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.
The return of the Tonneau de Cartier
Prior to the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, Cartier previews a revisit of its famous Tonneau watch from 1906. Two versions are proposed, one with hours and minutes, and one a skeleton with second time zone, each in a limited edition.
The changing playing field of luxury e-commerce
Not a month goes by without a luxury watch brand announcing an online partnership or e-commerce launch, including the first website to offer Swiss buyers the chance to own a high-end watch through leasing; a new player that brings with it a different clientele and is shifting digital boundaries.
A "unique piece" from Vacheron Constantin
Prior to SIHH, Vacheron Constantin presents the Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon Sky Chart. This one-only timepiece gives further demonstration of the manufacture's infinite expertise.
New dial colours for the Nomos Orion Update
After an automatic movement with date display, the Orion collection introduces new colours with versions in midnight blue and olive green.
Jaquet Droz adds to its Astrale collection
Two new Grande Heure Minute watches join the Astrale collection, named in honour of astrology, from where time measurement began.
