Richard Branson's Breitling Watch raises GBP20,200 for charity.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 March 2005-VIRGIN ATLANTIC: Richard Branson's Breitling Watch raises GBP20,200 for charity(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16032005 The auction of Sir Richard Branson's Breitling 'Emergency' watch on eBay has closed with a winning bid of GBP20,200. The money raised from this is to be donated to ORBIS, the worldwide blindness prevention charity, which was the official charity for the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer record attempt.

Richard Branson lent his Breitling watch, which has accompanied him on many of his own adventures, to his friend and fellow adventurer Steve Fossett for his solo, non-stop, circumnavigation of the world. Steve Fossett successfully gained the record in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer on Thursday 3 March after...