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.
Nomos gets sporty
Nomos enters the sport watch segment with the Club neomatik 42, which is also the first Nomos watch to have a metal bracelet. Generously sized at 42mm and water-resistant to 300 metres, it's made for an active life.
Cartier combines the iconic with the Zeitgeist
Pierre Rainero, Image, Style and Heritage Director, Cartier International, explains, the new Santos-Dumont and other recent design decisions.
De Bethune turns up the heat
A master in the art of heat-treating metals, De Bethune explores the warm shade of yellow, achieved through thermal oxidation of the grade 5 titanium case and movement components in the DB28 Yellow Tones.
The continued polarisation of the Swiss watch market
The latest report on the Swiss watch industry by US investment bank Morgan Stanley, in association with Swiss consultancy LuxeConsult, points to accelerated polarisation within the sector. The main players are growing at significantly higher than average rates while seeing their market share increase.
An "extra-special" Pilot Type 20 from Zenith
Zenith has chosen its iconic Pilot line for its very first silver case, presented as a limited edition of 250 pieces.
A new face for the Patek Philippe "Regulator"
Debuting in 2011, Reference 5235, which combines Patek Philippe's patented annual calendar with a regulator-type display, now comes in pink gold with a two-tone graphite and black dial.
