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(03/2010) For the third consecutive year, the Swiss watchmaker and jeweler Piaget, renowned for its High Jewelry collections and for its expertise in ultra-thin movements that has become a hallmark of the Piaget style, is supporting the Independent Film Festival, in Los Angeles. Since its founding in 1874, Piaget stands for unique watchmaking and jewelry know-how allied with a pioneering spirit.
(03/2010) The watchmaking brand has just signed a partnership with Argentine footballer Diego Maradona. Argentina's current national team coach is also known as the "player of the 20th century" in honour of his exceptional career which has left its mark on the history of world football. This genius on the pitch, who has always demonstrated his taste for fine watches, is now part of the Hublot family. And from today, it will be a Big Bang Maradona that can be seen on the wrist of the "Hand of God"!
(02/2010) A. Lange & Söhne is extending its commitment as sponsor of the Dresden State Art Collections for a further two years. The Saxony-
based watch brand, which enjoys a long tradition, has been supporting Dresden’s world-famous museums, including the “Historic Green Vault“, the “Old Masters’ Gallery“, and the “Mathematics and Physics Salon”, whose collection also includes historical Lange pocket watches, since 2006.
(02/2010) In sponsoring artist Esther Shalev Gerz’ exhibition at the influential Jeu de Paume in Paris, Jaeger-LeCoultre pursues its patronage of contemporary art and photography. Jaeger-LeCoultre’s patronage of Esther Shalev Gerz’s exhibition is its latest in a long series of associations with major artists, which has included the shows, productions and publications of Cindy Sherman, Lee Friedlander, an Edouard Steichen retrospective, Richard Avedon, and most recently Tutto Fellini at the Jeu de Paume in 2009.
(02/2010) Elisa Sednaoui, a young French-Italian actress, attended the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, the “Berlinale”, from 11 to 21 February 2010, for the screening of the film “Indigène d’Eurasie” (Eastern Drift) by the Lithuanian director Sharunas Bartas. For the occasion, Elisa Sednaoui wore a Jaeger-LeCoultre timepiece: the Joaillerie 101 Manchette in white gold, onyx and diamonds driven by the world’s smallest mechanical watchmaking movement: the Calibre 101.
(02/2010) Breitling is delighted to announce that the humanitarian round-the-world tour, launched in 2009 to commemorate the feat achieved by Breitling Orbiter 3 ten years earlier, has already served to raise almost one hundred thousand euros (USD 140,000) to be devoted to fighting one of the most dreadful diseases to affect children.
(02/2010) As Official Timekeeper of the 33rd America’s Cup and sponsor of Alinghi, Hublot has won its cup. The Swiss watch brand assesses this adventure positively, having witnessed an edge-of-seat competition between the two monsters of technology. The fastest won, for the visual pleasure of many fans worldwide.
(02/2010) Depeche Mode and Hublot launch the auction of the most exclusive collector’s pieces in the history of Rock and Roll with all proceeds
donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust. Bidding begins February 8th and terminates February 24th. Twelve unique timepieces bearing the album artwork of Depeche Mode’s legendary studio albums will be sold via an online auction with all proceeds from the sale going to the Teenage Cancer Trust.
(02/2010) Together with the multiple German champion, FC Bayern Munich, and as its “Official Timing Partner”, Ebel organized a “FCB-Players’ Night” at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Evening’s motto was: TIME HELPS! With this idea Ebel would like to make a contribution to the FC Bayern Hilfe e.V., a foundation which supports generously people who got innocently in distress.
(02/2010) Snow and a festive, friendly atmosphere were part of the mix in Megève when the famous French ski resort hosted 250 professional and amateur golfers to the white-blanketed fairways of the Mont d'Arbois golf course for the 10th anniversary Vacheron Constantin Snow Golf Cup held from January 27th to 31st.
(02/2010) Today in New York, Hublot is very proud to present Veronica Varekova, ambassador for the African Wildlife Foundation. This talented and dynamic woman will embody the feminine expression of Hublot's spirit. The top model and the watch brand share the same values, which they wish to promote together.
(02/2010) The «star pilot» John Travolta, a keen aviation enthusiast with over 5,000 flight hours under his belt and who is certified on eight different types of aircraft, is reaffirming in 2010 his longstanding affinities with the brand symbolized by the winged B. He will in particular be featured in a Breitling advertising campaign, through a new visual created – like the previous ones - by American photographer Patricia von Ah.
(02/2010) Ulysse Nardin has been chosen as a sponsor of the prestigious Abu Dhabi Yacht Show 2010. An exclusive limited Edition watch named “Abu Dhabi Yacht Show” created by Ulysse Nardin pays homage to the company’s history related to the vast open seas since 1846 and to the modern City of Abu Dhabi located at the waterfront of the Persian Gulf.
(01/2010) Hublot's new ambassador, the Swiss cross-country skier Dario Cologna, has every chance of reaching the podium at the next Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Dario had a fantastic year in 2009, winning the "Tour de ski" - he is the first Swiss skier to claim this victory - and the overall ranking for the World Cup.
(01/2010) The Swiss watchmaking company IWC Schaffhausen celebrated its new Portuguese watch collection on the occasion of the SIHH in Geneva amidst a setting inspired by typical yacht design features. Prominent guests joined invited business partners for the “IWC Dinner” at the Espace Sécheron, where they were enthused by the premiere of the IWC product film starring Hollywood actor Jean Reno.
(01/2010) Today in Geneva, Hublot's CEO Jean-Claude Biver, side by side with Ernesto Bertarelli, the president of Alinghi, unveiled the chronograph sporting the colours of the Swiss Defender of the 33rd America’s Cup. Swiss Made expertise was the toast of the hour this evening on the shores of Lake Geneva, as the exclusive, limited edition Hublot "King Power Alinghi" watch made its debut.
(01/2010) Traditional workmanship together with innovative ideas, aesthetic and manufacturing perfection, the will to define ambitious visions and to go one’s own way fully committed – these are values, which Carl F. Bucherer and the American leather manufacturer Stallion have in common. For this reason Stallion designer and founder, Pedro Muñoz, is the new enthusiastic Brand ambassador for the independent watchmaker.
(12/2009) The ninth British Classic Yacht Club (BCYC) Cowes Regatta (Isle of Wight, UK) will join the prestigious Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge Circuit (PCYC) from 2010 as part of a three-year sponsorship deal signed this month. The BCYC Cowes Regatta which will take place from Sunday 18th to Saturday 24th July 2010 will be the first UK event to join the Panerai Circuit.
(12/2009) Hublot today announced its involvement with an exclusive concert on 17 February 2010 by the legendary group Depeche Mode to be held at London's Royal Albert Hall. Proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust, an organisation set up to support young cancer sufferers.
(12/2009) The Lange Owners Group (LOG) is an exclusive circle of Lange customers from all over the world, who are in permanent contact via the internet. They have taken a keen interest in the development of the Lange manufacture for years. On the occasion of a visit to Glashütte in March 2009, a donation for supporting the training of junior watch-makers was presented to the company founder Walter Lange by some members.
(12/2009) Vacheron Constantin, the world’s oldest watch manufacture with more than 250 years of uninterrupted history, has been honored with an Award of Merit decerned by the 2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation program for the exceptional restoration of its Mansion in Shanghai - 796 Huai Hai Lu.
(12/2009) The Swiss watchmaker Longines was delighted to receive a visit from Ariella Kaeslin, its new Ambassador of Elegance and high flyer during the 2009 international gymnastics season. This summer, Longines announced that the newly crowned European Vault Champion and silver medallist at the World Championships was to become its latest brand ambassador.
(12/2009) Motor-racing greats Lewis Hamilton joined Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren Automotive Chairman Ron Dennis, TAG Heuer Honorary Chairman Jack Heuer, TAG Heuer CEO Jean-Christophe Babin and more than 120 international journalists at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) on Wednesday to celebrate TAG Heuer's 150th anniversary and the 25th year of its winning partnership with McLaren in F1.
(12/2009) Motorcycle legend and JEANRICHARD Ambassador, Giacomo Agostini, was in La Chaux-de-Fonds on November 25 to meet with the Teams and to discover the watch brand’s workshops. With his Bressel 1665 Chronograph Rattrapante Foudroyante on his wrist, Ago has had the opportunity to admire some of the watchmaker’s most incredible creations.
(11/2009) With the Polo season in full swing, the Manufacture is inaugurating a new section of its website dedicated to this sport. Arranged in five parts, it narrates the close ties that have been woven between Jaeger-LeCoultre and Polo since 1931 and presents the Brand’s Polo Ambassadors.
(11/2009) Jean-Claude Biver is today proud to announce that Hublot will have it s own ambassador on the F1 circuit s in 2010, in the shape of Bruno Senna. He will be racing for the Campos Meta team. Bruno, the nephew of Ayrton Senna, is a talented young driver who has already made a name for himself on the GP2 circuits by finishing the 2008 season in 2nd place on the podium.
(11/2009) The oldest Automobile club in the world is opening it s doors to the Swiss watchmaking company Hublot for the first partnership in it s history. Hugues de Rouret and Jean-Claude Biver are explaining the reasons which encouraged them to join forces in Paris today. The main fruit of this alliance will be the creat ion of a watch in the AFC colours, a percentage of the royalties from which will be donated to the Fondation ICM (Inst itute for Cerebral and Medullary Disorders).
(11/2009) The famous words “going, going, gone..” will be uttered on 26th November in Milan for the second time in a row on behalf of a good cause. Within the framework of National Cancer Research Day, the second watch auction will take place for the benefit of the Italian cancer research organisation AIRC.
(11/2009) The Austrian launch of the Jaeger-LeCoultre „Hybris Mechanica 55“ took place at Wagner, the jewellers, in Kärntner Street, Vienna. Janek Deleskiewicz, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s chief designer, and David Candaux, master watch-maker in grand complications, presented the unique set of three watches in the specially created strong-room on the first floor to 150 enthusiastic invited guests.
(11/2009) In 2009, Longines proudly continues its pivotal association with the Melbourne Cup Carnival; the premier racing event in the Southern Hemisphere, which gathered this year a crowd of 368,900 racing enthusiasts. As a perfect compliment to the internationally renowned Carnival, Longines proudly launched its exciting new ladies range, Longines PrimaLuna.