The Swiss watchmaker Tissot, the official timekeeper of the 2014 Asian Games, and the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC) held a launching ceremony for the company’s 2014 Asian Games Special Collection at the Park Hyatt Seoul on February 10.

The launching ceremony was attended by Mr. Kim Young-soo, the president of IAGOC; Mr. François Thiébaud, the president of Tissot; and Mr. Kwon Kyung-sang, the secretary general of IAGOC.  A video presentation and a product presentation about the Special Collection were made at the event.  Some 50 members of the media covered the event.

Mr. Thiébaud introduced the eight watches in the Special Collection, and revealed that each of the watches will be available to the public for purchase gradually from March to September, when the 2014 Asian Games opens.

Mr. Kim, who returned from attending the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, thanked Tissot for launching the 2014 Asian Games Special Collection, and remarked, “The Sochi Opening Ceremony was very impressive, and made me more committed to make the Asian Games a memorable event like the Sochi Winter Olympics.”