“If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.”

- Albert Einstein

 
 
 
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A timepiece in progress by Biver, created for TimeForArt, a biennial auction benefiting the Swiss Institute. The organization held the first such auction in 2022, sold 17 watches and raised $1.2 million.Credit...Biver

 

25 Watch Brands Donate Special Pieces to a Charity Auction

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(L) The B/1M, by Toledano & Chan, for the TimeForArt auction. The brand decided to use meteorite for the watch’s case.Credit...Toledano & Chan

(R) Ressence’s TYPE 1²v2 SHA. Ressence partnered with the artist Shantell Martin to create the one-off watch for the auction.Credit...Ressence