Girard-Perregaux as well as the Asia Society Southern California (ASSC) partnered up previous 7 days with the Millennium Biltmore Lodge to honor famous basketball character Yao Ming with the ASSC's 2013 Once-a-year Gala.
Yao Ming, the eight-time All-Star center with all the Houston Rockets that has also played on three PRC Olympic basketball staff, is also an active philanthropist, not simply by means of his basis but will also as a result of partnering with all the Special Olympics and WildAid in its quest to avoid the eradication of sharks and African elephants.
On the Gala, the ASSC gave Ming the Visionary of your 12 months award, while Girard-Perregaux presented him having a Yao Ming Chrono Hawk timepiece. The view contains a manufacture chronograph computerized motion housed inside a 44-mm stainless-steel circumstance. Additionally, it characteristics Yao Ming's unique image on the rubber strap and within the sapphire caseback. Girard-Perregaux only designed two of those replica watches : one particular to honor Yao Ming, along with a next which was auctioned over the evening for $16,000. (Click this link to browse our full report about the new Hawk assortment. )
Yao Ming Chrono Hawk
The brand also introduced a Girard-Perregaux 1966 complete calendar to another basketball icon, Steve Nash, for his get the job done together with the Steve Nash Foundation, which dedicates by itself to furnishing underserved children with fundamentals for his or her wellness and training.
Yao Ming and Steve Nash at Asia Culture Southern California's 2013 Yearly Gala
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