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.
Omega opens a NATO pop-up store in Paris
Don't go looking for watches at the Omega pop-up in Paris, in the hip Marais district. The store sells nothing but NATO straps, which customers browse on a screen before paying via their smartphone. The straps are then delivered to their door.
Survival of the fittest in the luxury digital economy
Digital is a vital source of growth for the luxury industry and a powerful way to develop brand equity. According to consulting firm McKinsey, a "Luxury 4.0" model is taking shape. Who will survive and who will become extinct?
Slim d'Hermès GMT, an extra-slim travel companion in palladium
Hermès introduces the first GMT function to its Slim collection, combining an Agenhor module with its H1950 in-house movement for a height of 4mm in total. The case, 9.48mm high, is crafted from palladium, a metal noted for its lightness.
The changing face of ladies' watches
With 10-plus years as an economist and marcom professional in the IT and energy sectors, but driven by the monkeys inside, Eszter Faykiss brought her passion-project Loupiosity to life. Since then, Loupiosity has been exploring fine watchmaking, jewellery and art through its own experiences.
The Endeavour Perpetual Calendar by H. Moser & Cie. goes cosmic green
H. Moser & Cie.'s much-feted and minimalist perpetual calendar lends itself to a 42mm white gold case with a fumé cosmic green dial.
Laurent Ferrier's fifth movement, with annual calendar
A useful complication, the annual calendar needs just one date correction per year, on March 1st. This increasingly popular function makes its debut at Laurent Ferrier in the Galet School Piece.
