The Bite Magazine - Summer 2012 - Issue 5

bite watch captured the guest’s attention and was one of the evening’s highlights. The following evening on March 22nd, the Park Avenue Armory in New York once again played host to a cocktail party where celebrities such as Super Bowl champ Victor Cruz, Katharine McPhee from NBC’s “Smash”, Brooke Burke from “Dancing with the Stars” and husband David Charvet, Montreux Jazz Festival’s director Claude Nobs and Colin Cowie joined Audemars Piguet’s figureheads Francois-Henry Bennahmias and Olivier Audemars and over 1000 guests for another night of celebration. British band, The Irrepressibles once again provided the evening’s entertainment. The second leg of the moving exhibition touched down in Milan, Italy on April 17th. However, on the evening of March 19th, Audemars Piguet continued their celebration of 40 years of the Royal Oak sports watch at a black tie gala. In attendance and joining the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Jasmine Audemars, Audemars Piguet’s CEO Philippe Merk and CEO of Audemars Piguet Italia, Franco Ziviani were over 150 guests including the Swiss Consul in Italy, General Massimo Baggi and Evelyne Genta, wife of the late Gérald Genta, the designer of the Royal Oak timepiece as well as actor andAcademyAward winnerAdrien Brody, Russian prima ballerina at the Scala and Bolshoi, Svetlana Zakharova and Formula 1 pilot Jarno Trulli. The gastronomy dinner held in the garden of the Old Fashion Café, in the heart of Parco Sempione in Milan had 130 special guests in attendance. The guests enjoyed a menu specially created by the chefs of the three-starred restaurant Da Vittorio and wine from Château Malartic- Lagravière and Laurent- Perrier champagne. At an hour before midnight, more than 300 guests were escorted to the after dinner party where they enjoyed music played by DJ Graziano della Nebbia. The third leg of Audemars Piguet’s 40Years of the Royal Oak exhibition was held at Palais de Tokyo in Paris from June 6 th -10 th and will then travel to Beijing, Singapore and Dubai before the end of the year whereAudemars Piguet will continue to celebrate with celebrities and guests. www.audemarspiguet.com Images courtesy of Getty Images and Audemars Piguet