Named the Official Timekeeper and Partner of the NBA, FIBA, FIM World Superbike, Rugby EPCR and Top14 Championship, World Cycling Championships, Tour de France and Ice Hockey World Championships, Tissot has always been linked to sports.
Internationally, Tissot's first known partnership with sport and timekeeping can be found at a ski race in 1938. In Romania, thanks to the research of Marius Rotar from the University "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia and Dan-Catalin Buzdugan.
Ceasuri pentru Romania (ceasurpentruromania.ro) we could establish a starting line of Tissot's presence in sports and more precisely in Rugby, since 1937 when at the General Marinescu Cup, the players of the winning team would each receive an anti-magnetic Tissot watch, the novelty of those years. Albini Prassa is proud to have started its support for sport and especially for Romanian rugby in 2018. In that year, the partnership with the Romanian Rugby Federation was initiated and a first watch, the Tissot Chrono XL, "Stejarii" was launched , the name of the national team. Due to its success, a second watch was launched the following year, the Tissot Chrono XL Gold, "Golden Oaks", where, again, the oak leaf proudly shines on the dial of the limited edition of 500 units. Starting with the national team, the support of Albini Prassa and Tissot quickly moved to structures aimed at education, inclusion or that needed a boost to trigger a unique story. This is how the relaunch of Alba Iulia Rugby Club, a club now in the newly created Rugby National League, was supported.
This is also the reason why he arrived at the unique social and sports project in Gura Humorului, the only top club in Romania that tries to have a budget from private sources and manages to keep the local youth involved in all age categories through education and sports. In the junior leagues, Tissot and Albini Prassa support teams such as Timisoara Warriors, Aurora Baicoi, Grivita Bucuresti, RC Gura Humorului or the first girls' team ever created - the rugby club "Mâtzele Negre" Venus... and new projects are underway development. La Basket 3x3, Tissot and Albini Prassa continue a partnership started 4 years ago with Sport Arena and support their massive involvement at national and international level to make this sport not only a national pride, but a global sport. In ice hockey, again a sport where Tissot has been an important actor for years at international level, Albini Prassa started in 2021 to support Olimpia Ploiesti and the educational program it has for young people, supporting their international tournaments.