Sustainability: a drop in the ocean?
The One Ocean Summit in Brest aims to mobilise the international community to take tangible action to save the ocean. Yet another emergency for the stricken planet. Part one: taking stock.
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Luxury, biodiversity and the sixth mass extinction
At five points in the past 500 million years, life on Earth was almost completely wiped out. We are now on the brink of a sixth mass extinction, and we are the cause. Can humans right their wrongs? The luxury industry must lead by example.
Panerai moves into Zurich
The Florentine brand has opened its first store in Zurich (with A. Lange & Söhne) at 25 Bahnhofstrasse, and celebrates the event with a special edition of the Luminor Due.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Dazzling Rendez-Vous Red
A new addition to the collection this year, the Dazzling Rendez-Vous stands out for its precious stones in a prong setting. This Red version is perfect for a long, hot summer.
Arceau Grands Fonds, the summer watch from Hermès
This new interpretation of the Arceau d'Hermès borrows a design from the "Grands Fonds" silk scarf, transposed to the dial by hand in a micro-mosaic of vivid glass tesserae.
RJ presents the Arraw Marine Mykonos
RJ takes inspiration from the Cyclades island of Mykonos for a ten-piece limited edition in the Arraw Marine collection.
The quarrel of excellence and luxury, the paradox of perfection
You may have noticed how, at regular intervals, newspapers like to resurrect a debate not unlike another, much older dispute (from the time of the Sun King to be exact), in which the Ancients and the Moderns clashed, each convinced of a supremacy not easily quantified; a divergence of opinion whose modern equivalent we could call, to paraphrase the exegete Germaine de Staël, the quarrel of excellence and luxury.
Hublot continues its Mediterranean tour
After Mykonos, Capri and Porto Cervo, Hublot has opened a summer pop-up store in Ibiza, and released a Classic Fusion Chronograph in the island's colours.
