Rolex really broadens its time-keeping

Rolex really broadens its time-keeping
Rolex, the luxury Swiss watchmaker, for a third year, will be the Title Sponsor of the FORMULA 1 ®AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX. The Title Sponsorship announcement comes as the Melbourne event prepares to celebrate its most significant milestone yet – two decades of Formula 1® racing in the city.

The 2015 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX will once again be the season opener of the FIA Formula One Worldrolex melb gp Championship™. It will be held at the iconic Albert Park Circuit, 12-15 March, 2015.

Rolex became a major long-term partner of Formula 1 from 2013 as Official Timekeeper and Official Timepiece, in December 2012; and is naming rights sponsor of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, in the UK at The Open golf championship and Wimbledon; sponsor of the Australian Tennis Open, a number of other major tournaments and several leading celebrity players including Roger Federer and Li Na; partnered the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy and is name sponsor for the Grand Slam of Show Jumping; partners a number of leading opera houses in Europe and the US.

In the late 1950s, the Swiss watchmaker became a partner of the Daytona International Speedway in Florida.

In keeping with this spirit of pushing the boundary of technological endeavour, Rolex joined the Bloodhound SSC World Land Speed Record project in 2011 as the Official Timing Partner. The Bloodhound team is aiming to set a new record of 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h) with a cutting-edge supersonic jet- and rocket-powered car, inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers.

In the same vein, Rolex announced in spring 2012 its support for Neuropolis, a world class neuroscience hub based in Switzerland which aims to improve understanding of the human brain using computational biology. This innovative approach, on the frontier of scientific research, builds on the power of supercomputers to simulate biological processes.

 

Originally published in our newsletter, "Back on the Block", published on 17 January 2015.

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Eric Winton

Director, New Millennium Business

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