Group continues its partnership with the Kultursymposium Weimar, a biennial event organised by the Goethe-Institut. Among the international speakers and guests is Professor Patrick van der Smagt, Director of the Machine Learning Research Lab at Volkswagen Group. Volkswagen also supports the work of the Goethe-Institut as a founding member of the Business and Industry Advisory Board, represented by Volkswagen’s Board Member Hauke Stars.

In its fourth edition, the Kultursymposium Weimar focuses on trust in social, cultural and technological contexts.The three-day-program features an array of creative performances and interventions, panel discussions and networking formats, so that participants have multiple options to explore the 2023 theme from different angles. The Goethe-Institut enriches the event with ideas and thoughts arising from a network of 157 Goethe-Institutes throughout the world. Furthermore, several locations on different continents organize local events to reflect the 2023 theme of Kultursymposium Weimar.

Hauke Stars, member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with functional responsibility for IT and organizational development, comments on the start of Kultursymposium Weimar: ”Kultursymposium Weimar strengthens the dialogue between the business world and the people. Digital technologies have an overwhelming effect on our life, and they create many new innovation fields for industry, culture and arts alike. Especially when it comes to AI, sharing knowledge and initiating constructive debates is of central importance when we want to enable people to actively participate in the development and to benefit from it.”

Volkswagen belongs to the leading partners of the Kultursymposium Weimar, which offers a wide-ranging festival program fusing cultural experience and conference elements. From May 10 until 12, 2023, guests are going to have the chance to engage with different aspects of trust by taking part in art performances, film screenings, panel talks, concerts, workshops and interactive games. Volkswagen also supports the festival team with three full-electric ID. Buzz. In the discussion format “In Tech We Trust? – Confidence and Innovation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, Rasika Bhalerao, Assistant Teaching Professor at the Northeastern University Khoury College of Computer Sciences, and Ramak Molavi Vasse’i, internationally working AI research specialist and digital rights lawyer, share their findings referring trust in AI systems with Professor Patrick van der Smagt, technology expert and Director of the Munich-based Machine Learning Research Lab of Volkswagen Group IT. The lab hosts fundamental research work focusing on functionalities and applications of AI technology.

Professor Patrick von der Smagt, Director of the Machine Learning Research Lab at Volkswagen AG and Head of the European etami project which develops guidelines for ethical and thrustworthy development and implementation of AI technologies: “The advancing AI technology leads to high expectations but also strong skepticism. With technological excellence, we can build trust which is an essential element when we want to to differentiate between the potential and the risks of AI technology. Kultursymposium Weimar allows us to exchange views and findings on an international level and that is an important step on our way.”

Volkswagen Group partners with Kultursymposium Weimar for the fourth time. Underlining the support for the global initiatives and projects of the Goethe-Institut, the continuous collaboration is headed by Volkswagen Board Member Hauke Stars who represents Volkswagen in the Business and Industry Advisory Board of Goethe-Institut. Volkswagen Group partners with different institutions and cultural players when it comes to platforms that stir encounters between the world of art and culture and the public or boost cultural education with innovative formats. These engagements are led by the belief that the widest possible audience should have the chance to engage with creative ideas and works. This leads to new perspectives which ultimately open the road to progress, innovation, respect and tolerance within our society.

More details about the Kultursymposium Weimar at https://www.goethe.de/prj/ksw/de/index.html