Every year for the past few years there has been an auction of watches to benefit research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, the Only Watch Auction. The idea is that a bunch of companies donate watches, unique in some way, to the auction, and they're sold, with all proceeds donated. Sometimes the watches are truly unique, sometimes they are a variant on a production model (red dials seem to be popular as red is the color of Monaco, where the auction is held) and sometimes they are simply the first of a numbered edition.
In 2009 Piaget's contribution was a variant on their Emperador Coussin moonphase watch. As 2009 was the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, they modified the lunar display to be a more realistic lunar surface and added an engraving of Neil Armstrong's bootprint. The moon on this model is made of 18kt white god that has been reticulated, a process that causes the thin surface of the material to melt, flow a bit and then crumple on itself when it cooled. There are still traces of the oxidization that is a side effect of this on the outer edges of the moon.
Here is the full dial
In 2009 Piaget's contribution was a variant on their Emperador Coussin moonphase watch. As 2009 was the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, they modified the lunar display to be a more realistic lunar surface and added an engraving of Neil Armstrong's bootprint. The moon on this model is made of 18kt white god that has been reticulated, a process that causes the thin surface of the material to melt, flow a bit and then crumple on itself when it cooled. There are still traces of the oxidization that is a side effect of this on the outer edges of the moon.
Here is the full dial
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