As FEI’s Top Partner, Longines is the Official Partner, Official Timekeeper and Official Watch of the CSIO Barcelona 2015 and timed the victory of Team Belgium, made up of Olivier Philippaerts on H&M Armstrong van de Kapel, Judy-Ann Melchior on As Cold As Ice Z, Jos Lansink on For Cento and Gregory Wathelet on Conrad de Hus, at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup^TM Jumping final after several months of intense preparation and thrilling competitions across Europe. The Swiss watch brand is also associated with two other highlights of the event: the Longines Challenge Cup on Friday, won by Team Qatar, and the Longines Cup of the City of Barcelona on Sunday.

The Belgian rider Gregory Wathelet on Conrad de Hus of the 2015 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup^TM Jumping Final winning team, who did a double clear round at the qualification round on Thursday and at the final on Saturday.

Besides, the Official Watch of the CSIO Barcelona 2015 is a lady model of the new Longines DolceVita collection, cased in steel, decorated with diamonds and featuring a silver-coloured “flinqué” dial adorned with painted Roman numerals. This timepiece represents contemporary elegance of the Longines watchmaking brand worldwide, which makes it also the perfect illustration of the elegance of this world class competition.

The Belgian rider Judy-Ann Melchior on As Cold As Ice Z  of the 2015 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup^TM Jumping Final winning team, who did a clear round with one time penalty point at the qualification round on Thursday and a second clear round at the final on Saturday.

The partnership between Longines and the FEI reinforces the traditional and long-lasting commitment of the Swiss watchmaker in equestrian sports. As part of this partnership, Longines is lending its name to the FEI world ranking for riders participating in the show jumping trials: the Longines Rankings. The brand is the Official Partner of the three indoors series (Western European, Chinese and North American League) and the final of the Longines FEI World Cup^TM Jumping, as well as the outdoors series and the final of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup^TM Jumping.

Juan-Carlos Capelli, Vice President of Longines and Head of International Marketing, Louis Romanet, IFHA President, and Ingmar De Vos, FEI President, at the 2015 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup^TM Jumping Final in Barcelona

Longines’ commitment to equestrian sport dates back to 1878, when the brand produced a chronograph engraved with a jockey and his mount. In 1912, the company partnered for the first time with an international show jumping competition in Portugal. Today, along with show jumping, Longines is an active partner in flat racing and eventing. In these three disciplines, Longines is the Official Partner, the Official Timekeeper and the Official Watch of international institutions, events, races and competitions. Elegance, Performance and Tradition are values that both equestrian sport and Longines share, which strengthen the profound bounds that the brand has been developing with the equestrian world for more than a century.