Hettich Jewellers will be hosting the 2018 Patek Philippe Exhibition Collection in Jersey for the first time next month. The showcase will feature close to 100 ladies and men’s watches from the prestigious Geneva based brand, including a selection of new watches revealed at Baselworld this year.

The exhibition will be launched in Jersey at a private event hosted by UBS Wealth Management Jersey at The Atlantic Hotel on 8^th November 2018. Hettich, in collaboration with UBS Wealth Management Jersey, are offering guests a rare opportunity to admire first-hand the extensive range of Patek Philippe timepieces.

The collection will later be showcased at Hettich on Friday 9^th and Saturday 10^th November 2018. Collectors, watch aficionados and those beginning to discover the world of horology are invited to try on the watches, speak to in-house specialists and discover the unique history behind each individual design.

The new collection includes complicated timepieces, models from all regular collections including the Calatrava, Aquanaut, Nautilus, Golden Ellipse and Twenty-4, as well as a selection of brand new watches.

The new models include the Ref. 5205G-013, a men’s white gold Annual Calendar watch with a two-tone sunburst dial featuring a subtle black graduation to the circumference. The sleek, contemporary style is underscored by the new three-facetted Dauphine hands, filled with luminescence in the centre facet.

Another exciting release is the Ref. 5524R-001, a new rose gold version of the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time, with a graduated brown dial, sculpted luminous coated numerals and an orange ‘1’ of the analog date on the subsidiary dial at six o’clock. The watch has also been released as a ladies model, the Ref. 7234R-001; the first automatically wound Pilot’s watch in the ladies collection.

Further enriching Patek Philippe’s collection of complicated ladies’ watches is the Ref. 7150/250R-001, a rose gold chronograph with a bezel adorned with 72 diamonds. Both the manually wound movement and the silvery opaline dial, can be seen clearly through the sapphire-crystal ‘box’ glass, used for the first time on both the front and back of a Patek Philippe watch in the current collection.

Mark Hearn, Managing Director for Patek Philippe UK, says:

‘We are delighted that Hettich will host the Patek Philippe Exhibition Collection this November. It is a rare chance for clients to view and experience the collection in their showroom and at an exclusive evening. For us, it is a real privilege to have Hettich as one of our authorised retailers as they have the commitment to give their clients the ultimate experience when they are buying a Patek Philippe timepiece.’

Jeffrey Chinn, Managing Director, Hettich, says:

‘Our partnership with Patek Philippe extends over 50 years and as a private, family business we celebrate the traditional values that have served us so well. We are delighted to present the 2018 Patek Philippe collection at Hettich and look forward to welcoming all ‘Patek Lovers’ during the exhibition.’

Michael Clarke, Head of Private Clients, UBS Wealth Management Jersey, says:

‘There is a real synergy between UBS and that of Hettich and Patek Philippe as we all stand for exemplary customer service and absolute excellence in everything that we do. We are thrilled to be able to support Hettich in bringing over this exhibition and offer people in Jersey a rare chance to see these quality timepieces.’

The Oxygen Therapy Centre will be able to help three times more clients in Jersey with a new facility in the Island. The charity has set its sights on a new centre which they would like to open in 2019, but they need assistance from local businesses and the philanthropic community to realise their plans.

The Oxygen Therapy Centre provides support and rehabilitation to people living with MS, Fibromyalgia, other neurological conditions, cancer and sports injuries to name a few. They assist a growing number of clients in the Island, aged from three weeks up to 93 years old, through their oxygen chamber and complimentary therapies.

They have secured new premises on Trinity Hill with complementary legal assistance from Bedell Cristin and have been fund raising for the new Oxygen Chamber thanks to donations from the Association of Jersey Charities and the CI Lottery Fund. However, they need to raise a further £200k to complete the refurbishment of the centre to ensure it is accessible for all who will benefit from it.

The new double oxygen chamber will allow the charity to treat 12 people at a time, significantly increasing their current capacity of four. The charity has seen demand for their services rise dramatically over the past few years as Oxygen Therapy becomes more widely understood and used in treatment, in particular for cancer patients. In 2016, the Oxygen Therapy Centre completed 365 sessions, in 2017 491 sessions, and they are already at 610 sessions for 2018 to date. The new chamber will be the only low-pressure oxygen chamber in the Channel Islands and a very positive addition to Jersey with only a handful available across the UK.

The charity currently helps to treat over 40 different conditions for 72 clients. However, statistics for the Island show that they could be assisting a lot more with 250 islanders living with MS, more than 4,000 with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and ME, and 900 with cancer. According to the States of Jersey Disability Strategy, there are almost 14,000 disabled islanders*, and a large number of them would be able to benefit from the Oxygen Therapy Centre.

Tori Ducker, Development and Operations Manager at the Oxygen Therapy Centre, says:

‘We are thrilled to announce plans for the new facility that will enable us to reach out and help so many more Islanders. We have seen such amazing results for our clients who suffer from a range of conditions from cancer to sports injuries and the demand for our services has almost doubled in the last two years. We know we have a lot of money to raise for the new facility and we would be so grateful if people would come forward to help us.’

To offer assistance to the Oxygen Therapy Centre please call Tori on (0)1534 737297 or email [email protected] or donate online www.oxygen.org.je