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.
Two new adventurers join Ulysse Nardin
With a name like Ulysse, a certain hero of the Iliad and the Odyssey inevitably springs to mind. Carrying on this adventure-seeking spirit, Ulysse Nardin is expanding its family of modern-day Ulysses. After free-diver Fred Buyle and kite-surfing champion Alex Caizergues, navigator Sébastien Destremau and snowboarder Mathieu Crepel have teamed up with the brand.
The long road to an ethical gold standard
Chopard has kept its promise. Since July, the brand uses only gold from ethical sources. But at just 5% of global watch and jewellery production, sustainable gold is still as rare as the initiatives aimed at making responsibly-sourced gold the norm in the luxury industry.
Twice as nice: the Hermès Heure H Double Jeu
Philippe Mouquet designed the Heure H in 1996 around Hermès' instantly recognisable capital H. This Double Jeu version sparkles with diamonds in either a horizontal or a vertical setting... but which to choose?
Va’ Pensiero: Don't mix the sacred with the profane!
After Swatch Group's decision to pull out of Baselworld, Franco Cologni responds to Nick Hayek's declarations on the future of watch fairs, and specifically that of SIHH.
Chopard presents the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique 2018 Race Edition
Chopard celebrates its role as official timekeeper, since 2002, of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique with two limited-edition chronographs whose COSC-certified "engines" and bright orange or blue livery are well-worthy of this prestigious race.
Max Büsser, a worthy winner of the 2018 Prix Gaïa
One of the three winners of the 2018 Prix Gaïa, Maximilian Büsser has been singled out in the Entrepreneurship category for his "creative approach to watchmaking". We couldn't agree more.
