Hyderabad|India|August'2009: Longines, a Switzerland based watch manufacturer with over 175 years in the service of precision and elegance of time felicitated ace Indian Badminton players Saina Nehwal, Chetan Anand and Pullela Gopichand with a watch worth Rs One Lakh Forty thousand each here at World Badminton Championship 2009 Dinner held on Saturday night in a city hotel.

Mr. Claude Jaunin, Regional Sales Manager Asia Pacific, Longines gave away Longines Conquest watch to Saina Nehwal, currently ranked 7th in the world by the Badminton World Federation; Chetan Anand, currently ranked 14th in the world who left for an International Tournament could not attend personally to receive the Grande Vitesche watch and the same was presented to his wife Jwala, who is also an ace Badminton player.

Indian Badminton team Coach Pullela Gopichand was also honoured with Dolce Vita watch.

Longines is the well known Swiss watchmaker whose history is closely linked with that of sports timing.

The World Badminton Championship 2009 Dinner hosted by Longines was graced by Young Joong Kang, President, World Badminton Federation, several bureaucrats from state and Government of India and many who’s who of Badminton world.

Longines also launched Master Collection Moon Phase model, a magnificent example of the know how of Longines design team on the occasion. It is the World Badminton Championship 2009 official watch.

Longines has been involved for many years in sports of elegance, precision and tradition such as Equestrian, Gymnastics, Alpine Skiing and more recently Tennis, Short Track and Archery and now Badminton.