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On December 12th, Sotheby’s auctioned an exclusive timepiece by IWC Schaffhausen: the Big Pilot’s Watch Annual Calendar Edition “Le Petit Prince” went under the hammer, garnering a winning bid of 38,000 Swiss francs.
This auction in Geneva was the fifth IWC has carried out in cooperation with Sotheby’s Geneva. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the foundation, helping it to establish itself on the North American continent. It is no coincidence that this charitable institution is aiming to cross the Atlantic. After all, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry himself had a strong connection to America: he flew a Lockheed P-38 Lightning on multiple occasions and wrote his story “The Little Prince” in New York.
The Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation was established in 2008 by the descendants of the French author and pilot. It offers various training and educational programmes designed to help children and adolescents living in difficult conditions get a better start to working life. The main focus of the foundation’s activities is on fighting illiteracy and supporting young people with visual impairments by conveying knowledge about Braille.
November 23, 2017