Elegant
Performance for Official Launch of the new Longines Sports
Collection
Baselworld, 12th April 2007 - A new page of history
was written at Baselworld when the Longines brand officially
launched its dedicated elegant sports collection at the
Swatch Group Plaza, followed by a press conference given
by the CEO of The Swatch Group, Mr Nick Hayek Jr., together
with the brand's President Mr Walter von Känel.
At 10 am precisely the Swatch Group Plaza came alive
with giant screens descending from the ceiling as backdrops
for the acrobatic feats of athletes illustrating in mime
the four dimensions of the sports quest for excellence
to go faster, further, higher and deeper than before:
the message of the new sports watch collection from Longines,
in perfect adequation with the brand's prestigious sports
history and contemporary sports partnerships.
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Acrobatic
performance of athletes miming the four dimensions
of sports at the launch event of the new Longines
Sport Collection during Baselworld on April 12th,
2007.
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The
HydroConquest line was presented by an acrobatic
performance of athletes at the launch event of the
new Longines Sport Collection during Baselworld on
April 12th, 2007. |
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The
HydroConquest line was presented by an acrobatic
performance of athletes at the launch event of the
new Longines Sport Collection during Baselworld on
April 12th, 2007. |

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The
Longines Weems Second-Setting Watch was presented
by an acrobatic performance of athletes at the launch
event of the new Longines Sport Collection during
Baselworld on April 12th, 2007. |
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The
elegant Conquest line was presented by an acrobatic
performance of athletes at the launch event of the
new Longines Sport Collection during Baselworld on
April 12th, 2007.
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Mr
Nick Hayek Jr., CEO of the Swatch Group, and Mr Walter
von Känel, President of Longines, wearing the
new watches at the press conference launching the
new Longines Sport Collection, during Baselworld
on April 12th, 2007. |
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Mr
Walter von Känel, President of Longines, at
the press conference launching the new Longines Sport
Collection during Baselworld on April 12th, 2007. |

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Mr
Nick Hayek Jr., CEO of the Swatch Group, and Mr Walter
von Känel, President of Longines, at the press
conference launching the new Longines Sport Collection,
during Baselworld on April 12th, 2007. |
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Mr
Nick Hayek Jr., CEO of the Swatch Group, and Mr Walter
von Känel, President of Longines, at the press
conference launching the new Longines Sport Collection,
during Baselworld on April 12th, 2007. |

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Mr
Nick Hayek Jr., CEO of the Swatch Group, and Mr Walter
von Känel, President of Longines, at the press
conference launching the new Longines Sport Collection,
during Baselworld on April 12th, 2007. |
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Mr
Nick Hayek Jr., CEO of the Swatch Group, and Mr Walter
von Känel, President of Longines, at the press
conference launching the new Longines Sport Collection,
during Baselworld on April 12th, 2007. |

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Mr
Nick Hayek Jr., CEO of the Swatch Group, and Mr Walter
von Känel, President of Longines, at the press
conference launching the new Longines Sport Collection,
during Baselworld on April 12th, 2007. |
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Mr
Nick Hayek Jr., CEO of the Swatch Group, and Mr Walter
von Känel, President of Longines, at the press
conference launching the new Longines Sport Collection,
during Baselworld on April 12th, 2007. |
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