ELA is a charity that supports research into Leukodystrophies, rare diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord in children and adults. To raise funds, they began the Watches For ELA Auction in 2024 where unique piece watches from participating brands are auctioned in support of the charity. For 2026, the Watches For ELA sale is being held by Christie’s as part of their Rare Watches auction on November 9th. One of the highlights is the inclusion of ELA ambassador Zinedine Zidane’s first wristwatch, a Cartier Pasha Chronograph in steel. Let’s take a look at every watch under the hammer as part of Watches For ELA.
Alpina
Alpina are presenting a unique piece variation of their Alpiner Carrée Automatic for the ELA auction. It’s a salmon interpretation of their 32.5mm x 39mm rectangle watch, pairing a steel case with a light copper dial.
Estimate: CHF 1,000 – 2,000
Pequignet
Pequignet have created an extremely refined and elegant timepiece for their ELA offering, the Attitude Nacre & Diamants. It’s very clean with a smooth, white dial, understated Roman numeral hour markers, and a central ring of diamonds around the middle. It’s powered by the in-house Initial calibre.
Estimate: CHF 2,000 – 4,000
Dennison
Dennison was originally known for producing watch cases but were revived a few years ago and now produce a range of stone dial timepieces. The Elements for ELA builds on that by combining four stones into a single display featuring tiger’s eye, lapis, amazonite, and onyx.
Estimate: CHF 3,000 – 6,000
Frederique Constant
Frederique Constant have introduced an haute joaillerie element to their Classic Worldtimer Manufacture for ELA by adding a diamond bezel and matching diamond markers on its central Atlas display. It’s also an intense burgundy colour, a trendy colour among 2026 watch release.
Estimate: CHF 3,000 – 6,000
Tissot
Tissot are offering not one, but two watches as their Watches For ELA lot. A pair of PRX Powermatic 80 pieces being sold together with a dark green waffle-pattern dial and gold, fluted bezel. Inside is the Powermatic 80 movement with its signature 80-hour power reserve.
Estimate: CHF 3,000 – 6,000
Kollokium
Kollokium’s Projekt 01 was specifically built for the Watches For ELA auction, featuring a pink seconds hand in reference to the charity’s signature colour and also a caseback bearing a picture drawn by the daughter of one of Kollokium’s founders.
Estimate: CHF 4,000 – 8,000
Louis Erard
Louis Erard x Wire Art’s Noirmont Métiers d’Art ‘Fil d’Or’ makes use of a technique from the microelectronics industry where golden thread is woven through the dial. There are 2,320 threads arranged in an isometric cube motif that is often the subject of Louis Erard’s artistic timepieces.
Estimate: CHF 4,000 – 8,000
Maurice Lacroix
Maurice Lacroix pays tribute to the ELA with pink accents across the minute track and retrograde days of the week for the 1975 Master Grand Date Retrograde. It’s openworked, revealing the inner mechanism of the grand date function at 12 o’clock along with the rest of the display.
Estimate: CHF 6,000 – 12,000
Montblanc
Montblanc’s Iced Sea Automatic Date 0 Oxygen for ELA features an intricate dial made from ancient subfossil wood (wood preserved by being frozen in ice but not yet fossilised) taken from the Mer de Glace, a glacier on the Mont Blanc massif. The case uses Montblanc’s 0 oxygen technology to improve the longevity of the movement.
Estimate: CHF 8,000 – 16,000
Artya
Artya’s Luminity Timascus is a 43mm chronograph crafted from TiDamas, a form of titanium given a Damascus style layering and then thermally treated to bring out exciting shades of blue, purple, and orange. It’s powered by a Valjoux 7750 chronograph movement.
Estimate: CHF 15,000 – 25,000
Atælier Haute Complication
The Dual Time Art For ELA by Atælier Haute Complication is created by Vladimir Victor Négault, using the Architecture Mecanique No. 1 as the base. It’s a dual time display with central hour and minutes below which is a window revealing a rotating second time zone.
Estimate: CHF 15,000 – 25,000
Gerald Charles
Gerald Charles are bringing one of their prototypes to the Watches For ELA Auction. It’s the prototype of the Maestro 2.0 Ultra-Thin Tiger’s Eye, which later went on to become the Ahmed Seddiqi anniversary edition. It’s presented with a signature bronze-brown colourmix finish on the case.
Estimate: CHF 15,000 – 25,000
Konstantin Chaykin
For their unique piece, Konstantin Chaykin have submitted the Seneca II, a wristmon that depicts the playful visage of Seneca – the Roman philosopher and dramatist. It measures 40mm in titanium, matching the monochrome design of the dial save for the brightly coloured pupils in the eye subdials.
Estimate: CHF 15,000 – 25,000
Mauron Musy
The Mauron Musy Ref. MU06-115 ‘Light Of Hope’ is one of the most stripped back, minimalist timepieces they’ve produced. Featuring a clean, gradient dial bearing the inscription ‘Hope’ in the handwriting of founder Christophe Musy and produced in lume so that it shines brightly in the dark.
Estimate: CHF 15,000 – 25,000
Cédric Johner
Cédric Johner continues with his commitment to traditional watchmaking with the Abyss for ELA, a hand-made watch with a lacquer dial and a hand-finished movement engraved with a neuron-inspired flower motif. It is produced without the use of CNC machines or computer-assisted design.
Estimate: CHF 20,000 – 40,000
Felipe Pikullik
For his unique piece, Felipe Pikullik has created the first and only Mondphase I Skeleton, a skeletonised version of his signature spherical moonphase. This is also the final Mondphase I that will ever be produced, marking an end to the 40 piece series.
Estimate: CHF 20,000 – 40,000
Kerbedanz
The 65’27” Tree of Life is a collaboration between Kerbedanz and artist Gezim Meta. It features a rotating disk for the hour hand decorated with micro-painted enamel in a geometric pattern. The name Tree of Life comes from the expressive caseback image of the titular tree in the same geometric forms as the dial.
Estimate: CHF 30,000 – 50,000
Louis Moinet
A unique piece version of Louis Moinet’s 1816 chronograph with its distinctive arrangement of timing subdials. It features a soft blue-grey tone across the timing scales and ELA’s sun logo on the 12-hour timer at 6 o’clock. It’s powered by the LM1816 calibre.
Estimate: CHF 30,000 – 60,000
Boucheron
Boucheron have created the Ajourée Volute unique piece in white gold with a staggering 395 white diamonds across its display and case. It is an haute joaillerie timepiece taken to the extreme where the majority of the design is holding space for more gems.
Estimate: CHF 40,000 – 60,000
Bovet
The Amadeo ‘Miss Audrey ELA’, like the Atælier Haute Complication watch, features the ELA logo as the central motif of its display. The Amadeo series features a convertible case that can be worn as a wristwatch, pendant or desk clock.
Estimate: CHF 40,000 – 60,000
Zinedine Zidane
Rounding out the auction is Zinedine Zidane’s personal Cartier Pasha steel chronograph. Speaking of the submission, he said “In this edition of Watches For ELA, my contribution is very simple: I’m donating a watch that I’ve had for 35 years. I felt it was important to offer something dear to me, an object with a history and genuine sentimental value.”
More details at ELA.
