"Time to Give" is an historic collaboration between renowned Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet and the Tony Awards. A live, invitation-only auction (conducted by Christie's Lydia Fenet) of 13 celebrity autographed timepieces was the evening's centerpiece.

Star-Powered Signatures from Meryl Streep, Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson on Audemars Piguet timepieces up for auction raised $816,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

A celebrity packed evening
The evening was attended by Jay-Z, Kelsey & Camille Grammer, Vanessa Williams, Pras Michel, Nick Cannon, Patrick Heusinger, Memphis' Derrick Baskin and J. Bernard Calloway. Audemars Piguet brand ambassadors / LPGA golfers Cristie Kerr and Morgan Pressel, and Matt Walton joined Francois-Henry Bennahmias, President & CEO, Audemars Piguet North America, Tom Viola, Executive Director, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Jan Svendsen, Director of Marketing, The Broadway League. Other notables included: Clo & Charles Cohen, Stewart Rahr, and DJ Kiss, who played at the after-party.

Highlights from the live auction included:

Jay-Z, sitting front row, when asked what else he could add to the auction package of his autographed Royal Oak Offshore Las Vegas Strip and signed poster from "Fela" jokingly said he would "throw in a frame." The watch sold for $220,000; the evening's highest price.

Kelsey Grammer, when commenting on his autographed Jules Audemars Chronograph said it's "what James Bond would wear if he had taste." The watch sold for $45,000.

When Meryl Streep's watch sold for $100,000, Francois-Henry Bennahmias offered up a second autographed Meryl Streep Millenary Astrologia to a guest willing to match the $100,000 bid.

Vanessa Williams offered to sing live if someone paid $50,000 for her watch, which someone willingly did. Williams wowed the standing room only crowd with an a cappella rendition of "Losing My Mind", which she sings in her hit show "Sondheim on Sondheim".

The remaining lots sold as follows:
Liev Schreiber: $13,000
Neil Patrick Harris: $24,000
Nathan Lane: $26,000
Antonio Banderas: $28,000
Scarlett Johansson: $40,000
Daniel Radcliffe: $40,000
Hugh Jackman: $50,000
Catherine Zeta Jones; $80,000

Fifteen of the watches from this collection were shortly after the auction available at www.charitybuzz.com/audemarspiguet  through May 24th. Images and auction prices of the watches can still be found on that page.