de Grisogono Lipstick SQ S12

February 19,2010 – de GRISOGONO is pleased to announce they dressed the stars last night during the fantastic charity fashion show held at Somerset House for Naomi Campbell’s Fashion For Relief™ benefiting Haiti.

Fashion For Relief™ took center stage at the British Fashion Council’s official London Fashion Week show venue. This year it was held in aid of The White Ribbon Alliance as it advocates for the health needs and rights of women and girls around the world, especially supporting its partners in Haiti at this time to rebuild the health care system for mothers and babies.

Funds raised at Fashion For Relief™ will go towards making sure mothers and babies are at the heart of the Haiti’s new health system, and to ensuring that this essential work continues in other countries where women are at risk of dying when they give birth.

Fashion For Relief™ brought together on the catwalk, top international faces of fashion, music, film, TV, sports and society. The show featured glamorous clothes by the world’s most renowned and respected fashion designers including Vivienne Westwood, Jaeger, Dolce & Gabbana and Alexander McQueen. On behalf of de Grisogono, Founder and President Fawaz Gruosi was very saddened with the news of Alexander McQueen’s passing – a true innovator of British and International Fashion.

Those wearing de Grisogono included the likes of David Gandy, Jo Wood, Sinita, Pixie Geldof, Valerie Campbell, Jamelia, Freddie Flintoff, Piers Morgan, Zaha Hadid , Violetta Gruosi (daughter of founder and president of de Grisogono, Fawaz Gruosi) and of course Naomi Campbell.

Naomi Campbell wearing a de GRISOGONO Lipstick watch

de Grisogono is proud to be one of the prominent brands supporting this year’s Fashion For Relief. Known for his designs, Fawaz Gruosi began designing watches in 2000 with his Instrumento Uno – today has more than 20 collections incorporating the spirit of the brand, boldness and creativity. ‘I am proud to be once again supporting my dear friend Naomi and her great efforts towards this cause’.

As well as the array of stunning watches seen on the catwalk, de Grisogono also participated in the charity auction. The luxury Swiss watchmakers gave away two pairs of beautiful matching ‘His and Hers’ watches for the winner of the amazing auction lot.

Famed for creating watches of exquisite beauty – the first set auctioned was the FG One N03 Blackened Steel Retrograde Dual Time Zone for him and an Instrumentino N12/A, also Blackened Steel, with Diamonds for her. The second set was an Instrumento No. Uno DF N12 a Platinum cased dual time zone watch, with a Sapphire crystal back for him and hers is the diamond-laid bracelet, Steel watch, the Instrumentino N07/B.

Depeche Mode

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.

One of the most influential bands on the international electropop scene, this will be Depeche Mode’s first ever concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The band’s members are thrilled at the prospect. Not just because of the prestigious venue, but also because of the cause they have chosen to support. The event will raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust, an organisation which provides help to adolescents with cancer in terms of treatment, research, education, family support and specialist diagnosis (www.teenagecancertrust.org).

To mark this special occasion, Hublot and Depeche Mode have decided to create a series of 12 unique watches, each of which will feature one of the band’s album covers on its dial. The watches will be sold at an auction at the beginning of February on a dedicated website (link available at www.hublot.ch or www.depechemode.com from 1 February 2010). All proceeds from the sale will be donated to TCT. Tickets for this unique Depeche Mode concert will be on sale from 18 December at www.livenation.co.uk.

For fans of Depeche Mode and Hublot alike, this is a one-off opportunity to attend an extraordinary concert and/or to acquire a highly exclusive “pop” Big Bang model.

Martin L. Gore, on behalf of the band, declares : “As big fans of Hublot, we’re happy to be collaborating with them on such an important cause. We’re all honored to have these 12 unique pieces created by Hublot and are grateful that it will be in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust.”

Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of Hublot : “We at Hublot feel proud and privileged to have made these twelve unique pieces which are reflecting the “fusion” between the spirit and sound of the music of Depeche Mode and the vibrations of 450 years of Swiss Watch Making Art”.

Source: www.hublot.ch

IceLink 6Timezone Alarm Clocks

Successfully launched a few years ago, with its signature IceLink shape, the 6Timezone finds a new expression. The Alarm Clock with its six time zones and two alarms will find its place in your lifestyle as well as on the go.

The hour-markers of the two alarm dials and all the hands are illuminated with Superluminova which glow in the dark for ease of reading at night. The cities represented are: New York, Moscow, London, Tokyo, Geneva plus one local time zone.

The 6Timezone Alarm Clocks are available in steel with metallic black dials ($3,800), steel with MOP dials ($4,000) or black PVD with carbon dials ($4,200). Size: Height 105mm (4.25 inch) / Width 75mm (3 inch) / Depth 15mm (0.5 inch). The guarantee for the Alarm Clocks is like all the IceLink watches: 5 years. This represents an industry standard and shows the confidence in the brand and the products.

Cindy Crawford and George Clooney

Ambassadors George Clooney and Cindy Crawford join in the celebration

OMEGA inaugurated a worldwide advertising campaign celebrating the tenth anniversary of its revolutionary Co-Axial technology, at a party at London’s Saatchi Gallery on the 14th of October. The campaign will have its global launch on the 19th of October.

Party guests toasted two of OMEGA’s prominent spokespersons George Clooney and Cindy Crawford who were on hand at the celebration.
The advertisements feature photographs of OMEGA’s high-profile ambassadors, including Crawford and Clooney, sporting or holding loupes, the magnifying glasses favoured by watchmakers.

Crawford and Clooney, joined by OMEGA president Stephen Urquhart, posed for photographs in front of poster-sized reproductions of their advertisements. They also looked at the larger-than-life images of their fellow OMEGA ambassadors including Buzz Aldrin, Michael Phelps, Michael Schumacher, and Caterina Murino.

The special guests came directly to the party at the prestigious gallery from the premiere of Fantastic Mr. Fox, an animated film based on Roald Dahl’s book of the same name. The movie features Clooney’s voice along with those of Meryl Streep and Bill Murray.

After taking in the exhibition, Clooney and Crawford chatted with international media and posed for photographs with fans and well wishers.

Cindy Crawford

Advertising as art: where better than the Saatchi Gallery?
The Saatchi Gallery on Kings Road, where the exhibition was held, has one of the world’s pre-eminent collections of contemporary art and along with works by established artists, it features work by largely unseen young artists or by international artists whose work is rarely exhibited in the UK.

Inspired by OMEGA’s award-winning advertisement
The campaign’s visuals were inspired by OMEGA’s award-winning “Watchmaker Wanted” advertisement featuring a Greg Williams photograph of George Clooney wearing a lab coat and a loupe.

The headlines in each of the advertisements refer both to the ambassador’s professional accomplishments and to OMEGA’s Co-Axial calibres.

Cindy Crawford’s features the bold legend, “The beauty is in the detail.” For Clooney, there is a reference to the fact that his father has been a long-time OMEGA wearer. “It runs in the family,” the headline says.

All of OMEGA’s other high-flying ambassadors are featured in the campaign. Advertisements featuring actresses Nicole Kidman and Zhang Ziyi are still in development.

George Clooney

The other “stars” in the adverts: OMEGA’s Co-Axial calibres
The Co-Axial escapement, introduced in 1999, was the first practical new watch escapement to be developed in some 250 years. The escapement is, in simple terms, the heart of the mechanical watch. It maintains the oscillations of the balance, the watch’s regulating mechanism. The Co-Axial Escapement reduces the friction among the parts that transmit energy to the other components, resulting in longer service intervals, a reduced need for lubrication and, above all, greater stability of the watch’s precision over time.

“Co-Axial has been a turning point”
Commenting on the advertisements, OMEGA president Stephen Urquhart said, “The Co-Axial has been a turning point for us. It has given substance to our message. Creating a campaign around the quality of OMEGA’s Co-Axial movements using these pictures of our brand ambassadors is an innovative and eye-catching way to communicate how proud we are that the calibers have been so well received and how confident we are about the role they will play in OMEGA’s future.”

Frédérique Constant at the “ONLY WATCH 09” Charity Auction

Geneva – July 2009
It is with great honor and pleasure that we announce the participation of Swiss Watch Manufacturer Frédérique Constant in the “ONLY WATCH 09” Charity Auction, held in Monte-Carlo on Thursday, September 24th, 2009, under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Watch aficionados and representatives of the world’s most prestigious watch manufacturers gather to witness the third edition of this exceptional auction. All participating brands contributed to raise funds for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a serious genetic disease that affects one out of 3500 boys born, by donating a unique wristwatch for the event. This Charity Auction afforded to raise € 1,9 M in 2005 and € 2,7 M in 2007.

The 2009 Frédérique Constant’s contributing lot will be as unique and engaged as this Charity Auction: The Heart Beat Trilogy, for the first time assembled in a common luxurious jewel box, which includes a choice of different bracelet. This very feminine Heart Beat Trilogy intended for a very special woman, designed by women for women.

Each of the three watches in the Heart Beat Trilogy is special:
- A unique Heart Beat Manufacture Automatic Pavée, the most luxurious and sparkling ladies timepiece within our Heart Beat collection.
- A unique Double Heart Beat Chocolate Pavée, joined to the “International Children’s Heart Foundation”.
- And a unique Love Heart Beat, linked to “Paint a Smile” Foundation.

Before the Auction planned in Monaco on September 24th, the Heart Beat Trilogy will do a worldwide

Tour in different famous places, well-known from the watch lovers:

Preview exhibitions
Shanghai (Park Hyatt): 29 – 31 July
Geneva (Patrizzi & Co): 27 – 29 August
London (Asprey): 3 – 5 September
New York (Tourneau): 10 – 12 September
Milan (Pisa Orologeria): 17 – 18 September
Monaco Yacht Show: 23 – 24 September

Auction
Monaco (Yacht show) 24 September at 18.00

THE ROYAL REGENT : Limited Edition

Backes & Strauss are proud to unveil The Royal Regent. True to being a Regent in shape, there are 201 perfectly hand cut oval diamonds, hand set on the dial, the 18 kt white gold case and the bespoke bracelet. The dial is natural mother of pearl, a very elegant blue backdrop for the 12 stunning sapphires acting as numerals, surrounded by 65 perfectly cut oval diamonds. The bracelet is set with a further 107 hand cut oval diamonds and 6 round ideal cut diamonds.
A piece of this beauty, taking craftsmen months to perfect, is limited to only five pieces.

The Royal Regent – Technical Information

Size: 4047mm.
Movement: Automatic movement rotor with platinum segment.
Display: Hours, minutes and seconds.
Case: 18kt white gold, set with 28 perfectly cut oval shaped diamonds,
weighing 10.03 carats.
Dial: Blue mother-of-pearl set with 65 perfectly cut oval shaped diamonds, weighing 3.24 carats & 12 oval shaped sapphires, weighing 0.60 carats.
Crown: Set with an ideal cut diamond, weighing 0.09 carats.
Bracelet: White gold set with 107 perfectly oval shaped diamonds and 6 round ideal cut diamonds, weighing 53.6 carats.

Limited edition of 5 pieces retailing at CHF 1,350,000

For any further information on any of the Backes & Strauss collections,please contact Rebecca Reed or Febronie Desage-Bonnet at Fraser Brand Innovation on 0207 349 8703 or Email: rebecca@fraserbrandinnovation.co.uk or febronie@fraserbrandinnovation.co.uk