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.
A Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar Limited Edition
Twenty years after Glashütte Original introduced a perpetual calendar to its Senator collection, the openworked dial of this limited edition puts the accent on the automatic Calibre 36-02, which premiered in 2016.
Why luxury must cater to young Chinese
The latest McKinsey report on China paints a picture of young luxury consumers leading digital lives but still traditional in their purchasing habits. As the generation that will be making half of global luxury purchases in a very near future, best listen to what they have to say.
Twenty years on for the Breitling Orbiter 3
In 1999, aeronauts Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones completed the first non-stop, round-the-world balloon flight in the Breitling Orbiter 3. Twenty years on, Breitling celebrates the exploit with the Cockpit B50 Orbiter Limited Edition, powered by a SuperQuartz™ movement.
A barely-there bracelet from Richard Mille
Richard Mille has unveiled a 200-component bracelet in Carbon TPT® and titanium weighing just 29 grams. Thirteen months in development, it makes its debut on the RM 07-01 Ladies.
A tale of rivers and watch fairs
Any stroll through the wonderful city of Rome always takes me to Piazza Navona to admire the magnificent Fountain of the Four Rivers, designed by Bernini in the mid-1600s. This allegory of the world as it was then known, with its sculptures representing rivers, has often put me in mind of another hydrographic specificity, this one a little further north.
Robert Downey Jr. spotted wearing De Bethune
A respected watch collector, Robert Downey Jr. was seen at the press conference for the Avengers: Endgame movie wearing a De Bethune watch.
