The fourth edition of the biennial Only Watch charity auction, held Friday in the Hotel Hermitage in Monaco, raised more than $6 million to battle muscular dystrophy. In accordance with organizers and auction residence Antiquorum, the auction space was full, even though World wide web and telephone bidding maintained powerful final costs, which all round doubled the last benefits in the previous Only Watch in 2009.
International participation incorporated Japan, Switzerland, Hong Kong, China, the United states and the Russian Federation. Ronnie Woods in the Rolling Stones was also present in the area to support the auction.
"Only Watch is actually a fabulous occasion. The amount raised by the auction has doubled to €4.5 million! But what's also fantastic with Only Watch is the fact that we're all united by human warmth and solidarity," mentioned Paul Pettavino a 15 year old teenager affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
"Only Watch 2011 is the fruit of an excellent collaboration in between watch manufactures, partners, media, organizers?- but it is very first and foremost an excellent perform done by men and women coming from quite various horizons who joined their energies to create hope in research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy," declared Luc Pettavino, President with the Association Monegasque contre les Myopathies and Founder of Only Watch.
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