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 De Bethune DB28XP Meteorite looks to the stars
The de Bethune DB28XP now appears with a black zirconium case and a meteorite dial featuring distinctive geometric shapes. Only 10 numbered timepieces will be produced.
A titanium version of the Slim d’Hermès Perpetual Calendar
Slender, pared-down, minimalist: The Slim d’Hermès welcomes a new model in titanium
Green hues for the Royal Oak
Audemars Piguet unveils several new Royal Oak models enriched with green dials. The new offerings include a “Jumbo” Extra-Thin model, a Selfwinding Chronograph and three new Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon variants.
Counterfeiting “costs” the Swiss watch industry CHF 2 billion
A recent OECD report shows that the watch industry is the main victim of the trade in counterfeit “Swiss” goods, losing CHF 2 billion a year in foregone sales.
Vintage mood with the Breitling’s Top Time Deus
Breitling announces a new partnership with Australian lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina – the inspiration for Breitling’s rugged, retro Top Time Deus, designed for every-day life.
Blancpain resurrects its Fifty Fathoms No Rad
Blancpain reinterprets its Fifty Fathoms "no radiations". This mid-1960s diving instrument, notably used by the German Navy, was stamped with a "no radiations" logo indicating that Blancpain was not using luminescent materials composed of radium.
