The dial of the present unique Philippe Dufour Simplicity is absolutely jaw-dropping gorgeous. Colorful with different layers and structures, the dial may look like a mix of enamel, marquetry and engraving, but in fact, it is intriguingly made of butterfly wings made by artist Dominique Arpa-Cirpka.

This is the very first time Dufour uses such "metiers d’art" on the dial of one of his watches. To avoid any interference with the dial’s beauty, the brand name is not printed on the dial but engraved on the sapphire crystal, for the same reason Dufour decided against having a sub-seconds counter as well.

The rest of the watch is the classic Simplicity that collectors have come to love: an elegant 37mm case with elongated lugs and a movement whose beauty has nothing to shy from the dial: impeccably applied Geneva stripes, superb interior and exterior angles, black polished components, every element has been painstakingly hand-finished by the master.

Rarely has a watchmaker singlehandedly so well represented a horological genre that has gone from being reserved for the cognoscenti, to a category that is boxing in the same heavyweight league as Philippe Dufour has.

Philippe Dufour exemplifies what we have collectively come to imagine as the typical Swiss watchmaker: a pipe-smoking solitary figure working in a small workshop in the Swiss mountains making watches by hand of incomparable beauty and quality infused with passion and love.

The present unique Simplicity is sold for the benefit of the Philippe and Elisabeth Dufour Foundation. The Foundation brings support to humanitarian, educational, health, artistic and artisanal projects around the world.