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Fashion For Relief took center stage at the British Fashion Council’s official London Fashion Week show venue. This year it was held in aid of The White Ribbon Alliance as it advocates for the health needs and rights of women and girls around the world, especially supporting its partners in Haiti at this time to rebuild the health care system for mothers and babies.

Funds raised at Fashion For Relief will go towards making sure mothers and babies are at the heart of the Haiti’s new health system, and to ensuring that this essential work continues in other countries where women are at risk of dying when they give birth.

Fashion For Relief brought together on the catwalk, top international faces of fashion, music, film, TV, sports and society. The show featured glamorous clothes by the world’s most renowned and respected fashion designers including Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Dolce & Gabbana and Alexander McQueen. On behalf of de Grisogono, Founder and President Fawaz Gruosi was very saddened with the news of Alexander McQueen’s passing – a true innovator of British and International Fashion.

Those wearing de Grisogono included the likes of David Gandy, Jo Wood, Sinita, Pixie Geldof, Valerie Campbell, Jamelia, Freddie Flintoff, Piers Morgan, Zaha Hadid , Violetta Gruosi (daughter of founder and president of de Grisogono, Fawaz Gruosi) and of course Naomi Campbell.

de Grisogono was one of the brands supporting this year’s Fashion For Relief. Known for his designs, Fawaz Gruosi began designing watches in 2000 with his Instrumento Uno – today has more than 20 collections incorporating the spirit of the brand, boldness and creativity. ‘I am proud to be once again supporting my dear friend Naomi and her great efforts towards this cause’.

As well as the array of stunning watches seen on the catwalk, de Grisogono also participated in the charity auction. The luxury Swiss watchmakers gave away two pairs of beautiful matching ‘His and Hers’ watches for the winner of the amazing auction lot.

Famed for creating watches of exquisite beauty – the first set auctioned was the FG One N03 Blackened Steel Retrograde Dual Time Zone for him and an Instrumentino N12/A, also Blackened Steel, with Diamonds for her. The second set was an Instrumento No. Uno DF N12 a Platinum cased dual time zone watch, with a Sapphire crystal back for him and hers is the diamond-laid bracelet, Steel watch, the Instrumentino N07/B.

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Gem Type: Natural Ruby
Minimum total gem weight: 20 carats
Height: 9.13 millimeters
Width: 14.31 millimeters
Length: 15.35 millimeters

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In 2005, when it first came out, it made quite a splash. With its oversized case and calendar aperture plus the galuchat strap that matched the dial’s bright and cheerful colours, the Instrumento Grande was welcomed with friendly, even enthusiastic applause.

Five years later, here it is again. This time in a Chrono version — but what a Chrono! While the Instrumento Grande’s case is as grand as ever, its 2010 dial displays a full measure of the uninhibited creativity that makes any de Grisogono watch stand out in the crowd.

While the watch face’s engine-turned concentric wave pattern and oversized hour markers both recall the original Instrumento Grande, the retrograding date calendar arrayed in twin arcs gives the Instrumento Grande Chrono’s dial its vibrant personality. The current day’s date stands out bright and clear, outlined by a set of tinted sapphire lenses.

Since no mechanical chronograph is thinkable without totalisers, this chronograph’s subdials give classic horological tradition a little jolt. The 30-minute version is white, square and situated at 9 o’clock while the 12-hour subdial is larger, round, black and positioned at 6 o’clock. Together with the black-and-white centre seconds hand, they respond to pushpieces located on either side of the setting crown.

The time of day is shown on an hour circle that is circular enough to boast two right angles – a signature touch from a master of the creative surprise. At 12 o’clock, a discreet subdial for the running seconds adds a more familiar feature.

Fashioned in 18 ct pink 5N gold, the Instrumento Grande Chrono is water-resistant to 30 m (~ 100 feet). Featuring smoothly rounded bracelet links, its generously proportioned case houses a self-winding mechanical movement that provides 42 hours of reserve power.

Revealing by design, the case allows connoisseurs of mechanical wizardry to observe the movement’s steady beat through a sidelight on the 9-o’clock side of the case. The to-and-fro movement of the rotor, inscribed with the de Grisogono crest, is visible through the clear sapphire porthole of the screw-secured case back – exactly as on the 2005 model, the first watch ever to feature a transparent side panel.

Black or brown depending on the dial colour, an alligator strap with pink gold deployment clasp retains the Instrumento Grande Chrono and its unforgettable face securely on the wrist.