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.
Zenith’s Defy 21 for the urban jungle
The fastest chronograph in production gets a new, bold colourway in shades of green: Meet the Defy 21 Urban Jungle.
The return of a classic: Laurent Ferrier’s Classic Origin Green
Laurent Ferrier, unveils a new interpretation of the Classic Origin. Housed in the Classic, pebble-shaped case, this new version will be launched as the “Série Atelier”, a limited-edition of 30 examples.
MB&F’s new vision of the HM9
First presented in 2018, Horological Machine N°9 – nicknamed HM9 “Flow” – was a tribute to the extraordinary automotive and aeronautic designs of the 1940s and 50s. The result was a case like no other, which takes today the form of a transparent sapphire crystal shell.
Ballet beautiful by Van Cleef & Arpels
Van Cleef & Arpels Poetic Complications® watches provide a unique vision of time, in which craft skills combine with technical prowess to bring stories to life. Their intricate mechanisms offer precious moments of emotion, marked by the distinctive imagination of the Maison.
Watch brands rev up their automotive partnerships
Within days of each other, Girard-Perregaux, Richard Mille and TAG Heuer announced partnerships with prestigious car manufacturers. Breitling, IWC and Roger Dubuis already have successful automotive alliances. More about this meeting of mechanical minds.
Enter the future of hyper horology with Roger Dubuis
With the Excalibur Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon, Roger Dubuis set itself the exciting challenge of changing perceptions. The skeleton structure concept has been pushed to its limit to provide a dynamic aesthetic.
