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Friend of the Brand Hans Knauss (Super-G Silver Medal, Nagano Olympics 1998) visits Zenith

A few weeks ago, Zenith Friend of the Brand and Austrian former alpine skier Hans Knauss (silver medal in the Super-G at the 1998 Nagano Olympics; seven tines world cup champion, silver medal at the 2003 St. Moritz Giant Slalom and bronze medal at the1999 Super-G in Vail) paid a visit at the Le Locle based manufacture.

 

(ZENITH President and CEO Aldo Magada with Hans Knauss)

Knauss, who is also an avid rally champion and competes in classic car rallies in Europe as one of Zenith's ambassadors.

 

(Hans Knauss and the Zenith-sponsored Jaguar MKII at the Saalbach Classics Rally)

Knauss says that the love for precision and perfection is a value he deeply felt shared by the staff at Zenith: "as an athlete, you constantly strive for perfection, you act at the limit, always trying to give your very best. This is an attitude shared by the people at Zenith is a well."

 

(Zenith's Director of Hospitality Paul Wirth introduces Hans Knauss into the intricacies of in-house movement production)

 

 

(As an Zenith ambassador, you have to be able to finish your piece yourself...)

 

For himself, Hans Knauss opted for the new Zenith El Primero Sport as timepiece which he "considers a perfect match to my own lifestyle". 

 

 

For more on the Zenith El Primero Sport - please click here !