Watchmaking For A Cause: Carl F Bucherer Creates A One-Of-A-Kind Timepiece For Only Watch 2023

 

So you're a watch enthusiast with a taste for the finer things, are you? Well, then you'll definitely want to pay attention to the upcoming ONLY Watch 2023 charity auction. For the uninitiated, ONLY Watch is a biennial event where the world's top luxury watch brands create one-of-a-kind timepieces to auction off for a good cause - raising money for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research.

The Manero Tourbillon Double Peripheral Only Watch is an eye-catching timepiece with a strong sense of fashion and a distinctive modern appearance. It fuses some of the brand's most technically complex complications with cutting-edge materials in a collision of classic watchmaking elegance and modern assurance. With its creation, Carl F. Bucherer has now provided a watch for the biennial auction five times. The timepiece will be on display throughout the world before the auction to increase awareness of this rare medical issue.

One of the newest materials employed by the watch manufacturer is the high-tech, forged carbon used on the case. It has a characteristic carbon-flecked/black-marbled appearance with an urban vibe and is lighter and stronger than steel. It is supplemented with a lineup of parts that is virtually entirely black. Anthracite wedge hands and wedge index markings at 3, 6, and 9 o'clock add subtle color contrasts to a matte black dial that has a domed shape. Black hybrid rubber strap that matches the case's carbon design.

This dark appearance is vividly offset by select components finished in a striking hue that matches the color of the Only Watch logo. From the front, a burst of color at 12 o'clock draws attention to Carl F. Bucherer's distinctive "floating" tourbillon, which features an eye-catching green second hand and cage arms. This shock-proof tourbillon, one of the brand's most complicated creations, is neither fixed in the movement's main plate nor connected to a bridge; instead, it is supported only on its periphery by three ceramic bearings and appears to float in space.

Another flash of color can be seen when looking at the reverse of the watch through the sapphire crystal case back: the oscillating weight of an automatic winding system that is mounted peripherally has the same vivid green finish.

The Manero Tourbillon Double Peripheral Only Watch is a unique timepiece that is incredibly desired and valuable as a collectible due to the bespoke decisions that went into its creation. Additionally, the manufacturer's decision to donate every penny of the auction's revenues to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research shows how seriously they take the disease by providing a genuinely special watch that can fetch a substantial premium over its face value.