(04/2011) Rolf W. Schnyder, CEO of the Swiss watch manufacturer Ulysse Nardin, has unexpectedly passed away on 14th April 2011 after a short illness. With the passing of Rolf W. Schnyder, the watchmaking industry has lost one of its greatest visionaries, while Ulysse Nardin has lost an important source of innovation for the firm.
(04/2011) From 18th to 21st April, 2011, Jaeger-LeCoultre launches its third online Auction for the preservation of marine World Heritage sites. This year, the Manufacture is offering for Auction a limited-series watch in tribute to the legend of diver’s watches: the Prototype N° 1 of the Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea, “LeCoultre Spécial Amérique 1959” commemorative edition.
(04/2011) As official partner for Roland Garros, Longines is looking for the champions of tomorrow through its Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament. This year, 16 boys will do their best to qualify for the final and to be lucky enough to take part in an exhibition match with two tennis legends, Andre Agassi and Jim Courier, both former winners at Roland Garros.
(04/2011) Miami Beach, Florida (Saturday, April 9, 2011) - Joining celebrated two-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James was Philippe Merk, CEO of Audemars Piguet and Francois-Henry Bennahmias, President of AP North America as well as other notable guests including Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh and Juwan Howard as well as Craig David and former New York Mets Mike Piazza.
(04/2011) Competing for the Olympic Games in 2012, Ben Ainslie – Corum ambassador – wins the Trofeo Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma, one of the seven events of the ISAF Sailing World Cup. No less than 85 boats were facing each other in Mallorca in the Finn category. Winner of the Sail Melbourne in Australia in December, and second at the Rolex Miami ORC in United States, end of January, Ben went into Princesa Sofia in first place of the series but closely followed by his main British challenger, Giles Scott.
(04/2011) The celebration of the first serious downhill ski race at Crans-Montana, under the patronage of Hublot and the six communes of the Haut-Plateau, took place this Sunday, 3 April, in radiant sunshine, and was a great success. 60 teams (of 3, 4 or 5 people) - 266 highly motivated participants - took part in the Anniversary celebrations in honour of the pioneers of skiing.
(03/2011) OMEGA will work in cooperation with actor and brand ambassador Daniel Craig to support ORBIS International’s flying hospital in its fight against preventable blindness. Daniel Craig is making plans to join ORBIS on some of its flights in 2011.
(03/2011) On 27 March 2011, at the same time as Baselworld this year, the new Formula 1 season kicks off with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne - and for the first time Armin Strom will be involved. The Russian-British Marussia Virgin Racing team, in its second F1 season, has selected the Bienne Manufacture as its "Official Timing Partner".
(03/2011) On March 22nd 2011, in the prestigious Chocròn jeweller’s in Madrid, the Royal Spanish Football Federation presented the official gift – a watch made by Swiss manufacturer Audemars Piguet – to the players of the Spanish football team that won the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa. The model bearing reference 2633OR, is a selfwinding Royal Oak Day Date in pink gold fitted with a brown alligator leather strap.
(03/2011) Cameroonese soccer player Samuel Eto’o organised a charity gala evening for his private foundation on March 19th at the Visionnaire club in Milan, in order to raise funds for the Laquintinie Pediatric Hospital in Cameroon. Audemars Piguet donated a Royal Oak Offshore Jarno Trulli Limited Edition watch that was auctioned for 32,000 euros. Several objects were gifted by international sports stars, including Valentino Rossi’s motorbike helmet, Usain Bolt’s running shoes, the Inter Milan soccer jersey worn by Samuel Eto’o during the final of the UEFA Champions League, and many others.
(03/2011) OMEGA has announced that heptathlete Jessica Ennis has joined its family of brand ambassadors. The 25-year-old British sports star is one of the dominant athletes of her generation having won the World and European Championships in the heptathlon as well as a World Indoor Championship in pentathlon. She will make her first appearance on behalf of the brand when the OMEGA Countdown Clock is unveiled in Trafalgar Square on 14th March. The date will mark 500 days to go before the start of the Games.
(03/2011) Swiss luxury watchmaker OMEGA celebrated the Constellation Luxury Edition at an evening gala held at “Bubble” – Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal – located at the shore of Huangpu River in Shanghai, China’s fashion capital, with supermodel Cindy Crawford, who has been an OMEGA brand ambassador since 1995.
(03/2011) Above and beyond the first impression of technical beauty and sophistication, the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup 2011 Royal Oak wristwatch sparks natural curiosity. The watch is issued in a 100-piece limited edition that represents exceptional quality of the timepieces and the uniqueness of the international race in the equine calendar. An intriguing notion that is sure to satisfy the interest of the most discerning aesthetes and connoisseurs!
(02/2011) At the occasion of 600 years Anniversary of the Prague Astronomical Clock, the world exhibition "The Art of watchmaking" is held from February, 5th to March 29th, 2011. This exhibition is taking place in the Cross Hall and Knight's Hall of the Prague Old Town Hall. It is divided into three parts, the first one focuses on Prague´s Astronomical Clock, the second on Czech watchmaking and the third one on the famous Swiss and German manufacturers.
(02/2011) The curtain came down on the 61st Berlin International Film Festival this weekend, bringing to a close ten days of movie madness in Berlin. As red carpets were rolled up across the city, Glashütte Original looked back on a very successful debut experience as Co-Partner of Germany’s premiere cultural event. From opening night to the awards ceremony, the Glashütte Original VIP Lounge and Showroom saw a constant stream of some 500 visitors a day. Among the VIPs who took Europe’s fastest lift to the top of the Kollhoff Tower at Potsdamer Platz 1 were German President Christian Wulff, Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick and a number of the world’s most prominent directors, stars and film crews.