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PLACE YOUR BID ON ONE OF FOUR UNIQUE “INSPIRATION4” PILOT’S WATCHES AND HELP TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL®
IWC Schaffhausen is the official partner of Inspiration4. To support the first all-civilian mission to orbit, the manufacture has designed and donated four unique, space-themed Pilot’s Watches. Each of these timepieces represents one of the mission’s values of Leadership, Hope, Generosity and Prosperity and carries an engraving of the respective crew members’ name. After travelling to space and orbiting the planet at an altitude of 585 kilometres (364 miles), these watches will now be auctioned to raise funds and promote awareness for the life-saving work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®.
If you want to own one of these unique timepieces, here comes your chance. Three watches will be auctioned online on Charitybuzz, while one piece will come under the hammer at an exclusive St. Jude Inspiration4 Celebration in the Napa Valley, California.
ONLINE AUCTION CHARITYBUZZ.COM
The watches with the names and mission values of Jared Isaacman (Leadership), Dr Sian Proctor (Prosperity) and Christopher Sembroski (Generosity) will be auctioned online on Charitybuzz. To place a bid on one of these chronographs, you can register on the platform here ((https://www.charitybuzz.com/registration)).
Bidding will begin on Monday 1 November 2021 at 9 am EST and close on Wednesday 10 November at 3 pm EST. The opening bid for each watch is 6,000 USD.
ST. JUDE INSPIRATION4 CELEBRATION
The crew member representing the mission value of “Hope” was Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year old physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® and a pediatric cancer survivor. Her Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition “Inspiration4” will be auctioned at the official St. Jude Inspiration4 Celebration held on 6 November in St. Helena, California.
Tickets to attend this special vineyard dinner event are available on www.stjude.org/inspiration4napa
Each Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition “Inspiration4” will be delivered in a bespoke box signed by the entire Inspiration4 crew. In addition, it includes an invitation for an exclusive, 15-minute Zoom session with the respective crew member - presenting its future owner with a unique opportunity to learn more about this historical mission from one of the four civilians that travelled onboard the spacecraft.
