Téma: geneva

Jaguar will launch its most potent series production car ever, the all-new XKR-S, at the Geneva motorshow on March 1.

20 years after McLaren launched the iconic McLaren F1 road car, and 26 years after McLaren’s Formula 1 team joined forces with TAG Heuer, a unique and limited edition chronograph watch has been displayed today alongside the McLaren MP4-12C at the TAG Heuer Mastering Speed Exhibition at Halle Secheron in Geneva. The TAG Heuer MP4-12C Chronograph combines both companies’ innovative, high-performance and precision manufacturing principles.

Geneva, March 3rd 2009 – The 79th Geneva International Motor Show provides the venue for Ferrari to announce two new pieces of good news: the arrival of the Handling GT Evoluzione (HGTE) package for the 599 GTB Fiorano and the world debut of the 599XX which is aimed at a select group of clients.

GENEVA, 12TH MAY 2009 – Tonight Sotheby’s spring Magnificent Jewels sale series realised a strong total of $35,762,327 (CHF 39,567,975/ € 26,474,140) and was 76.9% sold by lot and 91.3% sold by value. The centrepiece of the Magnificent Jewels auction series - an important and rare fancy vivid blue, internally flawless, cushion-shaped diamond weighing 7.03 carats from Petra Diamonds’ historic Cullinan mine – realised $9,488,754 (CHF 10,498,500 / €7,024,336) against a pre-sale estimate of $5.8-8.5 million (CHF 6.8-10 million*).

Together with the new Quattroporte Sport GT S making its European première, this is Maserati's second new model of the year marking the 70th anniversary of its first Indianapolis 500 win.

The sports car Perana Z-One signals the first collaboration of the Milanese Coachbuilders with a South African Vehicle Manufacturer: Perana Performance Group.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will unveil its latest experimental car, called 200EX, at the Geneva Motor Show on 3 March 2009.

Introduced in the 19th century by an industry long threatened with the scourge of counterfeiting, the Hallmark of Geneva is now regarded as a true horological philosophy and the symbol of horological perfection. Given legal status in 1886, the Hallmark of Geneva is probably one of the oldest professional hallmarks in any industry, recognised as a label of origin, but especially as a guarantee of superior quality. But while it is highly prized in the world of Haute Horlogerie, not just anyone who wants to can join the select circle of manufactories able to obtain it.

The international jewellery and watch house established in 1993 by Fawaz Gruosi invited some 220 journalists from all over the world to attend the launch of two revolutionary timepieces in Geneva on January 17th and 18th. Celebrating in 2008 its first 15 years of existence, de GRISOGONO used the opportunity to launch the celebrations for its anniversary year. Visits to jewellery and watchmaking workshops, interviews with founder Fawaz Gruosi, press conferences and glittering evening receptions filled two memorable days. The events as they happened...