News Seventy years following the first publication of «The Little Prince», by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, IWC Schaffhausen has again made a special contribution to supporting the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation. The manafacturer put the Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition «Le Petit Prince» for sale as part of an auction held by Sotheby’s Geneva, on 12 November. The unique timepiece was auctioned together with a limited reissue of the English first edition of «The Little Prince» and a reproduction of the original French manuscript. The full proceeds of 173,000 francs will be used to finance the construction of a new school building in Cambodia.
The Foundation managed by Olivier d’Agay, great-nephew of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, works closely with the non-governmental organization Sipar, which combats illiteracy in Cambodia. More than 200,000 children have benefited from access to books and literacy activities through the creation of libraries and education centres. Mobile libraries bring reading material to remote areas, and every month Sipar publishes books in the national language Khmer, including «The Little Prince» by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Thanks to this cooperation and with the support of IWC Schaffhausen, a new school building with five classrooms and a library is currently being built in the village of Roluos in the province of Siem Reap. The school is scheduled to be opened in spring 2014.
December 12, 2013
