Breitling Reno Air Races

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky pays surprise visit to the Snowbirds demonstration team

(10/2010) Canadian Forces aviation icon, The Snowbirds Air Demonstration Team (431 Squadron) brought stunning and thrilling performances to the North American public during 47th Reno Air Races. The event was a great success. On Saturday, September 18th, Snowbirds had a surprise visit from the guest of honour, another Canadian icon, Mr. Wayne Gretzky, a former Canadian professional ice hockey player and a Breitling ambassador. Being Canadian was not the only thing in common. Members of the Snowbirds, as well as Mr. Gretzky wear Breitling timepieces on their wrists, a great statement demonstrating the high level of excellence and professionalism, just what Breitling is all about.

Activision’s Blood Stone video game

James Bond will be wearing an OMEGA Seamaster

(10/2010) Activision, the distributer of interactive entertainment products, is working with video game developer Bizarre Creations and EON Productions in the creation of JAMES BOND 007™: BLOOD STONE. It features the likeness and voice of Daniel Craig as the world’s favourite secret agent. In the game, which puts players directly in the action, Bond will be wearing an OMEGA Seamaster, as he has done since 1995.

The Official Watch of Formula 1: F1 King Power

Hublot celebrates the 2010 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX

(10/2010) As the Official Watchmaker of Formula 1, Hublot is proud to celebrate the first ever Formula 1 event in Korea, the 5th Asian country on the 2010 calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship which is the world’s most prestigious motor racing competition and the most popular annual sporting series on the planet.

Event with Abhishek Bachchan and Sonali Bendre Behl

OMEGA unveils the New Constellation in Mumbai

(10/2010) Infused with poise and attitude, the New OMEGA Constellation’s fashionable designs effortlessly fuse style and technology together. The new range prides itself with the supernova dial design and brings a new variant of style and sophistication into the Omega range. At the heart of the launch of the collection lies its promise of design superiority and exclusivity. In addition to traditional designs, the new range offers to consumers contemporary yet dressy watches. The women’s line introduces leather straps for the first time in the New Constellation range.

Exhibition of Breguet contemporary watches

Event in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow

(10/2010) To celebrate its long term relationship with Russia, Breguet welcomed its Russians customers for an exceptional gala evening in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow on 25th October. Guests were invited to an exhibition of Breguet contemporary watches, including the presentation for the first time in Russia of the new piece Réveil Musical, a piece perfectly embodying Breguet’s link with the world of music.

42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2010 in Rotterdam

Rie Tanaka and Philipp Boy win the Longines Prize for Elegance 2010

(10/2010) Longines, official timekeeper and data handler at the 42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2010 in Rotterdam, is pleased to announce that the Longines Prize for Elegance has been given to the female gymnast Rie Tanaka from Japan and the male gymnast Philipp Boy from Germany. This award decorates the athletes having demonstrated the most remarkable elegance in the course of the competition. Furthermore, Longines had the pleasure to present the latest attribution to its Longines PrimaLuna collection.

Sommet de la Francophonie

Heads of State of the French-speaking world on Hublot time

(10/2010) Hublot, the Swiss watchmaking brand, is especially proud to announce that it is the "Exclusive Partner" of the 13th "Sommet de la Francophonie", the biennial Francophone Summit, which will take place this year from the 22nd to the 24th October at Montreux, Switzerland. As part of this role, Hublot is honoured and privileged to have been asked to provide the official gift for the event by the Swiss Confederation.

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Breguet partners the opening concert of the 2010/2011 opera season

(10/2010) Guillaume Tell, the last work composed by Gioachino Rossini, performed by the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano, opened the 2010/2011 opera season in Rome. Its profound attachment to European culture, and more particularly to classical music, naturally inspired Breguet to support this concert featuring an opera composed by one of its famous clients.

Antiquorum Auctioneers benefiting The National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Antiquorum and Mission: MS Raise Over a Quarter of a Million Dollars

(10/2010) Watch enthusiasts poured into Antiquorum's auction room Wednesday evening, October 20th to get a closer look at and bid on the outstanding timepieces offered at the Mission: MS sale, the first of a planned annual watch auction, organized by Philip Duffell and conducted by Antiquorum Auctioneers benefiting The National Multiple (MS) Sclerosis Society. Antiquorum together with Mission: MS raised an exceptional $ 253,000 for research and programs funded by The National MS Society whose mission is to create a world free of MS. Active bidding came from all over the world including from the Russian Federation, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Switzerland, Germany as well as the United States.

Press conference with Pedro de la Rosa

Launch of new CERTINA DS Podium Limited Edition – Pedro de la Rosa

(10/2010) On October 14, a special press conference was held at the Orfila Hotel in Madrid, to mark the launch of the new limited-edition CERTINA DS Podium Pedro de la Rosa model. The friendly Formula 1 driver was in attendance at the event, which served both as a press information session and an opportunity to meet him, ask questions and maybe snap a photo or two, against brightly decorated CERTINA promotional banners.

Grand entry!

Audemars Piguet: l'Hydroptère.ch takes to the water!

(10/2010) After three years of research, development and construction, l’Hydroptère.ch made its grand entry onto the legendary stage of Lake Léman, Switzerland on Friday October 8th. The trial platform created in partnership with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, designed to serve as a test bench for new solutions with view to building the future l’Hydroptère maxi, has officially taken off!

Team’s official timekeeper

Swiss haute horlogerie brand Parmigiani is continuing its adventure with Olympique de Marseille

(10/2010) With victories this May in both the French Ligue 1 and the Coupe de la Ligue 2010, Olympique de Marseille chose haute horlogerie brand Parmigiani to reward the Olympique de Marseille players and staff for achieving this fantastic double. Bringing Swiss-made expertise to the wrists of the France 2010 champions, Parmigiani decided to make a long-term commitment to the club by entering into a new partnership agreement, thereby becoming Olympique de Marseille`s first official timekeeper.

2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

Men’s single final, Longines Admiral Chronograph Ceramic presented to the finalists

(10/2010) For over 175 years, The Swiss watchmaker Longines has been the guardian of a vast horological know-how characterized by elegance and high-quality performance. Through the quality of its technical achievements and its activities in the field of sports timing, the Swiss watch brand has shared a large part of its history with that of sport. And now with over 130 years of experience in timing various sports Longines is today involved in those disciplines that reflect the values that it has always held dear, right from the earliest days of the company.

Main sponsor of the Orchestre Suisse Romande

Vacheron Constantin celebrates classical music in the Victoria Hall

(10/2010) On September 24th 2010 in Geneva’s Victoria Hall, Vacheron Constantin, the watch manufacturer with the world’s longest-running uninterrupted history and the main sponsor of the Orchestre Suisse Romande (OSR), welcomed 60 guests for a classical music concert conducted by the orchestra’s Musical Director Marek Janowski and graced with the presence of OSR President Metin Arditi, as well as Vacheron Constantin CEO Juan-Carlos Torres and International Director Marc Guten.

Benefiting The National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Hublot Creates One-of-a-Kind Timepiece for Antiquorum Auction

(10/2010) On Wednesday, October 20th at The Fuller Building in New York City, Antiquorum will be auctioning a Hublot one-of-a-kind Aero Bang timepiece benefiting The National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The Aero Bang Ceramic Chronograph features a black ceramic case and rose gold bezel with a semi-skeletonized dial and superluminova markers. The 44.5 mm timepiece houses a self-winding chronograph movement. Its Hublot Caliber 4214 is rhodium-plated with a straight-line lever escapement and shock absorber.